Fox's Channel 5 in New York ran such a segment on Monday, May 11, 1998. The Voice article, by Richard Goldstein, reports that in many cases cameras are intruded in business and other private establishment restrooms without permission. In one case, the newspaper quotes a reporter who said he sat on a toilet seat for some time with a camera hidden in his shoulder bag, waiting until someone approached him. In San Antonio, station KENS-TV last year ran a story that depicted nude men in a sexual act in a restroom, causing a community furor over such images. Similar images were presented in a recent San Diego broadcast news segment.
Public sex is as foreign to the lives of most gay people as it is to most straight people.
Males who engage in this practice with other males are usually those whose fear of societal condemnation makes them afraid to frequent clubs and bars where they risk being identified. Boothe said such stereotypical stories rarely examine the societal pressures that push people to have anonymous sex. Its members are available as resources when questions of ethics or newsworthiness arise.