Gay cruising signs

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Dear Anna,

If a noun is sending signals to another man, such as watching him and rotating his ankles with his shoes/socks off, what does this mean? Or if he sits beside you then looks at you and taps the bottom of his foot or his ankle, what does it mean? I&#;ve had this happen while waiting at the bus prevent. Any advice on what these signs could verb would be appreciated.— Male Body Language

Dear MBL,

They&#;re cruising you for sex, and I would be shocked if you didn&#;t know that. Perhaps you&#;re too young to keep in mind the Sen. Larry Craig gay sex bathroom scandal of If so, it involved the Republican (homophobic, closeted, &#;family values&#;) senator soliciting for toilet sex in an airport bathroom by tapping his foot, then touching the foot of the undercover officer in the stall next to him, who then arrested him.

The use of coded signaling was initially for protective reasons, as gay men were frequently targeted by police (and still are

How Silver Lake’s Last ‘No Cruising’ Signs Got Taken Down

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The last known batch of Silver Lake’s “no U-turn” signs came down this week. The old signs were how police clamped down on cruising in the ‘90s — when gay men circled certain streets to find romantic partners — arresting anyone who did a U-turn on Griffith Park Boulevard between the hours of 12 and 6 a.m.

Why were the signs still there? Most of the signs were taken down in . It’s unclear why nine U-turn signs were left up, according to Nick Barnes-Batista, communications director for L.A. city Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, but they’re on the lookout for ones elsewhere.

Who got the signs removed? Silver Lake resident Donovan Daughtry learned about the remaining signs through a podcast episode that explored L.A.’s gay scene in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and he raised the issue with councilme

CruisingProtocols

CapnDan writes: what protocol you use, depends on location, that is, which CruisingAreas.

In a str8 bar

the standard technique is to buy the dude beer, chat him up, roar at his jokes, and mention that you include something at home - dope or str8 porn is the usual.

In a washroom

  • Give the guy some idea that you're wanking. Can be anything from casting a shadow of your wanking hand to allowing them to peep at your crotch thru a hole or the crack in the door.
  • There is an old "tap foot" protocol for t-room stall cruising, but it's not much used any more. You tap, the guy in the stall next to you taps, you tap twice, he answers twice.
  • I have heard of people using a "three flushes" protocol but never seen it in use.

In the car with a hitch hiker

*Typically, if a guy picks you up hitch hiking at night and is chatty he wants something. If you are hitchhiking at night you probably yearn something more than a lift. Let the guy lead the discussion a little, gauge friendliness. If you feel comfortable, utter you wish there was a party to move to or you really dont fe

Secret Signals: How Some Men Cruise for Sex

Aug. 28, &#; -- While many Americans may only be vaguely familiar with the idea of "cruising," there is a secret world of sex between men that exists in widespread places across the country.

The police officer who arrested Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis airport for allegedly looking to engage in gay sex wrote in his June report that he "recognized a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct."

Craig tapped his foot up and down and swiped his hand underneath the bathroom stall in which the undercover cop was sitting, according to the police report.

Those actions led to Craig's arrest by Detective Dave Karsnia and the senator's guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge. Craig told reporters today that he did nothing inappropriate and said his guilty plea was a mistake.

Public places like men's restrooms, in airports and train stations, truck stops, university libraries and parks, have long been places where gay and bisexual men, particularly th