The Rotary Club of Folsom met recently to discuss the revival of Sutter Street and innovative ways to attract business to Folsom.
After the meeting was over I had a long discussion with some uniformed officers and Tom Rupp about the benefits and the socioeconomic impact of opening a gay bar in Folsom.
We decided it would be safer to take the discussion elsewhere. At first I offered my spa on the lanai behind the privacy of green vines weaving the lattice work. But one of the Folsom Policemen offered something more neutral, Folsom Lake Bowl.
It was important that if police officers and civies were going to be seen in public together that we be seen in the most macho bar in Folsom. The Policemen didn’t drink anything while in uniform. That would be bad business. We sat in the back of the bar, out of earshot, in the corner booth. No one had to know we were discussing the plight of the gay male in a conservative town such as Folsom. Appearing titanic and unmovable is what mattered.
The topic of safety among gay men in Folsom dominated the discussion. One police officer who shall remain unnamed, noted that arresting men cruising for tool in the back alleys of Folsom was an unnecessary drain on the local economy. One officer even drew parallels between the Egyptian police force and the Folsom Police Department with regard to how they treat gays. Both have been known to round up gays who arranged to meet at a secret location on the outskirts of Cairo/ Folsom then beating the shit out of them then throwing them in jail indefinitely and without charges. Officer, “We have to treat gays like social pariahs and insidious lepers here in Folsom or we’ll lose our jobs.” It is rumored that Kerry Miller the City Manager has personally authorized a gay purge at any cost.
One of Rupp’s concerns was that many of his followers are viciously anti-gay. He felt forced to speak regularly about how gays ruin everything. He has seen his congregation and students dwindle in number because he wasn’t openly calling for gays to be lynched publicly. Parents in his Bible college have expressed they want their kids to see dead and bleeding gays hanging from the bridge over E. Bidwell Street. Rupp almost in tears, “I may not know how many letters are in the alphabet, but I know that gays are people and shouldn’t be killed for liking each other.”
Rupp, “If these people are going to enroll in my class, they want their own emotions reinforced and validated by some sort of moral authority. And they all see me as that person.” When planning his classes Rupp feels compelled to integrate strict anti-gay curriculum.
One police Officer said, “I just can’t be around cocaine any more. I used to love getting jammed in the ass then letting the raw sewage and warm ejaculate drip from the back of my nut-sack onto the bathroom floor, high as fuck on coke. I just can’t do that here.”
There are many gay men working for the Folsom Police Department, how are the people in Folsom going to react knowing that gays are protecting them? Its been a sensitive issue for the armed service. Officer, "We have to interact with these people, we go to the same restraints and shop at the same stores. The people of Folsom would lose respect for the police force.” Some residents in Folsom are reluctant to have gay men on the police force. One resident thought out loud that "The don’t ask don’t tell policy is wrong. And if a police officer is gay he should be paid less than a straight officer. I'm Union and we don't represent gays."
A large number of Mormons have been vocal about their disgust with gays in Folsom.
Outspoken Mormon groups claim that no one is really gay, but gay people choose to be gay. One unnamed Mormon, “God didn’t make gays, they just don’t exist.” In a strange twist of moral hypocrisy some Mormons have been accused of ironically raping gays, with their own penises. But the Mormon attackers claim they only hunt those gays who are formerly known as Mormons.
Here’s where things get murky, Folsom Police Officers that claim Mormonism as their confession haven’t once arrested a (gay) Mormon found assaulting and harassing gays. They refuse to charge the Mormon , because gay doesn’t exist. They are typically charged with loitering and given a minuscule fine.
I have traded many emails with officers, priests, and senior citizens about where the men can meet like minded men. I tell them it's just not possible here. Being gay and meeting gay men is very dangerous in Folsom. There aren’t too many options for gays in Folsom. For some, its best to live the lie behind RVCA shirts and clodhopper skate shoes. Or you can move out and be openly gay. Miller's gay purge has deep pockets and even deeper throats.
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