It hasn’t been a good week for gay journalists. In addition to the alleged carson in Austin mentioned below, a 16-year-old in New York City has confessed to the grisly murder of an ABC News radio broadcaster. The suspect and victim met on Friday night after the victim agreed to pay the suspect $60 for a sexual encounter. Read more about it here.
This story is a tragic example of what can happen when you seek anonymous sex through the internet, especially “rough sex”. As a leatherman, I think these kinds of incidents give SM a bad name.
If you are into kinky stuff, there are lots of ways to meet like minded folks in person and get to know them before you put your life in their hands. The leather community has known this for years and understand the need to know a person’s reputation before setting up a potentially deadly encounter. These sort of crimes get reported as “sadomasochistic’ sex, but they are really just fatally risky sex.
Sad story.