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'Cruisers need to be more aware than the average citizen of legal rights and obligations because, frankly, the police don't play fair and the odds are not in your favor,' he wrote in a piece called 'Legalese.'īut it wasn't just cops that users had to fear by 1997, Cruising for Sex was scoring 130,000 hits a day, and journalists began trolling the site, hoping to exploit the general public's fears of gay men by catching dudes mid-blowjob. The paradox of the site-that the publicness that made it so appealing also put its users at risk-was not lost on founder Keith 'Cruisemaster' Griffith, who penned feature stories about how to avoid arrest.
To ensure the publicly horny aren't caught in a sting by law enforcement-who have historically played the part of affable co-masturbator, until they arrest you for solicitation-users were (and still are) encouraged to report any suspicious behavior to the site itself as a 'heads up.' Despite this tool, Cruising for Sex remains a goldmine for law enforcement, some of whom would even write in the comments section of listings, warning users to stay away from certain bathroom stalls or locker rooms unless they wanted to end up in the slammer.
