Yep. It is sick. It goes downhill from there I am afraid. My source is a minister who had to leave the area, they had lived there all their lives, and know exactly what the downlow is, EVERYONE who is anyone in Chicago is part of it, and part of the party circuit in Chicago. It’s the quintessential definition of “On the Downlow” Thats where the phrase comes from.
I now recall an episode of Law and Order where they talked about being on the “downlow” with respect to some adult married men having “relationships” and claiming they were playing poker. Hey, if adult men . . . None of my business. But young boys? These men should be pistol whipped.
I had to educate myself.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F0CE0D61E3FF930A3575BC0A9659C8B63
(excerpt from NYT’s article)
Double Lives On The Down Low
By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS
Published: August 3, 2003
In its upper stories, the Flex bathhouse in Cleveland feels like a squash club for backslapping businessmen. There’s a large gym with free weights and exercise machines on the third floor. In the common area, on the main floor, men in towels lounge on couches and watch CNN on big-screen TV’s.
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