[Mrs. Don-o]

I was thinking of a young man I met in Washington, DC some 40 years ago, who, as an underage runaway panhandling and sleeping in a park, was taken in by an older man. He was taken out to dinner, given clothes and gifts as well as a nice place to stay, and just had to provide sexual services for his benefactor.

He was also taken to parties and clubs, where he met hundreds of other young men, similarly situated. He gave me the impression it was quite common.

[miss marmelstein]

Although it was 40 years ago, this fellow probably died at a young age (gays die very early compared to straights). If he had been born in the 1960s, he would have died of AIDs in the early 80s. I lost several friends during that era.