Having sex in a public place almost comes naturally when your body is hardly welcomed to begin with.
Then again, simply being in public can be a disaster when you’re queer. One misstep-fucking in the wrong bathroom, going too fast for your partner, hooking up in a gay bar that’s more “LGB” than “LGBTQ”-can spell disaster. Spontaneous public sex is a way of life for many queers across genders. Maybe the encounters there were spontaneous and completely unexpected, like running into a friend at a queer bookstore and fucking after drinks. Each of these locations is loaded with memories. House parties, gay bars, parked cars, single-use restrooms, leather parties, the Wendy’s near City Hall, the hotel bathroom at a gaming convention. Public sex is a thrill because it can happen anywhere.