“Cottaging” is the British term for soliciting sex in public bathrooms. (In fact, they seem to be crowding everyone else out lately.) What no straight Republican man has the balls to explain - no matter how much Democratic gay sex he’s had - is the eternal appeal of cottaging. Even some straight folks, wised up after the scandals of Ted Haggard and Mark Foley, must have noted that Craig did not add a qualifying phrase like, “Nor am I bisexual,” “I’ve never had sex with a man” or even one of those oldies but goodies like, “Doing what I did doesn’t make you gay,” “I was so drunk!” or “I’m only queer for some guys.”Īs Haggard and Foley could perhaps have told Craig, bathroom stalls may be tight quarters, but the closet is big enough to fit plenty of religious, conservative Republicans. Surely any homosexual worth his capri pants saw the loopholes in Craig’s televised declaration of non-gayness, amplified by the presence of his wife. Paul Airport on charges of disorderly conduct. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t cruising for sex last June when he was arrested in a bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Larry Craig says, “I’m not gay,” I believe him. Brains are plastic, and thrills can take learning in surprising directions. Pursuit of stimulation can even morph sexual tastes. As this article reveals, the search for sexual thrills is often about an addictive quest for high dopamine and an altered state, rather than sexual orientation.