After a court ruling in England in the late 1980s, the attitude of the police towards the LGBT+ community meant that anyone who was interested in bondage or BDSM had to retreat underground with their kink. It didn’t matter if it was consensual. The court ruling indicated that witnesses to, or participants in, any sadomasochistic activity were liable for prosecution. It created further division between police and the LGBT+ community who were already being marginalised and discriminated against by the government’s despicable view on homosexuality.
This lack of trust towards the police by members of the LGBT+ community created the perfect hunting ground for someone who hated gay men. This is the story of the notorious killer who hunted members of the gay community who participated in BDSM. BDSM provided him with the perfect opportunity to tie up gay men before robbing and murdering them. A man, the media dubbed, the Gay Slayer.
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