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flaunt themselves on the street, they do not make
pick-ups. The lesbian bars are hardly Sunday
schools, but rarely are disturbances reported from
them. Pick-ups, of course occur, but they are handled
more discreetly.

“I agree with the theory that sex laws need to be
completely revised. If we arrested everyone in the
city who violated those on the books there wouldn’t
be prisons enough in the country to hold them.

“What, then, is our policy? We ignore any rela-
tionship between consenting adults that is carried on
in privacy, whether it’s a hotel room or an apart-
ment. Homosexuals would be surprised if they knew
how many telephone calls we get from neighbors
saying that two men are living together and are
homosexuals.

“We know a crank when we hear one. So we ask
if there have been any disturbances, any wild par-
ties and the like. If the answer is “‘no,”” we invite the
person complaining to come down to the station
house and bring a witness who has seen the men in
question committing abnormal acts. Naturally, the
incident is closed at that point.

“This is a consideration which the pohcé depart-
ment owes to all citizens in the community whether
they re homosexuals, anarchists or s