gnark t1_j6hqthx wrote
Reply to comment by oceanmutt in The Chickens and the Bulls: The Rise and Incredible Fall of a Vicious Extortion Ring That Preyed on Prominent Gay Men in the 1960s by PhillipCrawfordJr
No, not all of the "chickens" were underaged. Some were teenagers, others young adults. Even today 16 is the age of consent in most states of the USA and it was lower 60 years ago or only applied to young girls, not boy.
The leverage and extortion of the victims (no quotes necessary) came almost entirely from the social stigma and criminality of homosexuality.
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