I would follow hot-looking men onto the bus

John Mitzel, an American gay rights activist from the 1970s, briefly reports on his childhood sexuality.

Source: The Passion of Father Paul Shanley, by JoAnn Wypijewski, Legal Affairs, September 2004


I’ve always been interested in older men, and I was sexually active from about the age of 12. I would follow hot-looking men onto the bus — 20-, 30-, 40-year-olds—then get off where they did. My technique was rather crude. I’d just say, “Can I blow you?” Of course, they ran off in horror. They don’t teach you how to be a sexual predator at age 12.