Huh. I didn’t know Elmo was gay. Big Bird of course has always been suspect. And Bert and Ernie’s BFF and avowed bachelors act never fooled anyone. But my gaydar failed me completely on Elmo. Not that the acknowledgment by Sesame Street that the furry pink guy with a tickle fetish is in fact a gay man is earth shattering news. I mean it’s not like John Travolta finally stepped out of the closet (though I guess technically when that happens it will neither be earth shattering nor news). Still, it is good to know that the gang at Sesame Street who teach our country’s children their abc’s along with a heathy dose of the liberal agenda and an all-inclusive lifestyle practices what they preach and has kept a gay puppet gainfully employed for the past 20 years. It’s just a shame that with all the gay role models to choose from they went with basing Elmo on Jerry Sandusky.

Elmo recently took a leave of absence from Sesame Street after allegations that he had a relationship with an under-aged teen boy surfaced. The story that is only now coming to light – and I’d be remiss if I did not point out that this news was obviously held from circulation until after the presidential elections, which then begs the question of when did President Obama know about Elmo and why did he cover that knowledge up – stems from an accusation made last June by a 23-year-old man who claimed that he had “a relationship” with Elmo beginning when he was 16 years old. Previously, the little autobiographical info available on Elmo mentioned a failed marriage and a daughter, and only now that this scandal broke is Elmo’s gayness being revealed.

Elmo, who insists that the allegation of underage conduct is false and defamatory released a statement yesterday:

“I am a gay man. I have never been ashamed of this or tried to hide it, but felt it was a personal and private matter. I had a relationship with the accuser. It was between two consenting adults and I am deeply saddened that he is trying to characterize it as something other than what it was.”

Along with the allegations put forth by the young man, several emails sent by Elmo have been released in which he writes, “I’m sorry that I keep talking about sex with you, its driving me insane.” He adds, “I want you to know that I love you and I will never hurt you. I’m here to protect you and make sure your dreams come true.”

Elmo has acknowledged having a sexual relationship with the accuser but insists it only took place after the accuser was an adult. Up until then, when the young man was still a little boy, Elmo’s lust was just wishful thinking. Now that his preference for little boys has been brought to light, Elmo has come out of the closet as a gay man. And it’s a shame that Sesame Street, the Public Broadcast television show that helps our children learn to read and spell doesn’t realize that the word gay is not spelled pedophile.

There is a huge difference between being a gay man and being a pedophile. One is about love, the other, like rape, is about power and abuse. As being gay becomes more and more acceptable to society it is an easy mantle for the sickos who prey on children to slip on, a label that elicits understanding rather than the contempt they would receive for being known as what they are: a child molester. And it’s time the gay community quits allowing them to hide in the sheep’s clothing that disguises their true nature. Pedophiles are not gay men. They are predators. And those within the gay community who allow them free reign to prey on children through their permissive attitude are just as guilty for the damage they do.

Fans of Pattaya, the world’s playground for pedophiles, hate when others point out the city’s rep as a paradise for child molesters. They can not deny it, not when a month seldom passes that at least one more foreigner is arrested on charges related to under-age sex, and instead try to defend the town by saying how much better it is these days. That’s like being just a little bit pregnant. And it is that attitude that allows the problem to continue. They take exception with anyone who dares point a finger, but have little problem with supporting the establishments that offer under-age companions. They like to make grand pronouncement about how much they despise pedophiles, and then turn right around and make allowances for their friends and acquaintances who prey of children. “But he’s such a wonderful man,” they say, “other than that he likes his boys a bit on the young side.” That’s like saying Hitler should have been given a pass for exterminating 5 million Jews because he loved dogs.

Whenever another farang is arrested for diddling kids in Pattaya, the news is gleefully reported on the gay forums frequented by the Pattaya crowd. It’s how they keep up with their friends and neighbors. “How terrible!” the original poster writes. And then someone else will remind everyone that the pervert is not guilty until proven so, someone else chimes in saying he’s probably innocent and it’s only about the Boys in Brown trying to exhort bribes, and then some other outraged queen cries homophobia. These news stories do not elicit the outrage they should, instead they elicit sympathy for the poor man who some how ran afoul of the law. But I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise. Not when a forum owner routinely advocates lowering the age of consent. Not when a thread on how to hide kiddie porn from customs when crossing the border is so popular it spreads over twelve pages of comments.

One poster who believes he is in line for sainthood and seldom passes up the opportunity to chastise the numerous people who fail to live up to his high standards went as far as to offer this sage advice on smuggling your private kiddie porn photos: “If you must save photos you don’t want customs to see, email them to yourself and don’t bring that chip back with you.”

That bit of advice worked well for 51-year-old Ian Potterton who was arrested last week on a series of under-age sex related charges while trying to board his flight back to Sydney. He’d emailed pictures of a 15 year-old-boy back to himself, being far too crafty than to actually carry the photographic evidence with him. Unfortunately for him, the authorities are just as internet savvy as pedophiles are these days.

Of course Potterton claims he is innocent and that the pictures of young naked boys were “non-sexual” in nature. Because normal men typically take photographs of nude children and then try to hide them from authorities using the internet. Several of those who posted comments to the thread about how to best hide your photographic treasures too claimed it wasn’t about kiddie porn but rather the idea that customs and immigration shouldn’t get to view their holiday photos. Right. Wink, wink.

Fussy old queens have no problem advocating boycotting bars that allow smoking on the premises. They often advise others to ‘vote with their feet’ and walk out of establishments that play music too loud. But the idea that the community should refuse to patronize those bars, or areas, known for offering under-age kids? Nope. In fact when yet another bar has been busted the only interest from punters is whether or not the place has reopened yet. Business as usual in Pattaya means a steady supply of boys who really are boys. And don’t think that is not exactly what the attraction is either.

Pattaya punters routinely bemoan that customs and immigration officials back home just don’t understand that Thai ‘boys’ often look five years younger, or more, than they really are. Those punters of course would never engage in sex with a minor, they always make sure to check ID cards so they know the boy is 18 and of legal age. Sorry, but Jimmy Carter got it right when he said he was guilty of adultery because he had lusted after women in his heart. It is the fact that so many of those just 18-year-olds look like little kids that attracts Pattaya fans. You may be carefully following the rule of law, but be honest about it: what gets you excited is the ability to have sex with a young man whose under-developed body makes him appear to be still a child. The law in Australia that says it is not the actual age but the perceived age of the boy involved that matters has got it right. Why do pedophiles get a pass by the gay community in Pattaya? Because a large portion of that community is lusting after little kids in their hearts.

If you Google ‘Sunee Plaza’ under images, of the twenty pictures that get returned 25% of them are about police raids that found under-age boys working in the bars, or about the latest pedophile to have been arrested during or after a holiday in Pattaya. But lets continue to pretend that is one of Pattaya’s ‘gay’ areas. Let’s protect the names and reputations of our fellow Pattaya fans and act like those who frequent Sunee are just gay men and not the sexual predators we all know them to be. And lets accuse anyone who says differently of being homophobic. Because without the scrim of homosexuality to diffuse the issue, Pattaya’s pedophiles wouldn’t have any place to openly play. And if you take away their ability to claim they are gay men instead of the child molesters they are, when you force them to take an honest look at the sickness that drives their lives, the flying farang numbers would soar. And wouldn’t that be a shame?

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