We gay men love our female friends, but certainly not as sexual objects. That's probably why women might think they can let their guard down a bit with gay men. But, what if a straight man (who is also a sexual predator) pretends to be gay just to win women's trust and then sexually attacks and rapes them? That is what appears to have happened in Great Britain. It seems to me that it takes quite a bit of desperation for a heterosexual man to pose as gay just to get to the women he wants. It just sounds pathetic, disgusting, and horrific (for the women).
From The Advocate:
Christopher Bridger, a former paramedic for Britain's National Health Service gained the trust of women with whom he worked by saying he was gay, then attacked them when they were most vulnerable.
A British man who falsely claimed he was gay as part of a scheme to lure women into his trust, then rape them, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, according to Pink News and the BBC.
Christopher Bridger was a paramedic and ambulance driver for Britain's National Health Service when three women came forward with allegations that Bridger had sexually assaulted him. One of Bridger's victims is a lesbian who was attacked at a hotel after a work Christmas party. According to reports, he took advantage of the fact that the woman had gotten drunk at the party.
Bridger, 25 of Hertfordshire, England, claimed he was innocent and that the women were lying. Nevertheless, he was convicted of rape and other sexual offenses by a jury of seven men and four women, reports the BBC.
"Bridger is a sexual predator who targeted vulnerable women he worked and studied with under the pretense that he was gay," an investigating officer told the BBC. "He would become close to his young female victims, who believed he was their friend, taking them into his confidence and then sexually assaulting them when they were drunk."