In response to the Tacky trysting let’s be very upfront, it is no secret that the fruit loop is a secluded cruising ground. Who really cares what consenting adults do there?
If this was about straight people it would be called “make out mountain,” a place where high school sweet hearts end up after the prom. We all know the scene and we are okay with it, because Wally probably got slapped for being fresh one time. What really happened was Wally wanted to have sex, but we don’t talk about that, so the scene is cute.
You are almost correct in saying gay men do not have to go to the park to have sex. Some men who are there are not gay, but have wives and other significant others. Pittsburgh is not an easy town to be out in. Can you imagine what it is like to be gay and have your entire family living next door? Not easy.
There has been very little progress if we still consider lights-out-under-the-cover-silent sex to be progress. The Queer rights movement was not about assimilating into straight society, but about expanding the sexual revolution as far as it can go.