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In the US and rest of the Anglo world up until the 1912 Portland Vice Scandal, oral sex was not penalized nor considered fellatio or covered under oral sex. The legislature of Portland changed this in 1913 to broaden the definition of sexual perversion and included oral sex under it. It is almost eerie but I do believe that history has a way of impacting a city and its culture.

I am wondering if the fear of anal sex and even oral sex in Portland has got something to do with the history of anti gay laws in that state. I was just doing some research and came across the Portland Vice Scandal, and how sodomy (that could get u into legal trouble, was interestingly defined as anal sex but not oral sex in the US at that time, but in Portland it was held that even oral sex was a crime against nature in the judgements of the Vice Scandal case (Peter Boarg, Same-sex affairs : constructing and controlling homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest). I personally think a city's particular anti gay history has a deep bearing on the city's gay community. I have seen that in the city that I live in, for e.g,: A deeply closeted community in spite of being at least in law one of North America's most progressive country.

What can I say: I suspect, the guys on the beach read my post, and turned on the groove 🙂, Or, the fact that Mr. Owner/Opinion did not show up let the boys try something different than what Mr. Opinion thought should be happening on the beach. Sounds like u and the guys on the beach had a party. woo-hoo! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honestly, gay men just holding a cuddling party sounds so lame and ridiculous like Grindr without GPS, a French party without wine, or Indian food without spices and flavor etc. Interesting to note that even a 'cuddling party' is not without its problems. Monkeypox is indeed a serious issue we are facing and gay men who think cuddling is safer than sex - i find the whole concept annoying and slightly homophobic - will think again. Portland is, apparently, a big religiously unaffiliated hub, according to this news article¹, and make up double the size of white evangelicals; which explains the cuddling parties, IMO: people who can't make up their mind if they are OK with being gay or not. A sex party with actual fucking would mean they are gay, while cuddling is unaffiliated and somewhere in the mid of things 🙂 . ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ¹ [think before following links] https://www.oregonlive.com/faith/2015/03/portland_unaffiliated.html#:~:text=The Portland metro area is,or no religion in particular.&text=Surprise%2C surprise%3A statistics show Portland,area in the United States.

It could be that the guys there are looking for a relationship, rather than a quick hookup. It is quite possible, that you are rather handsome and the people there want you for something long-term. There are other reasons why someone could be attracting relationship type guys. For e.g. u might look well/better off than them and many guys while choosing mates do prefer someone who is well off, as the logic is you will be able to afford a relationship in the long run. However, it could also be that it really has something to do with the local conditions: gays having gone to conversion therapy and avoiding actual homosexual sex etc. Some of such groups really teach gay men, to hug, cuddle and get 'manly affirmation' I have been observing the cities, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal, for a long time and can tell u this out of personal experience. The difference in the number of sex parties and consequently publicly visible/available sex in these cities is true for at least the past 5 years that I began noticing it.

Absolutely, and I believe I did state that in my first paragraph, if you read it.

This warrants an investigation. I am going to try to go doing some digging dicking this weekend and find out more about Portland - Cascadia's/Pacific North West's gay scene. I do know of something similar here in Canada, where some cities seem to never have sex while others are knee dick deep into homo-Sexuality. For e.g., if you go look up bbrt's sex parties info data and compare three cities, here in Canada: Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa; the differences will stun you. Ottawa probably hasn't had a sex party in the last 5 years with more than 5 confirmed attendees, whereas Toronto and Montreal usually have at least 5 sex parties every month if not every other week with lots of people attending. Why is there such a huge difference in sexual behavior (at least publicly) between the three cities is a very interesting question. Ottawa is a capital city with a history of anti LGBTQ actions by the federal government including anti gay purges and the "Fruit machine" Projected created under the RCMP (Canadian police) to identify homosexuals. Most people are officially liberal & pro gay even though they seem to take great pains to hide their own homosexual relations, identify etc. Toronto and Montreal on the other hand are huge "immigrant magnet" cities: of every greedy bugger² who showed up in Canada in the last 50 years approx. 40% went to Toronto or Montreal¹, and thus by their very nature have an inbuilt openness. @NWUSHorny Are there any other cities in the US that are equally uptight and inhibited, or at least come close? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¹ As was the trend over the past 50 years, Toronto (29.5%), Montréal (12.2%) and Vancouver (11.7%) continued to welcome the most recent immigrants in 2021.| [think before following links] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026a-eng.htm ² Trigger Alert: Bugger or buggar can at times be considered as a mild swear word. In the United Kingdom the term has been used commonly to imply dissatisfaction, refer to someone or something whose behaviour is in some way inconvenient or perhaps as an expression of surprise. In the United States, particularly in the Midwest and South, it is an inoffensive slang term meaning "small animal". The term is used in the vernacular of British English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Hawaiian Pidgin, Indian English, Pakistani English, Canadian English, Caribbean English, Malaysian English and in Sri Lankan English.| [think before following links] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugger I thought of giving an explanation, simply because I realized on second readings, the phrase could be misunderstood in North American or U.S. English. 🙂

Sounds like a very entitled person to me. Who are "we": he and his friends, or the people who "own" the nude beach or the city that owns the nude beach. Some gay men, especially those who live in isolated communities, are very aggressive in their preferences and think it is is their duty to inform you of it. Sounds like a nasty experience and I am sorry you had to go through it. From my own personal experience, I can tell you as a south Asian guy in a north American city, that is not very cosmopolitan and fairly closeted, many people feel it is their duty to be make me feel or sometimes outrightly tell me, I don't belong in a gay bathhouse or bar because I am an immigrant/Indian etc. Such unpleasant experiences reminded me that even gay people can be very small minded and bullying/bigoted etc. The fear of monkeypox and HIV AIDS is still very real in many in the gay community, and understandably, since these along with being sexual issues are 'health issues', a topic that often makes many people nervous and uncomfortable. The no action (fucking) and not touch all stem from the potential dangers these disease pose to gay men.

Every other day, lately, almost daily! I would prefer less prefect looking and more realistic porn with stories and plots, as I am not the 'bam bam, thank you mam man' kind of guy. There are some porn flicks with some decent plots but it really is a hit and miss. I would like to read more porn but hardly find very exciting things which are rooted in the plot.

If your country has a morality police they likely already have a list of suspected homosexuals in their country, so the GPS on the Grindr app in Paris is hardly going to get them trapped. Most gay guys in countries where being gay is illegal, still try to meet up and create gay spaces even if the police could show up anytime and arrest them; simply because human beings are humans, and the human spirit to experience life is far greater than any conservative's safety net. Even in the West: as confirmed by the men here on our site, gay men choose to bareback rather than use condoms even if that is the safer thing to do simply because the human spirit wants to be free; and no it's not stupidity, its called wanting something more free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The problem is not the GPS on Grindr but the fact that Grindr shares/sells data to third party companies, who of course can pass it on to criminal people/the morality police, and who often use it to harass/harm gay men as some recent lawsuits against Grindr in the US and UK indicate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If being gay only means gay men and perhaps gay women, then yes the West is definitely more safe for gay men and perhaps gay women as well. However the West is a nightmare for Trans people - If you consider them as "gay/LGBTQ", whereas violence against Trans people in the Muslim world/middle East is unheard of. In Iran the State encourages even gay men to become Transexual and pays for gender reassignment surgery as Trans sex is not seen as anti-Islamic. So, again words can mean different things and what might be true for one culture, isnt necessarily the case elsewhere.

When outing people risk their lives providers IMO should accentuate services that will protect their person and property. Thus, if anyone is affected by Outing, the focus should be on increasing alternate services like filling for asylum in a safe country, some kind of police/security protection, awareness about risk reduction by limiting the amount of personal information one shares online(torso pic instead of face pic) etc., instead of reducing certain services to them which would make them feel like its not safe to be gay. If you live in a difficult neighborhood/community, one way to protect the gays is shut down the gay bar but there are alternative and better approaches as well including teaching gay patrons to look out for trouble, increasing police protection of the bar and addressing the difficult question of why homophobia exists in that community/neighborhood. Since Grindr operates all over the world it has a moral duty to protect and promote gay interests!

Many gay men actually have been put to death for having gay sex, so it is a hill with a history....and worth thinking about; the principles behind the issue I raised are worth fighting for. People in the United States and the West are enjoying the fruits of freedom that Mahatma Gandhi and other Indians fought for: to not be ruled by WASP people and principles and sadly not a whole lot of them are aware of it. Gay men in the white christian West can now have sex simply because of the struggle of people from the colonized world. When Gay men from around the world esp. those from the former colonies gather at the Olympics hoping to have a chance of freedom from oppressive laws in their home countries which where put in there by the white imperial Master to being, Grindr has made it more difficult for them to be free. Imagine what it would be like if you came from a Middle Eastern country like Quarter and where hoping to have some freedom from the Morality Police of your country, only to find that GPS has been turned off where are u; it does not inspire a whole lot of confidence in you that the West is a safe place to be gay! A lot of brave gay men before us have actually been killed on that hill, simply for choosing to be gay — choosing to have gay sex instead of following the prescribed path of heterosexual marriage and children having gay sex, and I always tend to remember that.

These, my friend, are Indian lands! and we are not moving anywhere...you obviously are a very opinionated person who considers yourself the last word on style and usage. I have no desire to lead or mislead, just inform; you of course are free to accept it or not.

I am happy to let u know, that your suspicions are unfounded and I am not French. I am actually Indian, a real Indian i.e. from the country of India, and not what you refer to as "Indian" in U.S. English. Unfortunately even though English is better than classical languages in terms of exactness, English still suffers from the drawbacks of natural language in that one word or phrase can have many meanings . You are quite right: In the U.S and Anglosphere, choosing to be gay usually refers to the question of wether one is born gay or choose to be gay (nature vs nurture). and gay rights activists tend to base their arguments and demands for acceptance and rights under the banner of "Born this way". Since these societies generally place the Individual above society, the Individual who accepts his "true self" i.e. his nature is celebrated as being authentic and a hero, and this approach works well for the gay activists in anglo societies. However, In Eurasia, given the preeminence of religion, such a individual focused approach has limited traction. Even if someone is born gay, social conservatives argued that one could be born a serial cheater, a pervert, etc. and thus the natural argument , born this way, does not have as much saliency as in Anglo American culture and society which celebrates individualism whereas Eurasia tends to give importance to Church and society. In Eurasian cultures, the Individual who often does break societal and religious expectations - such as marrying outside of ones religion : a jew or a gypsy, or social class i.e. nobility or peasant, rich or poor , is often celebrated as the hero in such cultures and 'gay as choice', usually has a different meaning and context than the US. So while 'choosing to be gay' might sound like a slur in US English, it really is a compliment in the Eurasia: the Hero choose to marry his sweetheart/love even though society disapproves. Hope this gives you some background and context of how "choosing to be gay" could mean different things in different part of the world. While in the US, it has a negative connotation, in Eurasia that is not the case.

Hardly! I believe it is time to hang a 🫵" Turn the GPS on, Grindr " sign. 👯‍♂️as the Olympians want to hook up easily. I sure am glad I am not in any Olympics Team, or else I most likely would not have fun for two weeks. I am sorry you feel my response is "troll", because the person who raised the question seemed to appreciate my answer. Also, I am really glad for the people who raised the question of my usage of "gay as choice" because I realized even if I meant to say something and even if i am correct(technically) , ultimately how most people read it, is something that matters quite a bit. As someone who is trying to improve his communication skills including writing, I feel that's a big one for me. If you feel this thread has reached its finality, then I would invite you to try another one I started last week.

My sentence did came with a Caveat: In this sense; warning readers that i was referring to being gay as a choice, in another sense( the second one where do something with it: embrace etc.) and not the popular one; and I had referred to the sense/context in my first line about authoritarian countries and the dangers gays face in such places. I meant in 'that/this sense', as in , in such a context. I believe my usage might be a bit Archaic and not quite American, but I would be surprised if I was wrong. Having said that, I have been known to be wrong... so ....

Yes, Exactly, and I thought I had clarified that through my following posts: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clarification ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subsequent Clarification and then finally again in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Superior Clarification.

I must point out, you are just totally disregarding the subsequent clarification that I posted where I tried to explain that I was referring to choice in the second sense i.e. the choice involved of accepting our nature and acting upon that inclination. I was not referring to choice in the first sense i.e. wether we are gay or not. I clarified this, but somehow it is not being accepted. May I ask, why so? Subsequent clarification

I wanted to add that for some reason, I notice my lines are being read as if I had said that being gay was a choice i.e. gay men just choose to be gay and can be straight if they choose, whereas what I wanted to say was that gay men in homophobic countries when they have gay sex are making the brave choice of being gay i.e. true to themselves. I am wondering if this confusion is because in US English, you would say, In this sense rather than in that sense, and thus the sentence would read: In this sense choosing to be gay, is indeed a choice and a brave choice for people who come from countries where it is illegal/dangerous etc.

if you read all of what I wrote, you will see that I meant in the sense that, many conservatives see homosexuality and being gay as a choice and not "natural"... and hold that gay men who have gay sex are making a choice to be gay. I was referring to the conservative view, not my view!

Are you sure: as old world skills like cruising - trying to find another gay man in society is a dying art, largely because many of us, me included, rely so much on technology and the internet (apps, websites) to cruise and have almost forgotten how to go about it without technology. Slate had an interesting article about it. [think before following links] [think before following links] https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/is-cruising-for-sex-in-the-age-of-grindr-still-possible.html

Thank you for clarifying that, but my arguments against Grindr and your support of them remain the same. I wonder if your charitable view of Grindr is because you have the good fortune and privilege of choosing to say No to working with them. It is truly astounding that more than 50% of their staff choose to resign when ordered back to Office, even though most offices in 2023 where returning back to pre-pandemic Office routines and a lot of people wanted to get back into the office routine. I wonder what was so toxic in the Grindr office than such a high percentage of their staff revolted at the very option of actually being near each other 🙂 A company can definitely be homophobic inspite of catering to gay/bi men. For e.g. a gay bar owner in a city and time where being gay is illegal could run a gay bar but still easily be blackmailing clients, have them robbed, get them beaten up by thugs etc, or think they are "animals" and gay sex is unnatural etc. Running a company that caters to gay/bi/curious men does not automatically exclude that firm from being homophobic. Grindr def. has a history of anti gay activities that I have mentioned earlier, and the present decission to turn of GPS /Search Explore facility in the Olympics Village is another example of it. Grindr comes up with stupid decission and stupid statements by their CEOs because they are fairly conservative and believe if gay interests clash with conservative business interests, it is right that they choose the latter coz they are a "business" and not a charitable or social organization. However most businesses nowadays recognize that business practices and decisions do have an ethical dimensions. I do think that some or perhaps many in the Olympics committee wanted it, but I honestly have no way of verifying that; only a gay insider will be able to give us some more information on who insisted on this decission, Grindr or the Olympics committee. Grindr wants gay business but not the gay issues that come with it; and is more than happy to accommodate conservative, anti gay interests. They could have very easily just put up a warning, the way they do in some anti-gay Islamic countries, that warns users of potential dangers of police entrapments and scammers etc. What I fail to see is how you arrived at the conclusion that I was for advocating for Outing closeted gay athletes them, when all that I was pushing for is facilities for every male, straight identified or gay, closeted or Out, to have easy access to anonymous sex, a hook up etc, if they wish to do so. Anyone who want gay sex, or even sex for that matter, unfortunately, always runs the risk of being outed/exposed in his home country or in the Olympics village and thus is just the way of the world; I nor anybody else can change that. Of course the person can lower their risk by not putting up their face pic etc., but even in an anonymous/secretive encounter there is the slim risk of someone recording you/outing you Unfortunately in authoritarian countries, gay men who choose to have gay sex always have such dangers dangling over their head for being gay. In that sense choosing to be gay, is indeed a choice and a brave choice for people who come from countries where it is illegal/dangerous etc. However, usually people in such countries can face such dangers anytime for other reasons as well - supporting the opposite regime, holding a different religious view, etc. I hope you are not advocating that gay people in such countries should not want gay sex, have gay sex etc., or that they should go along with the dictates of their religious/societal leaders and give up being gay: because not so long ago even in the United States sodomy was illegal and could get you a jail sentence in most states, (please correct me if i am wrong), and yet now you have legal same sex marriage in the United States. Exactly, I certainly don't and neither does Grindr! Let every athlete decide if he wants to be Out or not, and do not take that option away from them.

I am very surprised that someone who worked/works for Grindr would defend its policies! Back in September last year, at least 50 % of Grindr workforce QUIT over its return to office policies and forced relocation. Grindr seems to creates a fairly toxic place not just in the outside world of Olympics but also internally in its Office!! [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/dating-app-grindr-loses-nearly-half-its-staff-after-trying-to-force-a-return-to-office-1.6553414 Which is only puzzling.. as homophobia and hetro-normative structures are not just a hypothesis but a lived reality of gay people and needs to be recognized and called out wherever it shows up. Is it really that hard to conceive, within the realm of possibility, that the powers that be: foreseeing possible same-sex activity in a village filled with men athletes (and women) who are away from their straight spouses for a week or two, do not want any easy same-sex hook up technology accessible in that village space and prefer having it blocked? Thank you for filling in on the background events and context and I am so happy that TikTok and Twitter did take down this illegal content. There is always going to be content that is illegal, e.g. someone recording someone in a public bathroom, and internet companies will have to take a decision/have some kind of guidelines on how to deal with it: take it down, report it etc. However, we can't stop public posting of videos simply because someone might and someone quite likely will post illegal videos. Similarly, Grindr does not need to take the Orwellian decission of turning off geolocation and Search/Explore services altogether, and instead could do something it does in high risk(for gays) countries like Egypt for e.g. where users often see a warning before opening the app, that they could be monitored or become victims of some kind of surveillance. [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/24/grindr-egypt-police-fake-accounts/ The only liability that Grindr has is its own conservative mindset! After all one of its CEO was defending the sanctity of heterosexual marriage! (2018) and the present one was promoting an anti gay Virginia Governor, Glenn Youngkin, who rolled back LGBTQ rights for kids, as President. [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/29/grindr-apps-president-calls-marriage-holy-matrimony-between-man-and-woman [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://time.com/6221545/grindr-ceo-george-arison-tweet-conservative-politicians/ People who come from anti-gay countries are not likely to sue Grindr for fear of being Outed. Instead if outed, they probably will have to make the choice of living openly, perhaps in a tolerant country rather than their home country where being gay is illegal, and are likely to thank their Grindr hook up in the Olympics for helping them be Free, and themselves, finally! It's high time Grindr restore all Geo-locations services including Search/Explore in the Olympic Village and let the gays have much deserved fun for all their years of athletic training and preparation.

Grindr's actions have always been rather self serving with no consideration of gay interests. The rising legal cases against them including the one brought by a gay priest in the US whose data it sold to right wing anti gay religious homophobes, or the gay men in the UK whose HIV status it again sold to third party commercial companies are good examples of how 'gay-friendly' they reallyt are. Oh, and I forgot the gay marriage position of its former CEO, but i guess Grindr's anti gay history calls for another thread altogether and I am going to try to sick to the present issue. To get the facts right about this particular event: Grindr and the Olympic Village, Grind came clean about the issue only after gay athletes started complaining on Social media that they couldn’t use the “explore” function, which allows users to search for and view profiles in a specific location. Thus if any guy went on Grindr in the Olympic villages and did an explore function, he should have ordinarily been able to see at least how many gay male athletes exist in the world and thus register homosexual presence in the Olympics. By disbanding this, Grindr is effectively reducing gay visibility. “If an athlete is not out or comes from a country where being LGBTQ+ is dangerous or illegal, using Grindr can put them at risk of being outed by curious individuals who may try to identify and expose them on the app,” Grindr said in a blog post [think before following links] https://www.grindr.com/blog/grindr-and-enhanced-privacy-for-athletes-at-the-paris-olympics Claiming that guys from countries with homophobic laws need to be protected from hook-ups, laws which where put there by the white colonial masters in the first place, is very patronizing to say the least, and reeks of a total ignorance of gays outside of the United States and the gay rights movement across the globe. So many countries with anti gay laws have actively been removing anti sodomy laws from their legal statues and lot of this came about because gay men and women sought to escape from their homophobic countries and would try to live a gay life elsewhere. In the States, for e.g. a lot of your gay artists and intellectuals, such as Gore Vidal, Edward White, Gertrude Stein etc went to Paris during the Pre War Era to enjoy the freedoms that they did not enjoy back in the United States. If there is a gay athlete say from Quarter, a middle eastern Muslim country, and this is the only time in his life he gets to be outside of his country and where he can be gay, shouldn't Grindr be making life easy for him by facilitating a hook-up for him, instead of trying to prevent it? . I couldn't help but think of this inspiring gay guy, Dr Nas Mohammed, and how he managed to escape from an oppressive situation and live his authentic truth. I noticed you never commented on my main observation that Grindr did this because it didn't want to be seeing facilitating possible same-sex sexual activity in an environment where wife's of athlete's are banned and thus opportunity for same-sex sexual activity increases. I am sure it wasn't laziness on your part or any kind of intentional oversight, and I am truly interested in hearing what you have to say of it. How far can we take this protecting 'high profile users' from bad actors experiment. The next thing we will know is gay bars in Paris banning people from countries where being gay is dangerous/illegal for fear that they could become victims of a potential Outing attempt.

Is Grindr in trouble in the English speaking world: From UK to the US, Grindr's legal troubles is rising because of its practice of putting gay lives and interests at risk for a quick buck. In the UK, Reuters reports that at least 670 people have filed a lawsuit three months ago in the London High Court over the fact that Grindr revealed their HIV Status, and the date of their last HIV test! to commercial third party data hunters; more are expected to join the lawsuit as thousands of gay men have been affected. [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.reuters.com/technology/grindr-facing-uk-lawsuit-over-alleged-data-protection-breaches-2024-04-22/ [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/gateley-affiliate-austen-hays-launches-class-action-against-grindr-advised-by-cooley-1983825032 In the US, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, who was fired back in 2021 from his senior clerical position in the Catholic Church for being on Grindr has filed a law suit in a court in California alleging "a stunning pattern of [Grindr’s] intentional and reckless failure to protect private data of its customers." Is Grindr finally being held to account for its actions?

If you are a straight guy, horny as hell, with no prior experience of Grindr — An app which tell u how far the nearest booty is more likely to make you reach out for a Quickie rather than one where u go and find 100s of guys in the city: with no idea of who is close by and within 10-15 mts of a real, quick fuck! Geo location makes hookups easy and it should be up to the athletes to decide if they want to use it or not — not Grindr! Advertisers understand the importance of this principle of ease and visibility and that is why will place products near a check out line, so that the products catch shoppers' attention and they end up indulging in an impulse buy. The Olympic village may be saving the soul of a "weak man" who might fall prey to their homosexual impulse or lusts by removing his occasion/situation of sin, but why is Grindr facilitating this disservice to gay athletes? I imagine, if I where a gay Olympian I would definitely be wanting to have a good fuck the day before the big match and would be motivated by knowing I would have a good fuck after the match. I am wondering if they are doing it to avoid any kind of lawsuit by the wife of a 'straight' guy who ends up having a homosexual encounter in the gay village, the wife blaming it on the fact that family members are not allowed in the gay village, a fact confirmed by multiple news articles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cosmopolitan Technically, only athletes competing in the games are allowed to stay in the Olympic Village—but they can bring their coaches and sport specific team officials around if needed. [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a61647461/olympic-village-rules/ Only athletes, trainers and officials are allowed to room at the Village, though family members and former Olympic athletes are allowed inside with proper checks. Press and media are also barred. [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] [think before following links] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Village