But I don't want to overemphasize that. Racialized men who are out and proud often don't feel comfortable participating in queer life in bars and nightclubs not because of shame but for another perfectly obvious reason: gay spaces reproduce racism in extremely pointed ways. The physical spaces, advertising, programming on the TVs, staffing choices, and sexual tastes of customers favour young, white, able-bodied guys. Casual racism and open hostility are so common for queer people of colour in these places that it's no wonder people seek out alternatives in the parks and bushes. When we assume that racialized queer people are less liberated than white queers, we are often projecting our own "residual, unac-knowledged shame" onto brown bodies, as academic Sally Munt points out.

— Park Cruising by Marcus McCann (Page 206 - 207)