Rapist used 'gay' front to lull victims

What a bastard. There are so many aspects of this story that could be commented upon/analyzed. Yet I have to admit this is the first time I've ever heard of a guy trying to pass himself off as gay so he could gain the trust of women, though only as a plot to later rape them. I have to wonder if many straights really understand gays at all, especially women whose only exposure to GLBTs are the male "gay best friends" on the arm of all the straight women on those reality programs on BRAVO. I don't mean that to be snarky, but there's a ... (fumbling for the right words here)... certain way that the gay male "best friend" is presented on too many of these shows that makes them appear as little more than fashion accessories.
Though I should be celebrating the appearance of any GLBTs folks in the media, there are times when trotting out of the obligatory "gay friend" on the arm of a straight woman, I feel downright uncomfortable. Perhaps it's partially because we never get to see these "best friends" socializing within the gay community or with their own lovers, or perhaps as a gay woman I wonder why straight women never seem to know any lesbians. (In fact, I can't think of any programs offhand where we see gay men and lesbians socializing together.) I can understand why straight women might crave that need to feel safe, but how much do they really want to know about these gay friends, or are these one-way relationships? Did these women ever meet any of Mr. Williams' boyfriends or did it matter? If what you see on TV is any yardstick, the gay friends are presented as non-sexual, which adds to the idea of them being "safe".
Anyway, I think I'm outta my league on this subject.

Rapist used 'gay' front to lull victims
By Sharon Coolidge • scoolidge@enquirer.com • August 20, 2009

Well-dressed, soft-spoken, Michael-Jackson like.

That's how 26-year-old Robert Williams' rape victims described him.

Prosecutors agree, but say Williams is more like a spider with a web. They describe him as calculating, methodical in luring his prey.

Williams befriended his first two victims, pretending to be their "gay best friend."

Months would pass, he gained their trust and then one day he turned on them and raped them. His approach with a third victim, a 17-year-old, was an old scam: I can make you a model...

Full story at http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090820/NEWS01/908210338/Rapist+used++gay++front+to+lull+victims

when they're out to molest children - we can't take umbrage on behalf of gays just because he used us as an excuse.

He was going to do "it" no matter what, and he had decided that a confidence game was a good strategy. Who is to blame, if blame is the concept? Hollywood? A stereotype? A foolish lonely woman willing to abandon common sense? Maybe all of the above -

I would advise never trusting a "friend" who demands your trust - a lot less grief that way. There are sharks in the ocean, and some of them don't even look like sharks. Not everything that doesn't look like a shark is your friend.

WTF is with asking WHO is to blame ... and then saying maybe the woman.

Adding insult to injury (literally) - you run through a list of potential blame targets.

Did it even occur to you to blame the fucking rapist?

In the Law And Order episode, the rapist was actually living in a gay relationship and his partner didn't know he was a rapist. He had to know he was fucked up, but I guess it would be hard for one to imagine that he was THAT fucked up.