Life does not seem to be easy to people with unconventional sexual orientation. The general public, relatives and acquaintances condemn and humiliate homosexual individuals nearly every day. However, Italian mafia mobsters are the ones who suffer from this problem most.
"You said it, boyfriend! It's hard enough to look fabulous in dark suits and dark ties that are so five-decades-ago, but when you accessorize with Thompson submachine guns--we're talking fashion disaster!"
Mafia is a closed community with very conservative views."In the category of 'Best Comic Use of Understatement in an Online News Story,' the winner is . . . Pravda! for the sentence:"
Anyone who stands out from the group will have severe problems, including death. . . .
US gangsters are somewhat more loyal to their colleagues' predilections, although they do not welcome homosexual liaisons in their environment either.
"Dere was dis guy, Vinnie, he was, you know, one a' dem preverts, knowhatImean? Anyway, he gets dis crush on Guido da Hitman, says he wants to sleep wit 'im. He's sleepin' all right--sleepin' wit da fishes!"
For example, it became known in 2003 that a mafia clan lynched one of their companions who had been tempted into bad ways. A mobster testified at court that they had preferred to keep the story a secret not to wash the dirty linen in public, although the story was later included in an episode of The Sopranos series.
(So much for "not washing the dirty linen," I guess!)