Mafia is a closed community with very conservative views. Anyone who stands out from the group will have severe problems, including death. The heads of Italian mafia clans fear publicity most. There is nothing more hideous for a godfather than being ridiculed by his subordinates.
US gangsters are somewhat more loyal to their colleagues predilections, although they do not welcome homosexual liaisons in their environment either. 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.
Ten years before that, in 1992, the boss of DeCalvacante clan, John DAmato, aka Johnny Boy, was shot dead by his colleagues. Rumor had it that DAmato was involved in homosexual affairs. Even his authority was unable to save him from a bullet.
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