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Contents:

• MIDTOWN ATLANTA GAY MEN
• ATLANTA’S PRIME TIMERS OFFERS OUTLET FOR GAY RETIRE
• MIDTOWN ATLANTA BATHHOE FLEX REMAS A STRONGHOLD OF GAY LIBERATN 40 YEARS ON
• INVISIBLE NO MORE: BLACK GAY MEN OVER 50 ARE FDG THE SILVER LG
• BULLDOGS: ATLANTA’S LTLE GAY BAR THAT ULD
• GAY CLUBS

MIDTOWN ATLANTA GAY MEN

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John Wiggs said he and his partner joed bee giv them an outlet to meet other retired gay men. “I thk at the fol pot, or at least part of , is isolated gay senrs and givg them a reason to get out of the hoe and be wh people, ” Carroll said. I had a partner of 30 years who passed away five years ago and after a year of wallowg prsn I started jog groups, preferably gay men’s groups the hop of fdg someone new if possible.

ATLANTA’S PRIME TIMERS OFFERS OUTLET FOR GAY RETIRE

Top photo: Prime Timers offers social opportuni for ‘mature’ gay men. While Midtown ntu to the be the center of gay life Atlanta and among the most renowned “gayborhoods” the South, LGBTQ clubs, stor and nightlife n be found all Atlanta neighborhoods om reveloped areas like Wt Midtown and East Atlanta to nearby suburbs like Detur and East Pot. The area is emergg as Atlanta’s next gayborhood, as young profsnal members of the LGBTQ muny flock to the area to bee homeowners.

Atlanta’s origal gayborhood, Midtown is the re of LGBTQ life Atlanta. Not only is Midtown the cultural hub of Atlanta, is also the home for gay nightlife Atlanta and shows jt how diverse Atlanta’s LGBTQ muny INFO.

Technilly loted Midtown, the Ansley Square shoppg plex is a virtual gay urtyard featurg gay bars and shops. It is also home to Atlanta’s first and only gay sports bar, Woofs, which draws crowds for poker nights and viewg parti.

MIDTOWN ATLANTA BATHHOE FLEX REMAS A STRONGHOLD OF GAY LIBERATN 40 YEARS ON

Gay and lbian-owned rtrants and shops n be found both Cabbagetown and Grant Park, and gay-popular eateri such as Agave and T Lizzy’s are always full of fun. Jt down the street is Mary’s, an offbeat gay bar that featur legendary INFO.

INVISIBLE NO MORE: BLACK GAY MEN OVER 50 ARE FDG THE SILVER LG

But 2017, the operators of Flex feel fortable enough to remd all passers-by that, amid the nstctn that ntu to re-make Midtown, there remas a bathhoe open and operatg on 4th Street, where gay men meet to have easy, anonymo sex. ” Bathho have long been an open, dirty ltle secret for gay men, rarely talked about outsi of close circl of iends, and the bane of those who yearn for a more rpectable, ls promiscuo, public image of homosexualy. (File photo) Post-Stonewall boon Public bathho origally operated major ci to promote hygiene among poorer populatns, but as door plumbg beme universal, the venu transned to cisg ho for gay men.

It was an acceptable part of gay life back then. ” Dpe the era of liberatn many gay men felt a part of, gay sex remaed illegal Geia, and the social (and sexual) outlets for gay men were mostly limed to bars and their backrooms. ” The gay muny was divid about whether a bathhoe should ntue to exist the middle of a sexually-driven plague, Robison relled.

BULLDOGS: ATLANTA’S LTLE GAY BAR THAT ULD

While they’re often nsired a vtige of a seedier era of gay life, Robison thks Flex and other bathho might be on the brk of a renaissance. But his story would not mirror those of his iends whom he laid to rt, stead, would bee the impet he need to -create “The Silver Lg Project, ” a group that would impact his life and the liv of Black gay men livg wh HIV, particularly those over 50 who are often renred visible the broar Black gay, the Director of Programs at Thrive SS, an Atlanta-based non-prof anizatn dited to providg support to Black gay/bisexual men livg wh HIV, rells the moment he was lled to actn by Thrive SS Executive Director, Larry Walker, to create a space that reflected his experience as an olr Black gay man livg wh HIV. It was their first step towards creasg the visibily of Black gay men livg wh HIV over 50 and ensurg they ntued to have a sense of muny.

GAY CLUBS

Lonels is a topic that often up for Black gay men of any age but is often tensified for men over 50. Bridgg the gap between the Obas and younger Black gay men is a key iative for “The Silver Lg Project’s” immediate future, pecially the face of ageism and risg HIV diagnos Metro Atlanta.

Reid’s advice to young Black gay men who may wre off men his age group is “to keep on livg. Silverdaddi and gay younger and olr admirers are most active ClubSilver.