57% of gay men over 45 were sgle, pared to only 39% of lbians, and 48% of bisexual men and women.
Contents:
- AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL
- SENR GAY UOMI - SSANTENNI INNTRI
- THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN
- 60% OF GAY MEN OVER 45 ARE SGLE AND I KNOW WHY
- WHY BEG “GAY THE ’70S NEW YORK AND L.A. WAS MAGIC” — AND HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED (GUT COLUMN)
AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL
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In a recently published study lookg at var health dispari of LGBTQ adults, the AARP found that gay men are the most likely of any sexual orientatn to be sgle over the age of AARP surveyed 1, 782 people across the Uned Stat.
Of which, 57% of gay men over 45 reported beg sgle, pared to only 39% of lbians, and 48% of bisexual men and of trangenr rponnts the same age bracket reported beg partnered, wh 35% of them purpose of the study was to disver unique challeng the LGBTQ populatn experienc as they age, focg on (lack of) support three quarters of all the survey rponnts reported that they were worried about havg aquate fay or social support systems as they grow olr.
SENR GAY UOMI - SSANTENNI INNTRI
"Gay men are far more likely to live alone, and this will fluence the typ of servic need by gay men as they age, " said the study. "Further, when asked about their social support work, gay men are ls nnected pared to lbians on every relatnship type tted, om LGBT iends to straight iends, om partners to neighbors. "While there are many hypoth as to exactly which factors ntribute to the higher rate of sgle gay men, 's likely a batn of numero fluenc, cludg ternalized homophobia, gay sex apps that promote hook-up culture, the securi gay men face om growg up queer a society that often ems send-class, as well as the AIDS epimic.
The possibily of beg forced to hi one’s inty as a ndn of receivg re is a ncern for jt unr half of lbian, gay and bisexual rponnts and for 70% of transgenr and genr expansive rponnts. Gay men, lbian women and bisexuals of all racial and ethnic groups are about equally likely to worry that their sexual orientatn and age may have a negative impact on the qualy of re they receive om health re provirs as they age. The fdgs are based on data llected om October 27 to November 12, 2017 through an onle survey of 1, 762 lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Amerins age 45 and olr.
The natnal sample clus n=627 lbian or same genr lovg femal; n=680 gay or same genr lovg mal; n=162 bisexual or pansexual women and men; and n=264 rponnts who intified as one of the followg “genr expansive” tegori: transgenr, trans woman, trans man, genr non-bary, genrqueer, genr fluid or tersex. My stat the gay guy world had changed, and that was jt how was gog to be. Where was the show that I uld intify wh, the one about gay men their 40s still tryg to figure out life and s twists and turns, ups and downs, surpris and disappotments?
THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN
I uldn't fd anythg alg wh issu to which I uld then I thought about all of my 40-somethg gay iends and how they all led very different liv om me and each other's as well. So, along wh my wrg partner John Sobrack (a fellow gay filmmaker, married and his 40s), I created The New 30 -- a digal seri about a group of diverse gay iends navigatg their 40s and disverg that life isn't nearly what they imaged would be at that age. It explor some of the real issu of beg gay and your 40s, such as erectile dysfunctn, tergeneratnal and terracial datg, baby adoptn, open marriag, adaptg to technology, physil challeng of agg, alg wh the past, planng for the future, and havg to start over, to name a few -- all handled serly and dramatilly but wh a touch of humor.
I've learned 's OK to be gay and your 40s and not have your life all figured out.
60% OF GAY MEN OVER 45 ARE SGLE AND I KNOW WHY
Many quiri I have received over and over aga through the years beg somethg like this: “I've always liked olr men, but many gay iends close to my age are cril of me and spic of my motiv.
” One young man said to me, “If I see a handsome gay man my age, he might jt as well have a vaga. Var labels have been ascribed to tergeneratnal upl, whether straight, gay or bisexual: tergeneratnal, age-gap, age-discrepant, or, more often than not, “May-December” relatnships.
Inially, I was unnvced the relatnships were ser, but that was bee I held stereotypil views: an olr gay man who was lookg for a trophy-mate and has the money to take re of his boy toy and a younger man who was lookg for a sugar daddy.
WHY BEG “GAY THE ’70S NEW YORK AND L.A. WAS MAGIC” — AND HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED (GUT COLUMN)
I now regnize this as a hackneyed ia that furiat men age-gap gay relatnships. Based on the number of tim this qutn drops to my mailbox, the reasons for the age-discrepant attractns nsum a great al of bandwidth the thoughts of a lot of young gay and bisexual men. Was pletg his doctoral dissertatn, “May-December: Navigatg Life as an Intergeneratnal Gay Couple, ” he thoroughly rearched what proved to be the limed available lerature on tergeneratnal upl.
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Their work will fort men the double jeopardy of beg both gay and lovg someone much olr or younger. Senr Gay Uomi - Ssantenni Inntri, Inntri Over 60.