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When you’re a gay man, agg is plited.

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GAY MEN AND AGG

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The gay culture is unfivg of agg. Many gay men will have endured homophobic bullyg at school whilst teachers turned a bld eye; havg parents not unrstandg or acceptg their sexual orientatn; or a difficult and paful g out procs. In the here and now, there is still much homophobia our society: beg looked at an timidatg or shamg way when holdg their same-sex partner’s hand the streets; hearg homophobic people makg plats when gay characters appear on televisn; beg asked appropriate sexual qutns at a party that would never be asked to a heterosexual person; havg to refully select a holiday statn that is gay-iendly.

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This is what we ll "mory strs, " the chronic strs that occurs every day for beg gay a heterosexual world. As a rult, gay men (and others the LGBTQ muni) have to velop a shield to protect themselv.

One way that gay men n create a sense of safety and protect themselv agast more woundg is by feelg wanted and sexually sired, which wh lookg perfect, showg no signs of vulnerabili and beg young.

For gay men, for some reason, 40 years of age seems to be the thrhold when gay men flip om beg sirable and sexy to beg visible and even sometim an object of disgt.

GAY LIFE AFTER 40

Watchg the Channel 4 seri It’s A S remd me that we didn’t get the chance to see gay men agg when we were growg up bee many of them died their 20s durg the AIDS epimic.

The gay male populatn is missg a generatn of olr men who uld have been mentors and teachers offerg guidance this homophobic world. Wh the absence of the olr wisdom the gay muny, youth beme the only safety: As long as one is young and betiful, they will be sired and therefore they won’t be alone. The gay scene rpond to that by sexualisg youth and perfect bodi, whilst nigratg agg.

The dilemma is that most gay men want to nnect and love each other, but they’re also havg trouble nnectg bee genue timacy requir the willgns to be vulnerable. The dark si of this is that we are leavg behd the agg gay men who survived homophobic trma, the AIDS epimic, and those who fought for the equal rights that we are enjoyg today.

GAY LIFE AFTER 40

Gay men simply don’t have a mol of what the path of agg looks like.

COMG OUT AS GAY IN YOUR 20S, 30S & 40S

We only see young gay men partyg, havg sex, or sual relatnships. Many gay men still rry ternalised homo-negativy wh the subnsc re belief that is impossible for gay men to love one another, feelg unservg of love.

Yet, there are many gay men strong and lovg relatnships, monogamo on and polyamoro on, livg their liv like everybody else. They are many agg gay men who have much wisdom to give to their younger peers.

AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL

It is time to work together to shift the gay culture om the one beg cril of agg to more human nnectns, where we n embrace each other, bee, after all, we all belong to the same fay, the LGBTQ fay — the Rabow Fay.

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Many gay men never felt fully unrstood by their fay of orig.

For gay men aged 40 and over to be sirable, they have to be phed to the label of "Daddy. This needs to change bee we need to learn to appreciate all kds of gay male body shap and ag.

It’s A S vividly shows that many gay men didn’t get to age, fulfill their potential, live their dreams, fd love. And let’s not be aaid of havg sex wh a gay man over the age of 40 — n be really hot! When we see an agg gay man a bar, let’s not look down on him, or wish he uld go away.

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