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being gay and feeling lonely

Advice on how to nont ageism the gay muny spe earlier loss and how to avoid beg alone.

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HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU'RE GAY AND LONELY

‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow.  * being gay and feeling lonely *

Part of realizg you're gay, or bi, or trans, or non-bary, or anythg other than cisgenr and heterosexual is acceptg you’re different—and somewhat separated—om the majory. Here he shar his journey to overe the sense of isolatn he felt growg up gay a small U. At the time, there were no real gay role mols except for Graham Norton and Jack om Dawson's Creek—and I certaly didn't intify wh him bee I wasn't a football player.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * being gay and feeling lonely *

I felt like I was pletely on my rried on until I was 16, when I started gog out to gay bars my hometown. I ma one gay iend, who I'm actually close to now. For the first time I've been able to form a good group of gay iends and create my own support work.

WHERE ARE ALL THE LONELY GAY MEN?

If male lonels is a morn epimic, where are all the lonely gay men? * being gay and feeling lonely *

I'd go on gay chatrooms but that was jt a facels nversatn wh someone who uld have been anyone. I thk if I'd had iends who were gay when I was growg up, my life would have been so different.

I now know there were other kids at my school who were gay, but they didn't e out till much later. The Epimic ofGay Lonels. Only a few of the nam of the gay men this article are real.

GAY PEOPLE 'AT RISK OF A LONELIER OLD AGE'

Jeremy[1] is not my only gay iend who’s stgglg.

A GAY MAN AT MIDLIFE PONRS BEG LONELY AND ‘INVISIBLE’

For years I’ve noticed the divergence between my straight iends and my gay iends.

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