We are a diverse and multicultural social & wellns support work for Men who have sex wh Men, Gay/Bisexual/Trans men (FTM), HIV-negative and HIV-posive, 50 years and olr the San Francis Bay Area. This group is foced on:> • Developg a plan for health and wellns> • Buildg ien
Contents:
- 7 REASONS WHY MY BEG GAY AND OVER 50 IS TRAGIC, ACRDG TO EVERYONE ELSE
- THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO DATG AFTER 50
- THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR 50-PL NETWORK FOR GAY, BI & TRANS MEN
7 REASONS WHY MY BEG GAY AND OVER 50 IS TRAGIC, ACRDG TO EVERYONE ELSE
7 Reasons Why My Beg Gay and Over 50 Is Tragic, Acrdg to Everyone Else * gay 50 plus *
Never md gettg turned down for a wrg job I ially created (they gave to an unrwear mol who don’t wre), I’ve learned that, gay world, my creativy should have end about the time many of my iends’ liv did.
I’m unr-reprented gay-themed films and TV shows, and prt publitns don’t seem to know that I exist.
THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO DATG AFTER 50
Whether you're sgle aga or you've been around the block, gay datg isn't easy. * gay 50 plus *
If someone don’t know about Boy Gee g out on TV or Tth or Dare’s gay kiss or the AIDS quilt, then sffs off as “an age thg, ” they are lerally sayg that ignorance is preferable to knowledge.
There’s nothg I love more then when young gay men ask me about LGBT life the 80s, and I’m thrilled I n tell them about the ups and downs. My own favore sentimental gay-old story? He died after passg on a treasure trove of gay history.
Who would have thought the notn of marriage beg the measure of te happs would bee a gay norm? Neher is datg at midlife — pecially if you're a gay man.
THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR 50-PL NETWORK FOR GAY, BI & TRANS MEN
The year 1970 marked what many historians nsir the first gay pri paras Ameri. * gay 50 plus *
Right, gay datg isn't easy.
You're never too old to fd love, but that's not a msage gay men hear very often.
A support work for gay, bisexual and trans men ag 50 and olr who survived the HIV/AIDS epimic. * gay 50 plus *
The gay muny's — OK, let's get real, mostly the gay male muny's — ageism. "Wh the gay muny, negative stereotyp rerce the belief that gay relatnships are based solely on physil attractn, and that once youth starts to fa, we are unlikely to have any real or lastg relatnships, " says Rik Isensee, thor of Are You Ready? The Gay Man's Gui to Thrivg at Midlife.
For every 20-somethg enterg the gay datg scene full of wi-eyed wonr, there's a 50-somethg (or a 60-, 70- or olr-somethg) man back on the market after a relatnship ends. Do walkg to a gay bar make you feel more out of place than Lady Gaga shoppg for cloth at a mall?