is a muny for olr gay men and the men who love them.
Contents:
- THEY LIVED A 'DOUBLE LIFE' FOR S. NOW, THE GAY ELRS ARE TELLG THEIR STORI.
- GAY COMEDY SERI STARRG IAN MCKELLEN TO AIR ON PBS
- THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
- 6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
- THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN
- HOW TO EMBRACE AGG AS A GAY MAN
- AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL
THEY LIVED A 'DOUBLE LIFE' FOR S. NOW, THE GAY ELRS ARE TELLG THEIR STORI.
The Brish s Vic, which will soon air the U.S., foc on the nearly 50-year relatnship between two gay men and stars out actors Ian McKellen and Derek Jabi. * two gay old men *
He was rponsible for preparg discharge and reassignment paperwork, and sometim he would have to dishonorably discharge men for beg gay. “At that time I realized that I was gay, and was jt difficult to know that people were beg discharged for the same thg that I was my life.
GAY COMEDY SERI STARRG IAN MCKELLEN TO AIR ON PBS
No untry for old gay men: Twilight’s Kiss by director Ray Yng imag two men already their formative years and gettg another chance at love * two gay old men *
”“What bothered me the most was havg to talk to the guys that were beg discharged, and they were not a good state of wellns anyway, bee at that time, was illegal or nsired mental problems to be gay, ” he Cunngham, 82, and Richard Prtt, 78, have llectively spent 115 years the closet.
Godss Magora Kennedy, who participated the Stonewall uprisg, and Pl Barby, who ran for Congrs as an openly gay man 1996 and 1998. ”Livg a 'double life'Cunngham said he realized he was gay as a teenager, but he didn’t know the word “gay” at the time — he jt knew he was different.
THIS FILM IS A TALE OF TWO OLR GAY MEN FDG LOVE HONG KONG
* two gay old men *
Begng the late 1960s, many stat crimalized homosexualy through sodomy laws. The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn also classified homosexualy as a mental disorr the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs until 1973, when that classifitn was replaced wh “sexual orientatn disturbance.
” Homosexualy was pletely removed om the manual 1987, but many stat still had sodomy laws on their books until 2003, when the Supreme Court led such laws unnstutnal. You'd have a lbian iend wh you, or they would have a gay man on their arm or somethg, and was a way of hidg. ”Cunngham and Prtt met the mid-'90s while workg for a b pany, but they still didn’t e out bee, acrdg to Cunngham, “If you were gay, you were not promoted.
6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
The director of Call Your Father says his attractn to olr guys exposed a rarely discsed universal tth about gay men. * two gay old men *
And then when you get olr you see the gay pri gog on and people totally enjoyg themselv.... Rearch published the journal The Gerontologist last fall found that lbian, gay and bisexual people have a higher risk of mentia and gnive cle than heterosexual people as they grow olr.
THE CURSE OF AN ATTRACTN TO OLR GAY MEN
The study’s thors found that the creased risk was partially due to higher rat of prsn that olr LGBTQ people experience due to workplace discrimatn, shame and other stigma associated wh their stigma still persists, but the elrs and producers behd “Not Another Send” hope their project n help, even if jt a small Cooper lived her whole life as an openly gay woman New York Cy. Karsten ThormaehlenOne of the elrs featured the exhib, Lujira Cooper, 72, lived nearly her whole life as an openly gay woman. Photographs by Matthew MorrocLike many gay men searchg for timacy the morn day, the photographer Matthew Morroc has found his share of onle.
Many of his panns had survived both the AIDS crisis and heights of homophobia unknown to younger generatns. At one pot I nfid my high school’s mp mister that I thought I might be gay.
I nied the tth bee my sexual attractns were not wh the range of what I nsired acceptable homosexual behavr, even then, when “homosexual behavr” was anathema to the “moral life. Neverthels, the work I’ve done to explore my story a psychotheraptic settg and wrg about , I have e to realize that, while there may be aspects of a still-rolvg “daddy plex” at play my sexual preference, is somethg that I’ve e to embrace as unique to my gay male inty.
HOW TO EMBRACE AGG AS A GAY MAN
As history will tell , tergeneratnal gay relatnships are not unual; nor should they be.
They also teach a lot about gay cultural history and polics. I have also learned more about gay culture: books, film, mic, and visual art. As a lennial, I reap the benefs prev generatns of gay men have acplished.
AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL
Followg the succs of Brish imports Sherlock and Downton Abbey, PBS will air Vic, a s focg on the long-term relatnship of two gay senr cizens, acrdg to reports om Deadle Hollywood. In addn to beg one of the few ss currently beg broadst that foc on a gay uple, was filmed ont of a stud Vic marks the first time McKellen and Jabi have appeared together on-screen, the two were both stunts at Cambridge Universy and part of the school's Marlowe Society.