is a muny for olr gay men and the men who love them.
Contents:
- BLACK, GRAY AND GAY: THE PERILS OF AGG LGBTQ PEOPLE OF COLOR
- BLACK, GAY AND GRAYG GRACEFULLY LOVE
- 81-YEAR-OLD MAN ALLEG HE WAS JAILED FOR HAVG GAY SEX
- 90-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN RELLS LONG STGGLE WH HIS SEXUALY
BLACK, GRAY AND GAY: THE PERILS OF AGG LGBTQ PEOPLE OF COLOR
Jamal Jordan uldn't envisn what growg old as a gay Black man until he met Mike and Phil while workg on a book. * black old gay *
Who self-intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) — about 1.
Nursg hom and other long-term re facili are pecially problematic for black LGBTQ elrs, acrdg to Kenh Mchell, 62, a black gay man livg New Orleans. “People need to be able to be their te selv; beg fearful and strsed impacts your qualy of life and your physil and mental health, " add Mchell, who serv as a board member for New Orleans Advot for GLBT Elrs (NOAGE) Burgs, 65, a black gay man Washgton D.
BLACK, GAY AND GRAYG GRACEFULLY LOVE
Black gay love is revolutnary. * black old gay *
“It’s not the same as beg a young gay person; there’s ls to do, and many of our peers have died om the AIDS epimic, ” he said. Plans ll for 15 efficiency uns, a “stone wall” on the grounds memoratg the 1969 Stonewall Inn Rts and a yellow brick road — a nod to days past when gay men would clanstely intify each other by askg, “Are you a iend of Dorothy? Sign up for the ia of growg old as a gay man ed to terrify me.
81-YEAR-OLD MAN ALLEG HE WAS JAILED FOR HAVG GAY SEX
Gay history is Black history. * black old gay *
I simply had no ncept of what longevy looked like for gay Black fear wasn’t irratnal. Wispread reprentatn of lbian, gay — and to a lser extent, bisexual and transgenr — people media have only recently bee anythg near “mastream. “We jt want to let young gay people know that they n have somethg to look forward to when they get old, ” Phil said to me on the send-floor ck of their Amerin Foursquare on Detro’s Wt si, one of the greatt pris of their 50-year relatnship.
” We were troduced by Curtis Lipsb, the executive director of LGBT Detro (also featured the book), who, hearg me lament the arth of olr gay men my life, sisted that I meet this uple. He scribed them as “val” to the cy’s gay Black muny, and was easy for me to unrstand why: I spent my teen years Detro.
90-YEAR-OLD GAY MAN RELLS LONG STGGLE WH HIS SEXUALY
* black old gay *
“We’ve dited our liv to makg sure younger gay Black people know that they n grow old, and that they’ll have somethg to live for.