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Contents:

• WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 'THE OLD GAYS' MEET A YOUNG FAN WHO LOV DRS
• FOUR ELRLY GAY MEN WHO JOKE THEY 'VENTED BEG GAY' SET TER ALIGHT WH TIKTOK VIOS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• HOW TO EMBRACE AGG AS A GAY MAN
• THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX
• THE ONE QUTN MEN NEED TO STOP ASKG ON GAY DATG APPS
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
• WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 'THE OLD GAYS' MEET A YOUNG FAN WHO LOV DRS

But even though Evan’s school and his fay support his sartorial choic, his mom says that Evan “never see other Evans” the outsi ’s why was so important, she said, that Evan recently had the chance to meet TikTok sensatns "The Old Gays, " who ma sure they were appropriately drsed for the, a sgle adoptive mom to three children wh disabili, cludg Evan, has been stayg home wh them and votg time to buildg their social media platforms. The foursome of gay men — Bill Lyons, Robert Reev, Jsay Mart and Michael “Mick” Peterson — have found viral social media fame their 60s and 70s through their funny and sometim touchg mentg on one of those vios, McLeod got touch wh their team and arranged to drive to their home two hours away so Evan uld meet them.

FOUR ELRLY GAY MEN WHO JOKE THEY 'VENTED BEG GAY' SET TER ALIGHT WH TIKTOK VIOS

“I do not rell when I was growg up seeg or knowg anyone who was obvly gay, and I certaly didn’t have any role mols the public sector at the time. “I nnot thank four old, gay men enough for not only takg time out of their day to show enuragement and kdns to a child they didn’t even know, but also to make the effort they did to fd drs they thought reprented themselv, brought them some level of joy, and f them well, " McLeod said. Four elrly gay men, who refer to themselv as 'The Old Gays, ' started postg vios together onle back 2018, and now, they have practilly stolen everyone on the ter's Lyons, 77, Jsay Mart, 68, Robert Reev, 78, and Mick Peterson, 65, om Cathedral Cy, California, have set the ter alight wh their brilliant guys - who are not a romantic relatnship - have gone viral on TikTok for postg clips of themselv hangg out, chattg about their daily stggl, sharg stori om their youth, givg advice, reactg to popular vios, and dog var activi together.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

2 ln followers and 320 ln views across all social media platforms - have brought happs to many people all around the four guys, who joked one vio that they 'vented beg gay, ' started off as neighbors, eventually beme bt iends, and are now first started to get attentn onle after they were featured a promotnal vio for the gay datg app Grdr, but they were really skyrocketed to fame after jog TikTok near the end of last year. Four elrly gay men, who refer to themselv as 'The Old Gays, ' have set the ter alight recently wh their brilliant vios Bill Lyons, 77, Jsay Mart, 68, Robert Reev, 78, and Mick Peterson, 65 - who are not a romantic relatnship - have stolen practilly everyone on the ter's hearts The guys - who are om Cathedral Cy, California - post clips of themselv hangg out, sharg stori om their youth, givg advice, dog var activi together, and more Due to their posive meanor, their adorable personali, and ntag lgh, the men have brought happs to many people all around the world The guys sat down for an appearance on the Today show on Tuday, November 16, where they chatted about their road to stardom and their favore parts of their new-found ter fameTheir vios have gaed the attentn of many celebri, cludg Lance Bass, Bebe Rexha, Rihanna, and now, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bh Hager om the Today Show.

HOW TO EMBRACE AGG AS A GAY MAN

They first started to get attentn after they were featured a promotnal vio for the gay datg app Grdr, but they were really skyrocketed to fame after jog TikTok last year Their vios have gaed the attentn of many celebri, cludg Lance Bass, Montana Tucker (pictured), Bebe Rexha, Rihanna, and more For those who n't get enough of the guys, who have been brand the 'morn day Goln Girls, ' they will soon be able to watch them their very own realy showFor those who n't get enough of the guys, who have been brand the 'morn day Goln Girls, ' they will soon be able to watch them their very own realy show. 'We look forward to expandg upon that succs wh the "Old Gays" to create an entertag and succsful long-form seri that will be enjoyed by lns of viewers om all different backgrounds and ag across the world.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX

”“It’s hard to be out genr where beg gay, or exprsg your sexualy, is owned upon, ” add platum rapper and sger iLoveMakonnen, born Makonnen Sheran, who rose to fame as a protégé of Drake and me out as gay 2017.

THE ONE QUTN MEN NEED TO STOP ASKG ON GAY DATG APPS

”Before the viral sensatn of “Old Town Road” turned Hill to a pop star and gay in, hip-hop was already reachg a turng pot s clivy, as more young black men explorg sexualy and terrogatg masculy their work are gettg mastream attentn. Rap culture has always been powered by unbridled machismo, and one would be hard prsed to not fd a gay slur embedd the lyrics of any of the genre’s most famo archects.

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

Slang such as “s” and “No homo” and “Pse” that e queerns as a punchle have been thrown around sually for as the old guard has been replaced wh a younger generatn unncerned wh rigid labels and unbothered by genre, today’s rap and R&B scene isn’t as exclively heteronormative as once was.

“We know folks our muny have always been religly nservative, and beg gay is still seen as taboo, ” said Ebro Darn, the global edorial head of hip-hop and R&B for Apple Mic and host of “Ebro the Morng” on New York’s Hot 97 rad statn.

”Over the past uple of years, Ocean’s former Odd Future llaborator, Tyler, the Creator, has transned om a bratty provotr who hurled gay slurs wh reckls abandon to a thoughtful nfsnalist, one who surprisgly and rather matter-of-factly raps about his own attractn to men.

WHY BODY IMAGE ISSU PERVA THE GAY COMMUNY

A diverse array of talents such as Brockhampton ontman Kev Abstract, Steve Lacy (also formerly affiliated wh Odd Future) and Skype Williams have all prented works this year that are eely crafted through a black queer his “Arizona Baby” album, -produced by Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift), Abstract reflects on growg up gay and Corp Christi at the turn of the lennium.

1 song Ameri and jt eclipsed a chart rerd that Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men set 23 years ago wh “One Sweet Day, ” a song spired by the AIDS crisis and the tragic peril brought to so many black gay men this untry. Walter Thompson Innovatn Group back 2016 found that only 48% of 13-20 year-olds intified as exclively heterosexual, pared to 65% of the generatn before is an dience that shgs when Tyler, the Creator do an about-face the way he did on 2017’s stellar “Flower Boy” where he sually rapped about beg attracted to men after years of g gay slurs — a topic he still ref to addrs outsi of the mic (he cled to be terviewed for this piece). “Tth is, sce a youth kid, thought was a phase / thought ’d be like the phrase; ‘poof, ’ gone / But, ’s still go’ on, ” he that’s not to say the rt of the mic dtry is that much further mic had lacked an openly gay superstar before Adam Lambert and Sam Smh ma history wh their chart buts and Grammy victori, rpectively.