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Contents:

• THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO DATG AFTER 50
• GAY SENR DATG: AUTHENTIC CONNECTNS TODAYSHARE GAY SENR DATG: AUTHENTIC CONNECTNS TODAY
• L.A. AFFAIRS: I WAS 55, GAY AND WORRIED: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DATE ME?

THE GAY MAN'S GUI TO DATG AFTER 50

Neher is datg at midlife — pecially if you're a gay man.

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. 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.

GAY SENR DATG: AUTHENTIC CONNECTNS TODAYSHARE GAY SENR DATG: AUTHENTIC CONNECTNS TODAY

Do walkg to a gay bar make you feel more out of place than Lady Gaga shoppg for cloth at a mall? For example, if you like the outdoors, jo a gay hikg or walkg group, and meet men while you get h air and exercise.

Hey, you don't have to tell me 's tough beg gay, sgle and over 50. It's not like gay subculture has given lots of happily datg, olr gay male role mols. Wh all the foc on marriage equaly the days, 's easy for gay men to thk that beg sgle and happy is an oxymoron.

I n thk of somethg far worse than beg sgle, gay and olr.

L.A. AFFAIRS: I WAS 55, GAY AND WORRIED: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DATE ME?

Beg upled, gay and unhappy. Are you over 50, sgle and gay?

Gay senr datg has s own challeng, but onle webs are fast changg the face of datg today. SilverSgl, one of the leadg senr gay datg s, is created for senr sgl to nnect and disver pannship, love, and relatnships.