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Do gay men have a particular problem with getting older?
Are gay men particularly terrified of getting older?
None of us wants to get older and we’d all like to stop the clock if we could. But I’m beginning to wonder if gay men in particular struggle with ageing.
Now in my late 40s, I think my mental health is pretty good most of the time. For that I’m grateful. But when I look around, I see too many of my peers battling to cope. Struggling to the point of suicide.
Again, this isn’t just a gay problem. Despite the privilege we enjoy, men are disproportionately likely to die from suicide than women by a ratio of around 3 to 1. Some associate this with issues around masculinity: not talking about one’s feelings, and being too afraid or embarrassed to ask for help.
Combine toxic masculinity with homophobia (both internal and external), and it’s little surprise that gay men suffer from additional mental health challenges.
But this still doesn’t explain why I’m seeing so many gay men in their 40s and 50s in distress
Gay Star News
New Jersey man, 59, arrested for wearing clear plastic bikini on beach
BEACH HAVEN, N.J. - Police say a 59-year-old man who wore a bikini fashioned out of see-through plastic wrap on a New Jersey beach is facing a criminal charge.
They say Stephen Wojciehowski spent two days on a Long Beach Island beach wearing a homemade bikini in which his genitals were clearly exposed and was charged with lewdness.
NJ.com reports the Stafford Township man was arrested Monday and was released pending further court proceedings.
CBS News
John Travolta: Caught Kissing Another Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do we have another John Travolta gay scandal on our hands?
Simply put: No.
But it's worth explaining why some people are under this impression.
Travolta was recently in Butler County, Ohio to shoot scenes from the movie The Life and Death of John Gotti.
At some point, he decided to drop the office of Sheriff Richard K. Jones, posing with the law enforcement official for a photo that went semi-viral on Twitter.
Because Travolta is shaking hands with Jones? Not exactly.
It's because Jones captioned the image as follows:
"Unexpected visit, unexpected kiss.. Awesome meeting Mr. John Travolta!!"
The Hollywood Gossip
Frontiers Fires Lesbian Reporter For Being Too Old
A renowned and respected lesbian reporter was just sacked for being too old -- and the publication that fired her is LGBT!
LGBT Nation reports that 66-year-old news editor Karen Ocamb was called into the Frontiers Magazine office during her vacation, and summarily fired.
Edge Media Network
Heartbreaking Photo Of Grandad Who Cooked For All Six Grandkids - But Only One Turned Up
He had made 12 burgers in anticipation of dinner with his grandchildren.
So he would have felt more than a touch of disappointment when all but one failed to show.
Yahoo
Let's Not Forget:
Larry Kramer in love and anger (1935 - pres.)
"Plague! We are in the middle of a fucking plague! Plague! 40 million infected people is a fucking plague. And nobody acts as if it is." When Larry Kramer gave this speech in September 1991 — ten years after The New York Times reported the appearance of a strange form of 'gay cancer' — AIDS had killed 150,000 people in America alone. "And nobody knows what to do next."
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