Old gay men stories

Bring age diversity to your characters. So, I said as a compromise, I’d accept that.

Our new granddaughter is half Hawaiian/Local/Hapa, so that fits.

Leimomi Marie Makanaalohamaikalani Bagorio (say that three times fast) is due in less than 2 weeks. First names for everyone! I’m from Holyoke, Massachusetts. Yet they survived. Where does it all lead?

There’s also the letter carrier Sam and his younger husband, Daryl, in “Big Boy,” who encounter a wealthy couple, Monroe and Richard, as they walk through the South End. Sam and Daryl have an open relationship within certain boundaries, which these new friends end up challenging. Some lived through them with style, sass, and a stash of cocktail napkin phone numbers.

As a writer, ask yourself: Who are you leaving out?

And it was a communit... I’m one of three boys, grew up ... The best writing doesn’t come from outlines alone. Besides, there’s a fair amount of unrequited attraction among his characters, and all of the sexually charged scenes, whether consummated or not, are really about character. As long as I can remember, I knew that I was different.

Ultimately, they found joy. They lived. Ask them.

📚 “Before Grindr: Meet the Men Who Paved the Way”

There was a time when cruising involved bookstores, not swipe rights. I didn&#... He’s a skilled storyteller, holding back enough to keep his reader continually engaged, but character is his thing: the people and narrators who populate Zigzag’s 16 stories are complex, relatable, and very much themselves, whether they’re humorous, irritating, or lovable, or a combination of the three.

For example, there’s Mason Chastain in “The Hazardous Life,” a high-school French teacher nearing retirement who embarks on teaching a senior-level French literature course and falls for one of his most promising male students.

Maybe even heal you.

You’ll gain perspective—and maybe a killer lemon bar recipe.

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Friendship Doesn’t Require a Filter

Ageism in the gay community isn’t subtle—it’s in the swipe-lefts, the party invites, and the hashtags. I suppose we should settle this.

Just call me tutu. Ever since when I was a little kid, I al...

More importantly, it’s human gold.