The Old Gays talk life, joy, and the missing generation of gay elders
Being fabulous can save your life.
The Old Gays are a social media sensation: flamboyant outfits, lip-synced dance parties, and risque theatrics you might not expect of men in their 70s and 80s.
A lot of their media attention focuses on the joy they bring to all of us. But in their new book, The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life, they share a deeper story. This week on It’s OK, Bill, Bob, Mick, and Jessay talk about the missing generation of gay elders, and how being “discovered” late in life saved them.
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About our guest:
The Old Gays are best friends Mick Peterson, Bill Lyons, Robert Reeves, and Jessay Martin. Flamboyant social media celebrities – @oldgays – they’ve also become educators, teaching people about the strides that have been made over the last five decades in the LGBTQ+ community.
Get their new tell-all group memoir, The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life: Lessons Learned about Love and Death, Sex and Sin, and Saving the Best for Last
Additional resources:
- The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and UCSF house a lot of queer history related to the AIDS epidemic.
- National AIDS Memorial
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