Gay and old man

In the LGBTQ community, there are numerous stories of self-discovery and identity, yet one subject remains deeply misunderstood—intergenerational relationships. Daniel Felsenthal, a year-old man, provides a rare glimpse into this experience, sharing his journey of loving much older men, including his year-old husband. Here’s a list of notable films featuring stories of older gay men, capturing themes of love, self-acceptance, and resilience in later stages of life: more.

Read, below, and check out a selection of 15 portraits from Complicit, which you can purchase here. What specifically drew you to the portrait subjects of older gay men? Why do you feel it's important to highlight them? I wanted to make emotionally vulnerable portraits and intimate scenes of older men. Community for those gay men over the age of Most of the gay spaces in reddit are run by very young members of the LGBT community.

This space is for those of us older who have been through much more and can't always relate to what the younger guys are feeling. Like many gay men searching for intimacy in the modern day, the photographer Matthew Morrocco has found his share of it online. But the glossy Adonis of the Instagram era is not his type.

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I gained weight. I go for a walk around a church parking lot at every morning. I do pushups and stretches then I walk home. Showing my body in our videos is difficult for me. But I was also celibate for 10 years. Joining the Old Gays and finding out that people thought I was hot surprised me. It makes you think that all the hard work you did was really worth it.

And it is hard work! I used to do yoga twice a week religiously, but now all the exercise I do is all the dancing we do and learning the steps. I only read the positive feedback. In high school and college, I was not very physical. When I moved to San Francisco in , I became intensely body aware and went to the gym five days a week and did a lot of aerobics.

There was so much pressure to look the best you could. I moved to Palm Springs and continued to work out because the inclination in the desert is to not wear clothes most of the time. I want to look the best I can, as long as I can. There are so many sexy daddies around Palm Springs you have to look your best. That pressure is still definitely there, but how critical physical health is to longevity is becoming more important to me.

I started training when I was Then an Olympic weightlifter named Jim Morris opened the first really openly gay gym in the country Jim Morris Gym and I trained with him. The gym was an escape where I could really focus my mind. But there was always a bit of [body pressure] in a place like Los Angeles. You can let it mess with you, but for me it was an internal motivation. When I turned 60, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that resulted in neuropathy in all four of my limbs.

Right now I have about 70 percent feeling in my hands and feet. My body is at war with itself. Recovery has become much more important to me. I just take each day as I find it. Some days my body tells me to rest. On days I feel good, I push it. This story appears in the October 2o22 issue of Men's Health. We're Playing With Fire. It's Time to Put It Out.