At the heart of this chapter are two aspects of human identity that are rarely joined together: homosexuality and ageing. In the earlier discussion of the gay scene, and from time to time in other chapters, I have shown that a powerful public narrative exists that portrays homosexuality in terms of youthfulness and young bodies. And for this reason, being gay is rarely associated with growing old or being old. Jeffrey Weeks was one of the first scholars to discuss the story of age segregation and ageing in the gay milieu. Writing in the early s, he related how old gay men were invisible because the focus of the gay milieu was on youthfulness.
Few stereotypes of gay life are as persistent as that of the sexually starved older man. Gay life has traditionally centered on the young and the beautiful. This issue is a particularly hot one for gay men because regardless of age, they have a strong interest in sex. To investigate the reality behind the stereotype I reviewed 19 books published between and , all of which deal in whole and in part with sexuality in gay men 50 years of age or older. While such men have significant problems, the consensus is that most are at least as happy in their sexual life as age peers who are straight. Four themes emerged in my review.
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Oscar Wilde and Simon Amstell are among those who have tried to explain the phenomenon of age gaps between consenting adult men. That it should be so, the world does not understand. So the world mocks at it. As Wilde alludes to in his speech, one major misunderstanding about queer culture that persists — still, to this day — is a misunderstanding about male-male attraction between men of different ages.