So, I Might Be a (Reluctant) Gay Elder… (Part I)

<p>I might have mentioned in &ldquo;About Me&rdquo; that I turned 60 in February 2024. On &ldquo;Fire Walk With Me&rdquo; Day, the day before &ldquo;Twin Peaks&rdquo; Day. FYI, 2/23/64 is also the birthday of Agent Dana Scully, so that&rsquo;s an odd way&nbsp;<em>The X-Files</em>&nbsp;ties in with&nbsp;<em>Twin Peaks</em>. (The character&rsquo;s birthday is not the same as Sagittarian Gillian Anderson, just to be clear.)</p> <p>As a 60-year-old gay man, evidently, I have some wisdom. Should I have put a question mark at the end of that sentence? A lot of my story, quite frankly, is how I gave in to fear. I came of age right when news about this mysterious disease afflicting gay men became THE story. I also received trauma from the providers of the sperm and egg that eventually became this man writing these words, who told me they&rsquo;d disown me because they &ldquo;loved&rdquo; me if I was gay. It&rsquo;s still hard for me to trust people after that, ya know? After one&rsquo;s own mother can say such brutal and contemptible things.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@richardmorell/so-i-might-be-a-reluctant-gay-elder-part-i-54367a9da66f"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>