🦸♂️ Broken Record
Posted Apr 20, 2021 6:05PM UTC
Two months since I last wrote you. I intended to write you once a week with an update on what’s been happening with the site. That seems laughable now. And, as you’ve by now been conditioned to expe...
COVID Vaccine Resource
Posted Mar 16, 2021 2:17PM UTC
The Fort Lauderdale Prime Gentlemen alerted us to a company that matches people who want a COVID-19 vaccine with providers who have unclaimed doses in danger of going to waste. If you’re having trouble getting vaccinated, it only takes a moment to sign up for their text alerts. We hope everyone who wants a shot gets it soon, and we’re back out in the world together this summer.
Coverage in the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/health/covid-vaccine-leftover-doses-dr-b.html
Direct link:
Details:
🦸♂️ Where Does The Time Go?
Posted Feb 14, 2021 5:25PM UTC
Well, this week, it went to the urologist’s office. Then back there again. Then to the hospital for a planned visit. Then the urologist, then the unplanned hospital return to cap Friday night.My par...
🦸♂️ 24 Years
Posted Jan 24, 2021 10:17PM UTC
OlderGay.Men turns 24 today.At least that's what I told everyone. And I believe it. It's just that, between you and me here in the rarified Patreon atmosphere, I don't quite know why I believe it. T...
Happy Anniversary!
Posted Jan 24, 2021 8:14PM UTC
Today makes 24 years of OlderGay.Men (in its various forms). Thanks to all of you for being a part of it, and here's to a long future of friendship together.
Ask The Lawyer
Posted Jan 11, 2021 7:45PM UTC
One of our members is a lawyer who has kindly offered to start a column in which he'll answer questions about legal issues related to older gay men and their partners. The usual disclaimers apply — this isn't a substitute for legal advice specific to your situation — but we hope it will be of interest and use. If you have a question to ask, go here:
Click through to his bio and disclaimer (https://oldergay.men/law/disclaimer/), and you can submit your question at the bottom of the page.
🦸♂️ Places And Problems
Posted Jan 11, 2021 6:48PM UTC
We've started the year with a couple of new features. First, when you look at a collection of members (like https://oldergay.men/users/), you'll now see a national flag for anyone who has share...
🦸♂️ Rounding Out A Once-In-A-Lifetime Year
Posted Dec 28, 2020 9:54PM UTC
It has to be, right? We can't do this again.Looking back on OlderGay in particular, I'm proud of what came together this year. We moved here from sfpix.net last February, and while there are many ro...
You’re Not Seeing Things
Posted Dec 28, 2020 3:15PM UTC
Don't be confused if the Birthdays section of this week's newsletter looks unusual. It looked unusual to me, and a little exploring showed that we have over 12,000 members who use January 1st as their birthdates.
My guess? It's a combination of guys acting in the interests of a) privacy, b) online security, or c) not bothering to click the drop-down menus for Month and Day. If you know a doctoral student in Statistics, he or she might enjoy working up an estimate of how many of these dates could possibly be legitimate.
For our purposes, it comes to just over 50 men appearing in the newsletter. I guess we can put up with that for one week. I don't want to skip the real New Yearsers, and the others should get their acknowledgement sometime.
I will someday get around to talking to all the guys who are over 120 years old...
Happy Holidays,
Jeff
Self-Care Guide
Posted Dec 17, 2020 12:40PM UTC
We received an email update from SAGE that might be helpful to our U.S. members. You can read it online here:
If you have trouble clicking through to their PDF guide, here's the direct link:
The holiday season can be especially hard on our group. Festive lights and cheery advertisements can grate on those of us going through family estrangements and other isolations. This time, after nearly a year locked away with unrelenting fear, I'm sure some of us are going through the worst of the worst. I hope we're providing an outlet here on OlderGay, but if you need more contact and an ear to listen, please check out SAGE's offerings. You're not alone.
And for our younger members looking for a way to make a difference: I hope you'll check it...