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Luckily, several sites have emerged that cater to LGBTQ older adults. While not every dating site on our list is only for seniors or those who identify as LGBTQ, they are all LGBTQ-affirming and inclusive. Most include a wealth of features known for helping singles find love. We offer many social, educational, and recreational opportunities for mature gay men. Our general/monthly meeting is Founded on Sunday, June 13th, , MVOPT focuses on social opportunities with interactions among other Prime Timer.

Our list of ways to meet gay seniors can help LGBT people of a certain age overcome social obstacles and stigma. All you have to do is choose the dating site, volunteer organization, or gay matchmaker that best meets your lifestyle, and then get out there. 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.

Daddyhunt is an online dating platform and mobile app that connects younger gay men with older singles. The platform, founded more than 15 years ago, makes it fun and easy to find dates and relationships based on maturity, integrity, and respect. I'm a middle-aged man who has been married twice and widowed.

I'm also a father to two grown children.

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And I'm gay. My sexuality was a burden I carried for so long, and hiding it became part of my core identity, weighing me down. But I finally had the courage to come out at Honestly, I sometimes wish I hadn't waited so long. Growing up in the '80s in Las Vegas , I was in a different, difficult time. I knew as early as 12 or 13 that I was different, but in those days, I had no frame of reference for what it meant to be gay.

Blatant homophobia and pressure to fit in left me thinking I was some sort of freak. I avoided getting close to anyone and buried my secret, in favor of a more "normal" experience. I eventually met and married a wonderful woman who knew my secret, and we started a family together. When cancer stole her a few years later, I was left with two young children to raise.

During that long journey of grief and single parenthood , I had a few more relationships with women; I even married again, briefly. During all those years, I knew what I was and what I really wanted, but I kept the secret and never acted on it. By spring , my youngest was graduating from high school, and I was approaching the empty nest.

The many months of pandemic lockdowns allowed me the perspective to reevaluate my past and steer my future. I realized if I died too young, like my first wife, I'd leave this planet never having lived my life as I was meant to. What if I died and no one ever knew the real me? I did my research by watching everything I could find on the queer experience, coming out, and gay romance.

I asked my gay friends to share their stories, and they were brave and generous with their advice. With all this inspiration, I was ready. I told my kids, my parents and family, and my friends. I was especially nervous about telling my late wife's family. I worried they'd think our marriage had been a sham. When I told my children — who were 22 and 18 at the time — they were basically like, "Oh, OK.

What's for dinner? They just want me to be happy. It turns out that all my worry was in vain. Everyone I told was so happy for me and so understanding and accepting. I know not all coming-out stories are like this, which makes me especially grateful for my positive experience. As a newly minted gay man, I wanted to experience dating as a something twink, but I was a year-old trapped in a dad bod. That meant navigating dating apps was an adventure, and avoiding the traps of impossible body standards and weird hookup culture was not easy.