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Bridging the gap between the Obas and younger Black gay men is a key initiative for “The Silver Lining Project’s” immediate future, especially in the face of ageism and rising HIV diagnoses in Metro Atlanta. Ninety-year-old Hector Black has been on Radiolab and StoryCorps, talking about how he forgave the man who murdered one of his daughters. But he tells NPR's Ari Shapiro a different story — one he.

The wisdom and resilience of older black gay men who survived the early holocaust years of the epidemic should be more widely acknowledged and utilized in our HIV prevention and other efforts. When Jeffrey Perri was growing up in Rochester, New York, his grandfather, Tony Perri, came out to him as gay.

Jeffrey was only 9 years old. Years later, Jeffrey also came out, and what was already a close relationship became something even more meaningful for both of them. At the age of 90, he’s finally opening up about an essential part of his life that he’s long kept hidden: Felts is gay. “I had been keeping this secret most of my life, and I had planned to take it to the grave,” he explained in an interview on the 3rd Hour of TODAY Friday.

But the Colorado resident recently had a change of heart. Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. I'm From Driftwood is a c 3 non-profit forum for true lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stories. Earlier this year, founder and Executive Director Nathan Manske and two companions successfully completed a four-month, state Story Tour collecting LGBTQ stories from towns and cities across the country.

They're pulling some of the most relevant, important, and sometimes just enjoyable stories from their archives and sharing them with HuffPost Gay Voices. As a young man fresh from Kansas, Dean Ostrum made two homes for himself: a farm with his family in New Jersey, and a weekend apartment in New York. His love story began in the second home, like many others, on a hot summer's day in the city:.

The day I met [Richard], I took my towel and moved over to the other part of the roof, and I said, "Do you care if I spread my towel out here? I told him I was married, very proud of my four kids, and he said, "Why don't you come up and have a nightcap? We began to see more of each other, and there was no secret about him being a very close friend I met in New York.

In fact, his telephone number, how he could be reached, was on the little slip of paper in our New Jersey farm home so that my wife or children, if they needed me, could get in touch with him, too. So one night, my wife had been in New York with him This particular night, she said, "Dean, your boys want to know if Richard is your lover.

Boy, I thought all along I had been very careful not to reveal what was really going on in my life as a gay man.

This -- it was amazing. I lied. I said no. Fortunately, one of the children had written a letter from Ohio State, and he and his oldest brother had worked together to bring me out. He said, "I love you, I respect you, it doesn't matter one bit whether you're gay or straight, but you and Mom need to resolve this situation, because it's going to destroy both of you if you don't. Because of his children's loving push, Dean summoned the courage to dedicate his life to Richard and invite him into the family, not just as a friend but as a lover and, eventually, a husband:.

When Richard and I got married last October, we sent an email to all of our children, saying, "Surprise! We're now married. It's not easy to resolve a difference like this, but it's the best way in the world.

Ninety-year-old Hector Black has been on

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