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Great-Grandfather Comes Out As Gay At 95 A great-grandfather has come out as gay at the age of 95, saying there are “certain things I want the world to know”. American Holocaust survivor Roman Blank has two children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild, but last year finally gave up the secret he had been holding for decades. Now he is the subject of the documentary ‘On My Way Out’, directed by his grandson Brandon Gross. In a YouTube interview Mr. Blank described the moment. He told the blogger Davey Wavey: “I just told them plain, that I was born, and was all my life, gay. And I told them the whole tragedy of my life, and they understood what happened to me. Can you imagine, 90 years, to be in the closet?” Mr Blank and his wife Ruth have been together for some 60 years and the blogger said that while “they undoubtedly loved each other in a deep way”, “you also feel for” Mrs Blank. According to Mr Gross, she learned of her husband’s secret after giving birth to their second child, the director’s mother. Davey asked whether Mr. Blank now wanted to find a companion, and what his type was. He said: “I don’t look at the face, I look at the heart. Somebody to lean against, somebody who feels the heart ticking, and nobody can do that unless you let them. “I’ll be very honest about it. I really don’t need any either physical or mental connections. But I want to. I want to go to sleep, have somebody close to me, not for any other reason, but to be sure that someone cares. “For you, it’s easy to find. For me, I’m too old already. Who needs an old junk?” And he asked his interlocutor: “What do you think of me? Do I have the right to come out at that age?” Davey replied: “It’s your life, and I don’t know all of your experiences, but it seems to me that it’s never too late to be your true self.”
Gay rights pioneer ted northe dies at 76 By Kevin Dale McKeown Published Mon, Mar 31, 2014 7:18 pm EDT Queen of the Silver Dollar She arrives in all her splendour every night at nine o’clock And her chariot is a cross-town bus that stops right down the block The ol’ piano minstrel plays a song … Continue reading
Do we choose to be gay? By Jordan Roth – the Advocate Do we choose to be gay? Yes and no. We may not choose to be attracted to people of the same sex, but we can choose to hide that attraction or live openly as gay and lesbian people. There’s no reason to be … Continue reading
Coming OUT, Again
LGBT Baby Boomers find themselves fighting homophobia, again The challenges facing aging gay, lesbian and trans seniors Emma Teitel June 30, 2014 Twitter Facebook Google+ Share LinkedIn Reddit Email Twitter Facebook Google+ Share LinkedIn Reddit Email 0 When 52-year-old Fraser Doke underwent a liver transplant in Vancouver last year, he found himself in an … Continue reading
Gay rights pioneer ted northe dies at 76
Queen of the Silver Dollar She arrives in all her splendour every night at nine o’clock And her chariot is a cross-town bus that stops right down the block The ol’ piano minstrel plays a song as she walks in And the queen of the Silver Dollar, she’s home again She’s the queen of … Continue reading
One Marine’s Dying Wish
One Marine’s Dying Wish By FRANK BRUNI – New York Times Published: January 4, 2014 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — WE don’t get any say about the kind of world we’re born into — about whether it’s prepared for the likes of us, whether it will open its arms. Hal Faulkner certainly didn’t get the world … Continue reading
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Handicapped vs Disabled
HANDICAPPED VS DISABLED BY WAYNE DE BLOIS – MARCH 15, 2010 Recently, I heard “Handicapped” from a member – he was referring to the Paralympic Games. During the last 30 years, Terry Fox and Rick Hansen have changed the course of history. They broke down the barriers and changed societal attitudes for the better toward … Continue reading
BC’s Premier Confidential Men’s Gay Support Group
Confidential support and discussion group for Gay, bi-sexual and Questioning Men coping with the challenges of being married, separated or single. We do not practice group therapy but offer members an opportunity to discus their concerns and share experiences in a safe atmosphere. Continue reading