Gay men list the life lessons they’d like to pass on to younger gays
have to be wasted on the young—as long as the young heed their elders! “Listen to older gays around you, even if they’re annoying,” one Reddit user wrote recently. “I sure did in my younger days, and they always had the best advice and stories.”That comment came in a larger discussion about the lessons r/AskGayMen users would teach younger gays, and many other commenters had hard-earned wisdom to share.
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Here are some (slightly edited) responses from the thread:“Being gay is only a small part of who you are, not a personality in and of itself.
If you’re a gay guy who is the walking embodiment of the campy, feminine stereotype, it’s fine. Same if you’re the very antithesis of it.
Be yourself and f*ck the rest. And this goes for everybody, really: Stay the f*ck away from social media. Trying to copy the glitzy, life-is-a-dream-type influencers will rot your brain.”“Life isn’t a race.
