Single queer adults over 50 are twice as likely to stay single for life… But is that a bad thing?
SAGE, the advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders. Moreover, if that doesn’t hit you in the gut, a 2023 Pew Research Center study points out that roughly 62% of adult gay men of any age identify as single.
Subscribe to Native Son’s newsletter for more news, information, and conversations about Black gay and queer everything.Satchel B Greece (@satchelbgreece) • Instagram photos and videosFifty-five-year-old Satchel B.
Greece is among the 62% of gay men included in the study. He confirms that he’s been in relationships but that they have tended not to last. “Do I long for partnership?
Do I long for someone to be here to hold me and offer me that companionship? Most definitely, I do,” he says. A post shared by Native Son (@nativesonnow)The notion of being single for a lifetime brought mixed emotions from community members interacting with the @nativesonnow Instagram post on the subject.
