Chapter 1: The Meet Up
Chapter 2: Texas Tails
Chapter 3: The Boyfriend
Epilogue
What Cam doesn’t think about — what he keeps carefully at bay — is what the research already knows. LGBT+ older adults are 30% more likely to experience loneliness than their non-LGBT+ peers. Gay men who remain unpartnered and disconnected from community are among the most at-risk. Four out of five older LGBTQ+ adults report concern about having enough social support as they age. The closet, it turns out, is not a sustainable living arrangement. It is a holding pattern with a predictable destination.
Cam is 32. The math is not in his favor.
Sources: AARP Dignity Survey, 2024 | National Institutes of Health, 2025 | Brumfield & Dahlenburg, Journal of Homosexuality, May 2025
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