Sex and Drugs


I’M A SEVENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD cisgender male with silver hair who had sex with about a dozen guys last year. Guys only, all ages, a few regulars and some one-time online hookups, each offering a different kind of vibration and satisfaction. That tally includes my darling spouse, Daniel, in his early thirties, who himself sees oodles of men, all of them older, like me. It’s a joyful open relationship, and we can’t get or spread HIV because we’re both on pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP: Truvada for him, Descovy for me. […]

Click here to read the full piece. This story was originally published by The Baffler on January 8, 2024.