Queer Aging: The Gayby Boomers and a New Frontier for Gerontology

by Jesus Ramirez-Valles

As the first generation of gay men enters its autumn years, these men's responses to the physical and emotional tolls of aging promise to be as revolutionary as their advances in AIDS and civil rights activism. Older gay men's approaches to friendship, caregiving, romantic and sexual relationships, illness, and bereavement is upending conventional wisdom regarding the aging process, LGBTQ communities, and the entire field of gerontology.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190276347
• ISBN13: 9780190276348
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"