There’s this line people say, that turning 30 is “gay death” — the moment you supposedly become invisible to everyone in the gay community younger than that.
The members of ‘Telling Your Story’ meet weekly to share poetry and prose on preplanned prompts. This week’s theme is ‘Endless Joy.’ Some pieces are comedic, some lyrical, some depressing and cynical (some even more so about next week’s theme, ‘All My Exes Live in Texas’), and all are beautiful. Such describes the members of the writing group, themselves. Ranging in age from 62 to 88, the group in the room is certainly not lacking in personality and charisma.