Timo Mitselakis's Page

Looking through the historical postings here on GTN especially the Mature Men group got me to thinking a bit about times past...Never a good thing to do when you get older, but at the time I was having a trawl through gay web sites generally and noticed that wherever you go, most of the bars, clubs, and other venues for gay men, seem to revolve around younger people.

I should point out at this stage that I am actually a bit too young to be a ‘baby boomer’, well almost…

Continue

I have just been reading the article by Robert Levithan published in The Advocate entitled 'The New 60; Newly Single' and picked up in a discussion on GTN.



Levithan states "I’m turning 60 and officially single.....In our culture this is considered semitragic. We are so couplecentric and ageist that to not have a partner after 40 is often seen as a kind of… Continue

The concluding part of the blog suggesting that the good old fashioned bed and breakfast but run by gay or lesbian owners may be the way to go for your 2010 summer holidays.



So what else can a truly gay, or lesbian, b and b or guest house offer you?



I already mentioned that such places are run by the owners, and as such many of these live on the premises all year round, and in fact they are ‘locals’ and know the local scene. Yes I appreciate that many gay travel agents… Continue

Part One of Two Articles with a hint of something different for the seasoned and not so seasoned LGBT traveller.



Recession and worldwide financial difficulties or not, for many the annual summer holiday is sacrosanct and as the annual holiday booking season returns (in the Northern Hemisphere at least), many gay and lesbian travellers are finding that what is on offer to them as ‘packages’ are becoming increasingly limiting and are now becoming a ‘been there and done that, got the T… Continue