{"id":12293,"date":"2023-11-19T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T07:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/19\/we-dont-hold-anything-back-meet-the-old-gays-tiktoks-most-influential-pensioners\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T08:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T07:37:27","slug":"we-dont-hold-anything-back-meet-the-old-gays-tiktoks-most-influential-pensioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/19\/we-dont-hold-anything-back-meet-the-old-gays-tiktoks-most-influential-pensioners\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We don\u2019t hold anything back\u2019: meet the Old Gays, TikTok\u2019s most influential pensioners"},"content":{"rendered":"

When four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk<\/p>\n

No written description quite captures the joy-inducing positivity of their online videos: bopping along to Taylor Swift in slinky striped swimwear; countless dance trends and TikTok challenges, completed in various seductive states of undress. Twirling and whirling in only feather boas and Speedos to Kylie. Clips neatly edited to cut from outfit to outfit, often climaxing in the skimpiest of one-piece swimwear. Over the last six years, the foursome have become certified social media superstars, but not like any other. \u201cWe\u2019re The Old Gays,\u201d they say, collectively, \u201ca TikTok sensation with 11 million followers and counting. And if you\u2019re not on TikTok, honey, you\u2019re living in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, the four are sitting squarely together in front of a laptop camera: two on low chairs upfront, the others perched on stools right behind. We\u2019re here to discuss their new book: The Old Gays Guide to the Good <\/em>Life<\/em>. As always on occasions like this, they\u2019ve coalesced at 80-year-old Robert\u2019s place: a house in Cathedral City, deep in the California desert. He\u2019s sitting back right, behind Mick, 67, a committed bodybuilder, and Robert\u2019s housemate for the past 10 years. Then there\u2019s Jessay, 70, whose home is directly across the street. He\u2019s a professional singer; the only Black member of the group. \u201cAnd I\u2019m Bill, 79,\u201d comes the final introduction. \u201cI live a couple of miles down the road. Before the Old Gays, we\u2019d all get together and have dinner parties, get stoned, celebrate the holidays. Now we see so much of each other at work we stay away in our spare time.\u201d He winks. \u201cMore colleagues than friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nWhen four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk
\nNo written description quite captures the joy-inducing positivity of their online videos: bopping along to Taylor Swift in slinky striped swimwear; countless dance trends and TikTok challenges, completed in various seductive states of undress. Twirling and whirling in only feather boas and Speedos to Kylie. Clips neatly edited to cut from outfit to outfit, often climaxing in the skimpiest of one-piece swimwear. Over the last six years, the foursome have become certified social media superstars, but not like any other. \u201cWe\u2019re The Old Gays,\u201d they say, collectively, \u201ca TikTok sensation with 11 million followers and counting. And if you\u2019re not on TikTok, honey, you\u2019re living in the past.\u201d
\nToday, the four are sitting squarely together in front of a laptop camera: two on low chairs upfront, the others perched on stools right behind. We\u2019re here to discuss their new book: The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life. As always on occasions like this, they\u2019ve coalesced at 80-year-old Robert\u2019s place: a house in Cathedral City, deep in the California desert. He\u2019s sitting back right, behind Mick, 67, a committed bodybuilder, and Robert\u2019s housemate for the past 10 years. Then there\u2019s Jessay, 70, whose home is directly across the street. He\u2019s a professional singer; the only Black member of the group. \u201cAnd I\u2019m Bill, 79,\u201d comes the final introduction. \u201cI live a couple of miles down the road. Before the Old Gays, we\u2019d all get together and have dinner parties, get stoned, celebrate the holidays. Now we see so much of each other at work we stay away in our spare time.\u201d He winks. \u201cMore colleagues than friends.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk No written description quite captures the joy-inducing positivity of their online videos: bopping along to Taylor Swift in slinky striped swimwear; countless dance …<\/p>\n

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