Savage Love: Worms Turn

by Dan Savage Joe NewtonI'm a 67-year-old gay man. After a breakup 15 years ago, I believed the possibility of emotional and sexual intimacy with a partner was over for me. Then a couple of months ago, my desire for sexual contact increased dramatically. For the first time, I began using apps, and I felt like the proverbial kid in a candy store; it seemed strangely similar to when I first came out in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in the early 1970s. Also, I was surprised—not unpleasa