This Is What We Are Trying To Do - This Is Our Goal.
(FYI - we now have over 13,000 members in our email contact database, mostly from IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, but also others).
Midwest Community Group - What makes it happen?
THE KEY IS PARTICIPATION
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I grew up in the 50's & 60's, in rural western Iowa and was DEEEEEP in the closet. After the military, I slowly started coming out in 2000 - mostly with the help of the internet. I lived in Little Rock, Arkansas at the time and vividly remember finding the LUST of my life who lived in Oklahoma City.
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Needless to say, over the next 20 years, there were a lot of LUSTS in my life. From Omaha to Baton Rouge to Little Rock to Oklahoma City to Las Vegas to Phoenix to Lincoln. They all came and went. They were all very good friends and they helped me grow, but it seemed the ONE thing that we all had in common, was the need to hide our true feelings for other men while in the general public.
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In 2013, I came out to my family and school classmates (50th reunion) - that was a game changer for me. Now, even the VA (Veterans Admin) wants to help me if I'm gay.
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A lot has changed in our society in the 65 years since my FIRST LUST in rural Iowa, the World has opened up and alternate lifestyles are now much more acceptable. No man should be alone and be lonely.
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Now that I am 78 years old, widowed to a woman and a male partner, I want to try and help make the midwest become more open for our upcoming gay men. I never want other gay men to go through what I did. (I think maybe gays DO have an agenda).
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As the Baby Boomers begin to retire, they include the largest amount of out gay senior citizens America has ever seen. The generation that helped pioneer the gay civil rights movement is now blazing a new trail through retirement, re-defining what it means to be gray and gay.
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But not everyone is able to visit or move to far-away places like Atlanta, South Florida, San Francisco, or even Palm Springs. Some of us have obligations, and some of us actually LIKE (dare I say LOVE) the Midwest.
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Why can't we have both? Love Of Land - AND - Love Of Man. We don't need to move away to find happiness.
But we do need to help - PARTICIPATE - the death wish of any volunteer organization is thinking that someone else will pick up the wagon tongue and pull it along. We all need to pull our load (don't go there, just yet - LOL)
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