The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life

The Old Gays are a phenomenon on TikTok, sharing inspirational stories and advice for living life to the fullest. They've lived through decades of change, including the closet, Stonewall, the gay sexual revolution, the AIDS crisis, and gay marriage legalization. Their book, "Guide to the Good Life," celebrates lives lived to the fullest and the art of getting old without getting bored.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 23 November 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

From @theoldgays, the internet's most beloved foursome, comes a book of inspirational stories and aspirational advice for living life to the fullest. The Old Gays have taken TikTok by storm with their viral videos, which are by turns outrageous, hilarious, fashionable, and fierce. But as four gay men, aged from 67 to 80, Mick, Jessay, Robert, and Bill have lived through decades of momentous change and have stories that take more than three minutes to tell. They grew up in the closet, experienced Stonewall, lived large during the gay sexual revolution, lost friends during the AIDS crisis, dealt with their own HIV+ diagnoses, and saw gay marriage become legal. Between them, they have been through it all: divorce, depression, bankruptcy, near-death experiences, and dinner parties, nudism, professional bodybuilding, orgies, and church. These are the tales—sometimes scandalous, sometimes profound, sometimes heart-breaking—that only an older gay man can tell. Their Guide to the Good Life is a celebration of lives lived to the fullest and the art of getting old without getting bored. Whether it's aging, coming out, losing everything, starting over, finding happiness, or just injecting a little more fun into proceedings, it's good to know someone has been there before and is more than happy to give their best, bawdiest, most hard-won advice.

Weight: 472g
Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008637262