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‘Before You Know It’ is a Touching, Empathetic Portrait of Three Gay Senior Citizens
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‘Before You Know It’ is a Touching, Empathetic Portrait of Three Gay Senior Citizens

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Christopher Campbell
May 28, 2014
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The elderly are invisible. American culture, obsessed with the young and new, has a way of making senior citizens disappear. It’s a particular problem in the gay community. The emphasis on youthful physical ideal marginalizes anyone old enough to be headed in the general direction of infirmity. Then there is the legacy of tragedy, an entire generation d…

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