Becoming Invisible

A sixty-something gay man’s visit to Provincetown

Photo courtesy of David Dietz

I was at the Boatslip, an indoor/outdoor bar in Provincetown’s West End, feeling like I was in a time warp. I hadn’t been to a gay bar in years, had rarely stood in a crowd since Covid. But I was outside in the fresh air, and I wondered how I would feel in a group of mostly young-to-middle aged gay men, when I had crossed the Rubicon of 60.