In each gay venue you will find men checking each other out, assessing each others’ attractiveness and market value in a split second. This fast automatic response keeps us caught in (often unconscious) stereotyping based on body type, race, age and other factors. While body shaming and racism are often challenged these days, our ideas about age are rarely examined and addressed. The judgements we make about other gay men, based on age, often feel like absolute truths. But at the same time they are not so fixed at all:  they change considerably as we gain life experience. In this Ritual, we walk up and down on a timeline, from being a little boy till a mature old man, and back. We will see the other men walk as well, simultaneously, each in their own rhythm: men younger than us, men older than us. Seeing each other go through their different life phases while we ourselves are moving in and out different life phases as well, we become each others’ mirror. We will see the gifts each place brings, and see the price we have to pay as well.