Aging

One thing we all have in common is that we all grow older—and together we're doing it a lot faster, as SAGE Maine estimates: Todays LGBTQ older adults in the US number 3 million...

This article appears in the January/February 2023 print issue of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today. As the United States moves into a new era of post marriage equality, many...

Maine is the most recent state to allow gay marriage, and the first in the nation to have the law approved by a majority of voters at the polls. Following the passage of the gay marriage law, many in the state have wondered: “What’s next?” After all, marriage is the default panacea of gay rights, and Maine ranks in the top ten states in the nation for gay-friendly laws. Another distinction? Maine has the oldest population in the U.S. with more than 300,000 elders age 60 and over. It is estimated that 15,000 of them are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. For many, the reality of old age comes, hits when one is faced with the reality of what it means to be senior.

At Massachusetts Commission on LGBT Aging's most recent listening session, hosted by and held at Fenway Health, older LGBT adults raised concerns ranging from the ability of assisted living and nursing home facilities to...

Something is about to come into being that will truly revolutionize the LGBTQ community in Massachusetts and eventually across New England. A launch of a new project that will change the way...

(Editor’s note: This article appears in the current May/June 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.) Some call it the High Holy Days for the gays. Others in the LGBT community might...

It is too easy to sit back and believe that history is written by the contributions of our forefathers because that’s what we were told in school. Look behind every movement, every significant moment...

Late yesterday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) issued the following statement after the Republican majority on the House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Committee removed community project funding in support of LGBTQ organizations from Fiscal...

(Editor’s note: This article appears in the current July/August 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.) May 11, 2016 was a landmark date in Massachusetts, even though there wasn’t any fanfare and probably...

Many of the venues hosting Community Cafés for Boston-area elders have been temporarily closed as a precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These are places that many LGBTQ seniors, among the...