Stories of our inheritance: Boston’s LGBT Elders of Color
On September 8, the LGBT Elders of Color, a program of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition (MAC), hosted an evening of live storytelling called “Stories of our Inheritance:...
Then and now: Part II, Now it’s Gabi’s time to live: Transitioning at 60
Gabi Morgan, 65, from Jamaica Plain is becoming a fixture not only in her own community of JP but also with older trans and gender diverse adults...
Then and now: Part I, David’s story, transitioning in the 1970s
“There was no word for it, no language, no history, no information, no support systems and no role models.” This is how David Weekley, 70, from Hull, describes...
Fenway Health shines in StoryCorps’ ‘Mobile Tour of America’
StoryCorps is a beloved organization that began in a recording booth set up in Grand Central Terminal in 2003. Their mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories...
How the pandemic is helping to launch a virtual LGBTQ Senior Center in the...
Since the coronavirus changed the social landscape for everyone all over the world, many groups and organizations pivoted to reconnect people using online platforms like Zoom and Webex....
Development and design plans announced for New England’s first LGBTQ senior housing building
Thankfully, despite the global pandemic and forced closures all across the Commonwealth, the work toward New England’s first LGBTQ senior housing building hasn’t suffered any setbacks. One of...
LGBTQ older adults confront isolation amid COVID-19 pandemic
“This is not how I planned to spend my retirement!”
Phil Tackle’s words echo the frustration so many LGBTQ older adults felt as soon as...
Honoring the legacy of trans elders, boldly moving in new directions
Back in the ’70s and ’80s mainstream America thought that the “gay community” was a separate entity—“those” people were outside the norm and lived their lives in different and unusual ways. Then, little by...
Celebrating the women who shaped our LGBTQ community in Boston
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...
This is the moment: LGBTQ-friendly senior housing in Massachusetts
There are so many indicators that determine if a city is truly inclusive and welcoming to the LGBTQ community. For some, it is having an LGBT community center, while other cities boast about how...
