Aging

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, last week introduced the Elder Pride Act, legislation to support LGBTQI+ older adults and older...

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...

Marie King, a 79-year-old transgender woman, and Sunrise Assisted Living have reached a landmark settlement in a case at the Maine Human Rights Commission involving discrimination in access to Sunrise’s facility in...

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.

LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc., Pennrose, City of Boston, local officials, and project partners celebrated Pride Month with the grand opening of The Pryde, Boston’s first LGBTQ-affirming affordable housing community for seniors aged 62 and...

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...

"The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected." — Robert Frost Perhaps to our dismay, we are not Peter Pan, because the truth is we are all getting older. Yet, even if we can accept that...

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...