Maine Human Rights Commission advances transgender discrimination case against assisted living facility
This just in from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD):
The Maine Human Rights Commission by a 3-2 vote today issued a finding of reasonable grounds that an assisted living...
First-known trans discrimination case at assisted living facility filed in Maine
On October 14, 2021, a complaint was filed before the Maine Human Rights Commission alleging discrimination against “Jane Doe,” 78, a transgender woman. The complaint, filed on...
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...
Older LGBTQ adults in Mass. twice as likely to suffer from depression
A new report from the Boston-based Fenway Institute finds older LGBTQ adults twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression as their straight, cisgender peers. The report also finds this group twice...
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....
LGBT Aging Project granted $10,000 from Eastern Bank to keep older LGBT people connected...
The LGBT Aging Project, a program of Boston-based Fenway Health, received a $10,000 grant from Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation to help older LGBTQIA+ people stay connected to their communities and support their...
‘Grab & Go’ meals for elders offered in response to Community Café closures
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...
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...
Mass. Commission on LGBT Aging brings key concerns front and center
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...
EqualityMaine and SAGE Maine announce merger to better serve growing community
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...
