Funding for Pryde—stripped from US House bill—restored in Senate version
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) applauded the inclusion of the $850,000 in the Senate's Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations for the completion The Pryde, the first affordable housing development for LGBTQ seniors in Massachusetts,...
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...
US Rep. Pressley back on House floor calling to restore Pryde funding
US Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) returned to the House floor last week to defend funding for The Pryde — the first affordable housing development for LGBTQ seniors in Massachusetts, developed by LGBTQ Senior...
National survey: older LGBT adults expect discrimination in long-term care
A new survey conducted by and just released from the AARP finds that most older LGBT adults expect difficulties in finding adequate "social support to rely on as they age, discrimination in long-term care...
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....
LGBTQ Senior Housing receives $1M funding for Pryde construction
LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc, along with supporters and community members, earlier this month commemorated a $1 million capital grant award from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. This two-year capital grant is...
Bay State passes LGBT awareness training for aging services into law
This just in from Fenway Health:
Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law late last week “An Act Relative to LGBT Awareness Training for Aging Services Providers.” The first-in-the-nation law will require that all state funded...
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...
Applications now open for LGBTQ+ senior housing at Pryde in Hyde Park
Applications are now available to live in The Pryde, the Bay State's first affordable housing project for LGBTQ seniors in the state. The Pryde will occupy the entire, renovated Rogers School in the...
Better quality of life for older adults undergoing gender-affirmation treatment, Yale study shows
A new national study conducted by researchers at Yale University shows that older transgender adults undergoing gender-affirming treatment, including medication and surgery, enjoy a better quality of life than those who do not.
“Even though...
