New housing initiatives in Maine welcome LGBTQ seniors home
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...
Landmark executive order collects sexual orientation, gender ID data for elders in Bay State
(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...
Case against assisted living center in Maine settled in favor of trans woman
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...
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...
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...
Boston seniors: Don’t let 2016 Pride parade pass you by
(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...
Boston Police Department engages with Pryde LGBTQ senior housing
Officers of the Boston Police Department recently joined leaders of LGBTQ Senior Housing on a walkthrough of The Pryde, the Bay State’s first affordable housing project for LGBTQ seniors. Security concerns and...
‘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...
On the Importance of Aging in the LGBT Community, by Bob Linscott
"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...
Congresswoman Pressley, Senators Warren and Markey deliver the $850K for Pryde LGBTQ+ senior housing
On Monday, March 25, 2024, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) applauded the final passage of $850,000 in federal community project funding for The Pryde, an affordable...
