Boston musicians set older LGBTQ life experiences to music
Our current LGBTQ elders lived in a time that barely resembles the world today. For starters, homosexuality was against the law in all 50 states and there was no acceptance, protections or community supports....
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...
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...
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...
Thriving social scene emerging for LGBT older adults in Western Mass.
Decades ago there were sizeable migrations of LGBT adults moving to larger cities where people found strength in numbers. In these newly established gay meccas, LGBT people could develop community and build families of...
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...
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...
LGBT senior housing in the Bay State: What we can learn from ‘The Golden...
Over the past four months, as a member of the LGBT Aging Project, I have had the opportunity to travel across the state of Massachusetts to co-facilitate a series of focus groups with LGBT...
LGBT Aging Project launches new program to alleviate elder isolation
Have you ever paused to recognize how many circles of people we are connected to? For many of us we have a core set of friends, those who know us inside and out who...
LGBT elders of color create new group for support and some socializing
A new social group for Boston's LGBT elders of color has formed. Flashback Sundays is a place where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults of color and their friends. allies and supporters can meet...
