White House Summit on LGBT Elder Housing Attended by Local Leaders
On February 10, three Boston experts on LGBT elder issues were invited to attend a National Summit on LGBT Aging at The White House. Lisa Krinsky, Director, and Bob Linscott, Assistant Director of The...
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...
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,...
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...
Pathways to Pride: MetroWest’s Booming LGBTQ Older Adult Initiative
As recently as a few years ago the MetroWest area was considered a “gay desert.” There were no programs, social opportunities, services or resources for LGBTQ older adults.
In the past three years a group...
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...
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...
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 Ayanna Pressley slams GOP for cutting funds for The Pryde, LGBTQ senior housing...
Late yesterday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) issued the following statement after the Republican majority on the House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Committee removed community project funding in support of LGBTQ organizations from Fiscal...
Aging Back Into the Closet
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.
