by Diverse Elders | Sep 17, 2015
Today is National HIV and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD), celebrated each year on September 18th to mark the unique challenges of being an elder with HIV. The following is a speech given by Herbie Taylor at our May 7th WHCOA Town Hall in Los Angeles, CA. For more...
by Diverse Elders | Sep 11, 2015
This piece originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. HIV can infect anyone, at any age, if given the chance. However, it does disproportionately impact certain populations. HIV/AIDS is a serious health concern for older adults; today adults 50 years of age and older...
by Diverse Elders | Aug 31, 2015
C. Michael Woodward, MPH, is a writer and LGBTQ inclusion consultant and trainer based in Tucson, Arizona. He worked in various roles on the staffs of SAGA, Wingspan, and SAAF and now serves on the Board of Directors of SAGA and Equality Arizona. He wrote the title...
by Diverse Elders | Aug 5, 2015
This piece originally appeared on the SAGE blog. I was one of perhaps three trans people at the small liberal arts college I attended. One stayed stealth throughout all four years, and the other chose not to transition medically. I was out. Very out. You can well...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 24, 2015
Vince Crisostomo is the Program Manager for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s 50-Plus Network. I was 30 when Jesse Solomon and I registered as Domestic Partners in San Francisco. We had moved to San Francisco from New York in November 1990. Our Domestic...
