This morning I woke to sadness and heartbreak, hoping still that the nightmare was not a reality. As I searched for morning traffic reports, all stations and channels were reporting updates on the weekend tragedy that rocked the nation and hit my LGBT community at the...
Bringing Elders and Youth Together to Learn Language, Life Skills
I am a huge fan of intergenerational programming. Both children and elders can feel silenced by a world that tends to privilege people of other ages, and there's something powerful about meeting and learning from the people who've come before or the people who will...
LGBT and Latino Elders Stand in Solidarity on Orlando Shooting
In light of the tragic shooting at an LGBT club/community space in Orlando earlier this week, two Diverse Elders Coalition members -- the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) and Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) -- have released a joint statement in...
Connecting Across Generations
by Timothy Wroten of SAGE. This post originally appeared on the SAGE Blog, and you can read about Jay Kallio and other LGBT trailblazers in the Fall 2015 issue of SAGEMatters. Jay Kallio gained nationwide visibility in 2012 when he shared his story about navigating...
What Affordable/Accessible Housing Options Exist for Diverse Elders?
America’s older population is in the midst of unprecedented growth. As the baby boomer generation continues to experience increased longevity, the 50 and over population is projected to increase about 20 percent by 2030 or to about 132 million people. In just 15...
Building Intergenerational LGBTQ AAPI Communities
I find myself attending LGBTQ Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) events with less and less frequency over time. At one point, queer AAPI community events made up most of my calendar; now, hardly at all. Part of it is that other activities and responsibilities...