Em's Story Born July 2, 1945, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam Arrived January 10, 2004, Alexandria, VA SCSEP Participant, Senior Services Assistant, Boat People SOS, Inc., Houston, TX My wife was in the U.S., so I came to join her. It was difficult adjusting to...
I am a 60-Year-Old Trans Female Living with HIV My name is Helena and I am a 60-year-old transgender female living with HIV. I am not a victim. An HIV/AIDS diagnosis is NOT a death sentence, but is similar to living with breast cancer or diabetes, which through some...
Ty Martin is a Harlem resident, activist and a Community Liaison at SAGE Harlem. I am black. I am gay. I am an older adult. I am resilient. And so is my community. I grew up during the civil rights movement, seeing powerful black activists around me fight for our...
This blog was written by Liz Margolies, LCSW, Executive Director of the National LGBT Cancer Network, and originally appeared on the Huffington Post. The single biggest risk factor for developing cancer is age and older LGBTQ people are more likely to be living alone...
When members of our diverse elder communities work together, it feels like there is so much power, shared history, and ambition in the room. We've loved hearing stories of multiple organizations getting together to work on issues around the White House Conference on...
The once-a-decade White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) is the catalyst for the development of aging policy and is convening on Monday, July 13, 2015. There have been a limited number of pre-WHCOA events and listening sessions to address Asian American and Pacific...