Building Intergenerational LGBTQ AAPI Communities

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...
Building Intergenerational LGBTQ AAPI Communities

Suicide and LGBTQ/SGL Older Adults

During Black History Month, Mary’s House for Older Adults, SAGE Metro DC, and AARP DC held a LGBTQ/SGL (same gender-loving) State of the Union. One of the issues brought to the forefront was the increase of suicides among LGBTQ elders in nursing homes and other...
Building Intergenerational LGBTQ AAPI Communities

The Little LGBTQ Community that Could

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...
Building Intergenerational LGBTQ AAPI Communities

Passages

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...
Building Intergenerational LGBTQ AAPI Communities

Mary’s House in the HOUSE at Capital Pride

Mary’s House for Older Adults, Inc (MH) collaborated with SAGE Metro DC and joined the celebration of LGBTQ Elders during the Parade and Festival of Capital Pride on June 13-14, 2015. Parade This was the first ever time that Mary’s House had been in the...