by Diverse Elders | Oct 2, 2018
by Sherrill Wayland, MSW, Manager of National Projects for SAGE. Elder Justice is LGBT Justice! Whether LGBT older people protested in the streets, founded organizations, or just managed to survive times of social unrest, they laid the groundwork for the progress all...
by Hank Trout | Aug 9, 2018
This article was originally published in A&U Magazine. Around the first of April of this year, I began using a wheelchair when I leave the apartment. This was an inevitability that I resisted, fought off for as long as I could. Admitting that I need a wheelchair...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 3, 2018
by Dr. Theodore Hutchinson. This post originally appeared on the SAGE blog. On the day I was born 63 years ago, I became a ghost when these words were uttered: “Congratulations, it’s a girl!” I am a person who is transgender. Although the signs were present throughout...
by Diverse Elders | Jun 28, 2018
by Dave Singleton. This article originally appeared on Caring.com. You don’t know what you don’t know. That’s what I learned touring over 30 assisted living homes and senior communities in recent years. Some visits were for an article I was working on or for...
by Dr. Imani Woody | Jun 26, 2018
This post originally appeared on the NCOA blog. According to a recent Gallup Poll, there are approximately 2.4 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people over 50 years old. We know that many LGBTQ/SGL (same-gender loving) elders never came out of...
