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While there be my no physical pot of gold awaiting seniors arriving at Fountaingrove Lodge, there is America’s first upscale lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-friendly retirement community committed to providing continuing and progressive care, a fact that, in and of itself, represents what can be only be categorized as a golden opportunity for a segment of the seniors community that has long been overlooked and under-served. Via Fabrice Tasendo 
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For LGBT seniors, affordable housing is scarce and often unwelcoming Los Angeles Times Nationwide, an estimated 2 million people age 50 and older identify as LGBT, and that number is expected to double by 2030, according to the Institute for... Via Kelly Riker, Paul
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What’s on the minds of older LGBT people? New information shows it’s money, and not just thinking about it, but worrying about it.
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Today we're taking a look at gay-friendly retirement locations. It turns out that it's a myth that most gay people live in a handful of well-known urban neighborhoods like the Castro in San Francisco or Chelsea in New York City.
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SAGE Story works with LGBT older people to collect their stories and provide them with the skills and platforms to advocate on their own behalf. Our ultimate goals are to open up people’s minds, help change the laws that govern this country and ensure that the systems that all of us rely on become more welcoming to our communities.
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Advocacy groups, in partnership with the federal government, launch a bold national initiative to provide housing—and security—to the growing population of LGBT senior citizens.
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Changes to the financial planning landscape since DOMA: Defined contribution and defined benefit plans: Survivor benefits and Withdrawals...
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A group that promotes rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) elders is announcing plans for a national strategy to address LGBT elder housing needs this week at an event that will feature a senior adviser at the U.S.
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The space, which will offer programs and hot lunches, is part of a $1.5 million expansion of services for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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Join Fountaingrove Lodge, a luxury LGBT and Ally retirement community, and Face to Face for an afternoon of art for a good cause.
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The highest court will hear cases on challenges to gay marriage bans in four states and decide whether the U.S. Constitution affords equal rights to two people who marry regardless of their genders.
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A recent study released by the University of Washington's School of Social Work is turning attention toward a group of seniors who face unique (and ignored) needs; a group whose numbers are expected to be more than 4 million by 2030--lesbian, gay,...
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The year 2015 has hardly begun, and already I see ominous clouds on the horizon. It’s not because the Republicans have taken over Congress, or that the GOP presidential candidates are once again bashing gays to get the votes of the extreme right, or because the fight ffor marriage equality now lies in the hands of the nine justices of the Supreme Court, or because RuPaul’s Drag Race has a new judging panel.
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Today the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on groundbreaking legislation protecting LGBT seniors who are living in long-term care facilities, whether nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, or other similar housing. Via Kelly Riker
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I believe the unifying theme for LGBT aging advocates lies in our ability to respond to loss. Via Velvet Martin
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As gay rights advance across the US, the elderly feel they have been neglected. But a series of retirement housing projects for the gay community may be a signal of change, as Aidan Lewis reports.
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A senior living village for the LGBT community is calling itself the first of its kind in the Southland. Stonewall Gardens in North Palm Springs welcomed its first four residents. Already settled in, residents said the facility is assisted living for seniors with a resort-style twist.
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I’m a big fan of cross-generational gay friendships. Some of my closest gay friends are decades older than me, and I’ve benefited both as a young gay man and as a human being from spending time in their company. We talk about the mundane things all friends talk about—movies, books, lovers, the wine, etc.
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'Our queerness, that thing that sets us apart, that can cause us to feel unwanted, unloved, rejected and alone in the world, is a gift'
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Advocates along with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Feb. 3 officially launched a campaign designed to address the housing needs of LGBT seniors.
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Even more than in the mainstream world, most ads and visuals that promote LGBT travel feature a bevy of fresh, youthful faces.
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Researchers launch LGBT End-of-Life Resource Inventory for BC at town hall
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“On stage at the awards ceremony, I called Ruth my partner in life and business, and that got applause.”
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Europe's first retirement home for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people - the Rainbow House - has opened in Stockholm, with a ceremony attended ...
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Recent analyses suggest that there are at least 1.5 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans over the age of 60. How is the senior health care industry preparing to support them?
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For many retirees The "gay and gray” years have long been looked at with foreboding, but Fountaingrove Lodge offers a different take – a golden opportunity to beanticipated rather than feared. #LGBTSeniors #SonomaSeniors #GaySeniors #LGBTretirement