Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-conforming, queer, and/or questioning (LGBTQ) people is unacceptable in any instance but it is particularly unforgiveable when encountered in a hospice or palliative care environment. When an LGBTQ person has a serious or life-limiting illness and seeks palliative care or… Read the full article HERE.
The holiday season is traditionally considered a time for friends and families to get together and enjoy each other’s company, but this time of year can be especially hard for senior citizens. And it can be even worse for GLBT seniors. According to data collected by Services and Advocacy… Read the full article HERE.
Head north on Halsted Street in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood—just one block of Wrigley Field—and you’ll see it: a modern, multi-unit residence decked in green and blue hues. No, this isn’t a new condominium for the city’s young, urban professionals, but rather an affordable housing unit that has become… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
When Jack Phillips told a young gay couple that that he would not sell them a wedding cake because he has a religious objection to same-sex marriage, he set in motion a chain of events that has led to a case now before the U.S… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
n Nov. 2, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-22) reintroduced the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Elder Americans Act, named after Jewish lesbian couple Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz of West Palm Beach to Congress. Deutch noted that the Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
A couple believed to be Australia’s oldest same-sex partners – two men aged 89 and 85 – say they plan to marry in January after a half-century together but “not with any fuss” following the country’s emphatic vote to legalize same-sex marriage… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
First, Allen Rose had to face reality: His doctor had just diagnosed him with prostate cancer at age 45. “I was stunned,” recalls Rose, now a 60-year-old paralegal living in Rockville, Maryland. “It was really the first experience of my life where I had to take in my own mortality…” Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
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