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Better healthcare for the aging lesbian community.

August 15, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Better healthcare for the aging lesbian community.

Lesbians are more likely to seek healthcare if they are in an accepting healthcare environment, a new opinion paper argues. “Clinicians who have an understanding of lesbian women and their unique stressors, who provide a welcoming and inclusive environment, and who provide cross-cultural care are well positioned to reduce healthcare stigma and improve clinical outcomes,” Drs. Jordan E. Rullo and Stephanie S. Faubion of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, write in Menopause, in an essay focusing on lesbians in middle age.  

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The truth about life after gay ‘decriminalization’ in the UK.

August 11, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The truth about life after gay ‘decriminalization’ in the UK.

This year we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act (1967), which started the process of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. But the act did not mean full decriminalisation. It only covered acts in private, between two men over the age of 21. It also not cover the Merchant Navy or the Armed Forces.

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Lambda Living, an affordable housing initiative for LGBT seniors.

August 10, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Lambda Living, an affordable housing initiative for LGBT seniors.

Hector Zuazo and Robert Medina are happily married, a commitment made in Toronto, Canada 11 years ago because marriage equality had yet to pass in the U.S. back in 2006. Today, in their early 70s, the couple is thinking of their future, one that includes aging in a community where many LGBT seniors do not have spouses or children to take care of them in the latter part of their lives.

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Many in the LGBT community still in the closet.

August 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Many in the LGBT community still in the closet.

A new Canadian survey on the LGBT community suggests while just more than one-tenth of the population identifies as part of that group, many people are reluctant to tell others. More than half of the respondents who described themselves as LGBT said they have not come out to work colleagues, while just under half have not told their classmates. The findings are found in a survey that was commissioned on behalf of a Quebec foundation committed to fighting bullying, discrimination and violence.

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LGBT concern – Outliving your savings.

August 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off on LGBT concern – Outliving your savings.

According to a SAGE study, older LGBT people are more likely to be single, live alone and be childless. As Prudential’s 2012 LGBT Financial Experience Surveyshows, the “most pressing concern” for queer people is outliving their retirement money. MassMutual’s recent LGBTQ Financial Security Survey shows that 70% of us, relative to 63% of the general population, attest to being behind in our retirement savings.

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A march to honor the 35 years of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization.

August 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off on A march to honor the 35 years of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization.

Staff and supporters of Gay Men’s Health Crisis will march through the streets of Manhattan on Wednesday to commemorate more than 35 years since the organization’s inception. The group, which spearheaded the fight against HIV and AIDS when they say few would even pay attention, will walk to the New York City AIDS Memorial in Greenwich Village near the shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital.