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LGBT senior housing project vandalized with hate speech

A Boston affordable housing project for LGBTQ seniors was vandalized with homophobic and threatening graffiti Sunday. The Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization that is leading the housing project’s construction, LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc., shared photos of the hateful messages — including “we will… 

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Long-term care home unveils ‘Rainbow Wing’ for LGBT residents

A long-term care home operator unveiled a “Rainbow Wing” at one of its downtown Toronto facilities on Saturday to address the need for a dedicated space for LGBTQ2 seniors. Rekai Centres opened the 25-bed wing at its home at Wellesley Central Place…

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Millions in SS survivor benefits freed up for LGBT seniors

John Davis and Jack Orler were together for nearly three decades, sharing everything from their home and beloved dog, Dusky, to their email address. They weren’t just roommates — their love and shared lives amounted to something more: a marriage…

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Gay widower received the SS benefits due him because of Biden

Anthony Gonzales was with his partner Mark Johnson for almost 16 years. But they were only married for six months, getting married after their home state of New Mexico legalized marriage equality until Johnson died of rectal cancer. Gonzales was initially…

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Veterans can now identify as trans on VA medical records

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced Wednesday that his department added the options of transgender male, transgender female, nonbinary and other, when veterans select their gender, in medical records and healthcare documentation. “All veterans, all people, have a basic right…