In the 1950s, when Ray Cunningham was just 19, he served in the Navy as secretary to the personnel officer aboard the USS Ranger. He was responsible for preparing discharge and reassignment paperwork, and sometimes he would have to dishonorably discharge…
Legendary gay actor Sir Ian McKellen is among the latest to get the new vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The 81-year-old star of the Lord of The Rings and X-Men movies said he’s feeling “euphoric” after getting his first dose…
A recent study found that LGB adults are less likely than non-LGB adults to be taking medicine that prevents heart disease. The study, published this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association (AHA), surveyed 1,531 people at or over the…
Lesbian, gay and bisexual—or LGB—people are more vulnerable to one of the fastest-growing health concerns in the country: dementia, according to new research from Michigan State University. “Our study speaks to the unaddressed questions about whether members the…
A nationally representative study of older American adults found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals were lonelier than their heterosexual counterparts, and this effect was partly explained by challenges with social relationships. The findings were published in the…
Last June’s surprising Supreme Court decision granting LGBTQ employees protection under federal law would seem to put an end to workplace discrimination. But if you’re 50 or older, you may still experience an equally invidious form of discrimination: ageism…
Society’s obsession with youth is hardly a secret. (Just ask any actress over the age of 40.) But recently released results of a national survey found that the pain that seniors experience from ageism is incredibly broad. For LGBTQ seniors, that…
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