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…
A gay grandfather in England was terrified recently when a young date he had met on Grindr tried to blackmail him for £600, according to DevonLive. The victim went to the police who set up a sting operation and arrested Keiran Thurling…
When it comes to understanding the LGBTQ community in order to support and defend it, one of the main challenges is getting good data. Most of the data that we have comes from pollsters and can fluctuate wildly…
Sir Ian McKellen has long been an activist. The British cultural icon came out publicly in 1988 to decry the UK’s Section 28 law that forbid the “promotion” of homosexuality, and since then has been active in a range of LGBTQ causes…
When the time comes to retire, LGBTQ people face a big question: where can they go and feel comfortable? While lots of communities tout themselves as ideal locations, not all of them are as friendly to queer retirees as they…
Visibility has always been a driving force in the equality movement, and that’s no less true when it comes to seniors. For years, the prospect of aging has often been cause for a joke or for dread in the community…
Highlighting the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on LGBTQ people over 50, organizers of the queer dance party Little Gay Brother have teamed with Opening Doors London on a new project to raise both funds and awareness to confront the crisis…
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