Given the heightened risk that older people face of serious illness due to COVID-19 and the particular challenges confronting older LGBTQ Americans, now is a time to remember and address the needs of our elders, notes a new issue brief…
When it was announced that Rock Hudson had AIDS on July 25, 1985, a young woman at the summer stock theater where I worked ran through a group of her fellow actors, singing: “Rock is dead,” from The Who song “Long Live Rock.”…
A giant of the American theater, Terrence McNally has died of complications from COVID-19. An 81-year-old lung cancer survivor with chronic pulmonary disease, McNally died in a Sarasota, Fla., hospital, according to Deadline. While celebrities such as Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson…
Long a popular retirement harbor for gay men, Palm Springs will soon welcome what’s perhaps the ultimate queer golden-age ticket: a luxury condominium community designed for active LGBTQ seniors. Set to break ground in January, the $60-million $70-million amenity-rich…
The LGBTQIA community has been creating intentional communities for decades now, reports Cynthia Dettman from the Fellowship for Intentional Community. With this the case due to safety and support concerns, one may question how welcoming mainstream senior communities are of…
We’ve all seen the viral tweet: “Gay culture is being a teenager when you’re 30 because your teenage years were not yours to live.” It’s a heartbreakingly relatable sentiment, and a wryly funny one, because it’s rooted in truth. When you’ve spent…
An 84-year-old Australian conversion therapy survivor was told that she was no longer welcome as a volunteer visitor for the elderly because she’s gay. The woman, who is only named as Malloy in the media, said that she started volunteer visiting…
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