| gay & lbian anizatn | The Villag, FL, USA

Contents:

• GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG
• THE 11 OF TOP GAY RETIREMENT HOM IN THE US
• MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER

GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG

"You n tell jt about anyone around here that you're gay, and you won't have a problem, '' said Villag rint Lda Bernat. Wily known as a cril votg bloc for right-wg ndidat, is also, ls nspicuoly, home to a thrivg gay Rabow club has no head unt — years of discrimatn have ma the gay muny leery of lists — but emails reach close to 2, leads to creasgly crlo qutns:1. What would posss so many gays to live a rabidly right-wg muny?

THE 11 OF TOP GAY RETIREMENT HOM IN THE US

How did the gay muny feel fortable enough to throw weekly dance parti at a untry club? (It's also why lbians say they far outnumber gay men here.

MISS MANNERS: NOSY WOMEN AT RETIREMENT MUNY ASK RINT ‘ARE YOU GAY?’ DURG DNER

''It was the ncept of never havg to leave the neighborhood — the Villag has more than 100 rtrants, 45 golf urs, partment stor and almost every other necsy — that attracted Garv and O'Donnell om San Diego a social clubs for every nceivable persuasn already the Villag, the ia of gettg gay rints together seemed a is, until O'Donnell and Garv first tried 10 years ago.

We met wh a lot of ristance om the gay muny, '' Garv said.

Gay upl who had grown fortable the muny, and were fancially secure retirement, no longer saw a reason to hi. While gay rints threw a prott-ee celebratn a town square after the recent Supreme Court cisn legalizg same-sex marriag, there were a number of hate-filled ments on lol msage boards Joseph Flynn, the Villag Democratic Club director, says those who sport liberal bumper stickers still n the risk of beg Flynn and Rabow members say the image of the Villag beg overn by the tea party is exaggerated and outdated. As gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals move to their retirement years, the mand for LGBTQ retirement muni ntu to expand.