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You won’t fd a “Roommate Wanted” note on a store msage board anymore. But gay retirement muni are everywhere, and we list them all here.

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"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?

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.

''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.

THE 11 OF TOP GAY RETIREMENT HOM IN THE US

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n the risk of beg Flynn and Rabow members say the image of the Villag beg overn by the tea party is exaggerated and outdated.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.

As the employe will be close ntact wh rints, ’s imperative to nfirm the nursg home is LGBTQ-iendly, as dited gay nursg hom are not mon. Fountagrove Lodge Santa Rosa, California, is the natn’s first lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr-foced senr muny. Careee Cove is a lbian and gay retirement muny ntled North Carola’s High Country.

This senr gay retirement muny is bt for active olr adults livg penntly as assisted livg and medil re servic are not available. Birds of a Feather Pes, New Mexi, was found 2004 as a muny for gays and lbians. Triangle Square Los Angel, California, offers the natn's first affordable hog retirement apartments for the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny.

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

The Palms of Manasota Palmetto, Florida, is a gay, lbian, and gay-iendly retirement muny. Petersburg and Sarasota (both wh gay retirement hom and thrivg gay muni). Philalphia’s LGBT Elr Iniative (LGBTEI) plays a cril role ensurg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr olr adults have the opportuny to live vibrant, creative, and mutually supportive liv.

Orlando, Florida: Orlando has been a pneer LGBTQ clivens datg back to the origal Gay Days 1991.

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