Europe’s first LGBT retirement home, a most 80s apartment block Stockholm, giv gay people a iendly place which to grow old. It’s the start of a growg trend, disvers <strong>Eleanor Margolis</strong>
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THE ONLY GAY (RETIREMENT HOME) THE VILLAGE
Before Lydia, no lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr pensner the UK had ever stepped to a hog scheme signed to look after them. Below, vast railway l brg people to Waterloo statn om the so-lled home unti – a trip that endls young gay people have ma to pe. ”Lydia grew up around here the 1950s, before gentrifitn sent hoe pric to orb, and before the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967.
“I still have that ticket, ” he built a life together, survived the Aids crisis – while losg numero iends – and wnsed dramatic attudal shifts towards homosexualy. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.