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THEY LIVED A 'DOUBLE LIFE' FOR S. NOW, THE GAY ELRS ARE TELLG THEIR STORI.

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He was rponsible for preparg discharge and reassignment paperwork, and sometim he would have to dishonorably discharge men for beg gay. “At that time I realized that I was gay, and was jt difficult to know that people were beg discharged for the same thg that I was my life. ”“What bothered me the most was havg to talk to the guys that were beg discharged, and they were not a good state of wellns anyway, bee at that time, was illegal or nsired mental problems to be gay, ” he Cunngham, 82, and Richard Prtt, 78, have llectively spent 115 years the closet.

Godss Magora Kennedy, who participated the Stonewall uprisg, and Pl Barby, who ran for Congrs as an openly gay man 1996 and 1998. ”Livg a 'double life'Cunngham said he realized he was gay as a teenager, but he didn’t know the word “gay” at the time — he jt knew he was different.

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The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn also classified homosexualy as a mental disorr the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs until 1973, when that classifitn was replaced wh “sexual orientatn disturbance. ” Homosexualy was pletely removed om the manual 1987, but many stat still had sodomy laws on their books until 2003, when the Supreme Court led such laws unnstutnal.

You'd have a lbian iend wh you, or they would have a gay man on their arm or somethg, and was a way of hidg. ”Cunngham and Prtt met the mid-'90s while workg for a b pany, but they still didn’t e out bee, acrdg to Cunngham, “If you were gay, you were not promoted.

ACTIVE MATURE GAY MEN

The purpose of Active and Mature Gay Men is promote iendships, fellowship, and pannships, as well as providg activi and events which we n all enjoy and spend qualy time wh each other.  Startg wh luncheons, I hope the membership will help me to expand the group gathergs * older gay seniors *

Rearch published the journal The Gerontologist last fall found that lbian, gay and bisexual people have a higher risk of mentia and gnive cle than heterosexual people as they grow olr. The study’s thors found that the creased risk was partially due to higher rat of prsn that olr LGBTQ people experience due to workplace discrimatn, shame and other stigma associated wh their stigma still persists, but the elrs and producers behd “Not Another Send” hope their project n help, even if jt a small Cooper lived her whole life as an openly gay woman New York Cy. Karsten ThormaehlenOne of the elrs featured the exhib, Lujira Cooper, 72, lived nearly her whole life as an openly gay woman.

Now more than ever, ’s important for gay senrs to have accs to safe and welg plac to vis and settle down.

Play: Stockholm don’t have a signated gay neighborhood, but you will fd LGBT attractns sttered around the cy. Play: Guerneville is home to the only gay bars Sonoma County: Rabow Cattle Company and The Bar at R3 Hotel. Out on the Street is a three-story gay partment store, while Glad Day Bookshop is the world’s longt survivg LGBTQ bookstore.

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When pared to s overall populatn, Wilton Manors has one of the hight percentage of gay upl the natn. It’s long been a champn of the gay muny, om the gay bars of the Bowery the 1890s to the Stonewall rts 1969. Play: Zona Romanti is the gay neighborhood, but jo an LGBT-specific tour to fd out more about the area.

If you've been lookg for a way to meet other OlrGay members near you, you n now schle a meetup to get everyone together. 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.

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This senr gay retirement muny is bt for active olr adults livg penntly as assisted livg and medil re servic are not available. Triangle Square Los Angel, California, offers the natn's first affordable hog retirement apartments for the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny. 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.

WHEN I'M OLD AND GAY

A study by the Williams Instute at UCLA School of Law showed that senr gay and lbian upl have higher poverty rat than married heterosexual upl. WE ARE A GROUP OF GAY MEN, more or ls fifty-five or olr, who have assembled to support each other beg gay elrs. We e om a wi range of backgrounds and are uned our primary purpose of beg eful to younger gay men and of service to the gay and larger muny.

The GAY ELDER CIRCLE is signed to assist gay men and others to make the transn om adult to elr, the procs nscly assumg a new role the muny—a life of ntug efulns to to others wh the ntext of group support, enuragement, and genue brotherhood.

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