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GRAYG AND GAY, AND FDG A HOME

The $50 ln Fountagrove Lodge Santa Rose will be an Amerin retirement muny veloped primarily for gay men and lbians, who have faced hog discrimatn. * gay retirement community santa rosa *

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Bay CizenGrayg and Gay, and Fdg a HomeFeb. Webster explanatn is required bee this lbian uple, former Christian missnari, plan to move to Fountagrove Lodge Santa Rosa, a retirement muny beg built primarily for gay men and next phase of nstctn on the $50 ln, 10-acre project starts this sprg, and up to 140 rints are expected to move to 70 apartments and bungalows next year. Bee of s batn of pennt livg and ntug re, cludg assistance for those wh failg memori, is beg promoted as the first of s kd the natn for gay men and project is a sign of the grayg of gay Ameri; the first generatns to live openly as homosexuals are now olr.

But gay rights advot say the project is also a rponse to a troublg suatn: the elrly gay populatn has stggled to secure stable hog.

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A spokwoman for SAGE poted to several studi that have shown that elrly gays, lbians and transgenred people are routely nied hog and treated differently when applyg — many even pose as heterosexual to lease or buy. Their belonggs were nfisted and sold by unty Scull died, and gay rights advot sued on behalf of Mr.

Senator Mark Leno, who is gay and reprents the area, said s of discrimatn were mon natnwi.

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Olr gay men and lbians “have lived a lifetime of equaly Ameri unr the law, ” Mr. Leno Rahimian for The Bay CizenBill and Cdy Gallaher, Fountagrove’s velopers, said area gay rights advot me to them several years ago to suggt a specialized plex. Lol news acunts reported homophobic ristance based on the ments of a few rints, although cy officials said the objectns were maly a rult of the project’s spe.

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After chang were ma, to blend better wh the ral settg, nstctn was gay retirement muni — there are about a dozen natnwi, acrdg to SAGE — have faced difficulti.

“I’m gay, but that’s not the only reason I fd this appealg, ” he said.

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Versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page NaN of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Grayg And Gay, And Fdg A Home. Although there are not many hom available, was the first gay and lbian owned retirement muny the Uned Stat. Here is a closer look at the top gay retirement hom the US.

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