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BLACK, GRAY AND GAY: THE PERILS OF AGG LGBTQ PEOPLE OF COLOR
Olr Adults LGBTQ | Gay Documentary Gay Senrs, Stonewall Uprisg, Gay Pneers, Gay Generatn, Senrs the Closet, Gay Retirement * gay older adults *
The Natnal Rource Center on LGBTQ+ Agg is the untry's first and only technil assistance rource center foced on improvg the qualy of servic and supports offered to lbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgenr olr adults, their fai and regivers. This report provis an overview of their unique needs and experienc so that service provirs, advot, the agg work, and policymakers n nsir the factors when servg this populatn or passg laws that impact olr adults and the LGBT AARP's Insi E Street: Gay and GreyOctober 2010 - Michael Adams, executive director of Servic & Advocy for Gay, Lbian, Bisexual & Transgenr Elrs (SAGE), talks wh Sheilah Kast, host of AARP’s Insi E Street, about an array of challeng facg olr lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Improvg the Liv of LGBT Olr Adults: Issue BriefsSeptember 2010 - This seri of briefs digs eper to key topics addrsed the full report.
As PBS NewsHour put , “As openly gay and lbian people age, they will creasgly rely on regivers and move to assisted livg muni and nursg hom. Ellis strsed that not all elrs share the same experience: “Lbians and people of lor are more likely to live poverty than whe gay men.
Agg and health issu facg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr baby boomers have often been ignored by servic, polici and rearch. “The higher rat of agg and health dispari among lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr olr adults is a major ncern for public health, ” acrdg to thor Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, profsor at the Universy of Washgton’s School of Social Work. Social nnectns are key, the study noted bee, unlike their heterosexual unterparts, most lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr senrs rely heavily on partners and iends of siar age to provi assistance as they age.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG
* gay older adults *
Olr people who are sexually active may be at risk for diseas cludg syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydial fectn, genal herp, hepatis B, genal warts, and trichomoniasis. Nursg hom and other long-term re facili are pecially problematic for black LGBTQ elrs, acrdg to Kenh Mchell, 62, a black gay man livg New Orleans.
“People need to be able to be their te selv; beg fearful and strsed impacts your qualy of life and your physil and mental health, " add Mchell, who serv as a board member for New Orleans Advot for GLBT Elrs (NOAGE) Burgs, 65, a black gay man Washgton D.
“It’s not the same as beg a young gay person; there’s ls to do, and many of our peers have died om the AIDS epimic, ” he said.