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It's rather funny that it should take fifty years of one's life to finally become comfortable with who and what we are and to realize that the only person who truly has to love and accept who we are has to be the one behind our closed eyelids at t...
Smoking pot isn’t what it used to be for older LGBTTI2QA people.
In the late 1960’s, LGBTTI2QA people would keep their landlords in a constant state of suspicion, with clouds of marijuana smoke poorly masked by clouds of incense.
These days, afte...
I would be less concerned with who they will figure out to be the bloke in the relationship and more concerned with can they be trusted to do good quality work or will they make a mess of things to teach the two queer lads a lesson about how real ...
It would seem Simon that you have come to the same realization that hits many older LGBTTI2QA people...That being queer at 50 is little different than being queer at any age. The health of our queerness depends exclusively upon the health of our b...
This is a group of senior (40+Yrs) LGBTTI2Q people who advocate for the rights, needs, and concerns of older queers.
Denial, ignorance, and fear should never be components of an open, free, and truthful debate.
That eighteen (18) well respected HIV/AIDS scientists chose to appear in the film, discussed in my original post, should demonstrate that the scientific...
The next time you overhear some pessimistic fool whine, ”Life is all downhill after forty," I suggest you give into temptation and bitch slap that fool right into next week.
NO...WAIT! I’m kidding, violence is never the answer. Instead, simply en...
The next time you overhear some pessimistic fool whine, ”Life is all downhill after forty," I suggest you give into temptation and bitch slap that fool right into next week.
NO...WAIT! I’m kidding, violence is never the answer. Instead, simply en...
Blogs have made a tremendous impact on the lives of LGBTTI2QA and HIV-affected people here in Ontario and across the country. Through our use of blogs on our website we acknowledge and hope to continue to help to make significant contributions tha...
Blogs have made a tremendous impact on the lives of LGBTTI2QA and HIV-affected people here in Ontario and across the country. Through our use of blogs on our website we acknowledge and hope to continue to help to make significant contributions tha...
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- Who are you? (Creative answers encouraged!)
- We are a National Canadian Association of Senior LGBTTI2Q people who advocate for the rights, concerns, and needs of older queers.
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- Any connection, collaboration, partners, affiliation with any person, group, organization, or interest in furthering the cause of older queers.
LGBT SENIORS FACE MANY CHALLENGES!
Although the number of LGBT older adults is unknown, it’s clear that many have experienced a lifetime of marginalization, hostility, prejudice, and discrimination that will continue as they age, especially in the areas of housing, health care, the legal system, and long term care.
Elderly LGBT people living in nursing homes or assisted-living centers or receiving home care, increasingly report that they have been disrespected, shunned or mistreated in ways that range from hurtful to deadly, even leading some to commit suicide.
The most common reaction, in a generation accustomed to being in the closet, is a retreat back to the invisibility that was necessary for most of their lives, when homosexuality was considered both a crime and a mental illness. A partner is identified as a brother. No pictures or gay-themed books are left around.
LGBT seniors face other challenges too.
They are twice as likely to live alone; half as likely to have life partners or significant others; half as likely to have no close relatives to call for help; and four times less likely to have children to help them. The needs and challenges facing the current generation of LGBT seniors differ from their heterosexual counterparts in profound ways. To date, the issues, needs and aspirations of the aging LGBT generation have been under-served and under-addressed.
One of those unique challenges is living with HIV/AIDS.
Persons who are HIV positive are living longer but along with a host of unexpected medical conditions which challenge the prevailing view of AIDS as a manageable, chronic disease. For the first time in modern history, a generation of openly LGBT people are becoming seniors. Yet the size, needs and goals of this cohort are unclear; aging has never been discussed openly.
Elderly LGBT people living in nursing homes or assisted-living centers or receiving home care, increasingly report that they have been disrespected, shunned or mistreated in ways that range from hurtful to deadly, even leading some to commit suicide.
The most common reaction, in a generation accustomed to being in the closet, is a retreat back to the invisibility that was necessary for most of their lives, when homosexuality was considered both a crime and a mental illness. A partner is identified as a brother. No pictures or gay-themed books are left around.
LGBT seniors face other challenges too.
They are twice as likely to live alone; half as likely to have life partners or significant others; half as likely to have no close relatives to call for help; and four times less likely to have children to help them. The needs and challenges facing the current generation of LGBT seniors differ from their heterosexual counterparts in profound ways. To date, the issues, needs and aspirations of the aging LGBT generation have been under-served and under-addressed.
One of those unique challenges is living with HIV/AIDS.
Persons who are HIV positive are living longer but along with a host of unexpected medical conditions which challenge the prevailing view of AIDS as a manageable, chronic disease. For the first time in modern history, a generation of openly LGBT people are becoming seniors. Yet the size, needs and goals of this cohort are unclear; aging has never been discussed openly.
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OLDER LGBTTI2QA "POT HEADS"!
Smoking pot isn’t what it used to be for older LGBTTI2QA people.
In the late 1960’s, LGBTTI2QA people would keep their landlords in a constant state of suspicion, with clouds of marijuana smoke poorly masked by clouds of incense.
These days, after four decades of regular use, cannabis is a smaller deal. Most LGBTTI2QA people take a few hits every other day or so, when they want to listen to music or laugh with a few friends. And they are happy to talk about it. Most simply believe that there is… Continue
In the late 1960’s, LGBTTI2QA people would keep their landlords in a constant state of suspicion, with clouds of marijuana smoke poorly masked by clouds of incense.
These days, after four decades of regular use, cannabis is a smaller deal. Most LGBTTI2QA people take a few hits every other day or so, when they want to listen to music or laugh with a few friends. And they are happy to talk about it. Most simply believe that there is… Continue
Posted on November 24, 2009 at 5:33pm —
AIDS denialist agenda presented as being a legitimate scientific perspective.
House of Numbers looks at the link between HIV and AIDS
A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous. According to producer and director Brent Leung, House of Numbers is an objective and unbiased look at the question of what causes AIDS.
But HIV experts are saying that it misrepresents the scientists featured and the ideas promoted perpetrate medical "myths". Since the film's release, 18 of the doctors interviewed have released a statement say… Continue
A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous. According to producer and director Brent Leung, House of Numbers is an objective and unbiased look at the question of what causes AIDS.
But HIV experts are saying that it misrepresents the scientists featured and the ideas promoted perpetrate medical "myths". Since the film's release, 18 of the doctors interviewed have released a statement say… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 2:35pm —
THE NEW GENERATION "U"!
Many of us grew up with a stereotypical life plan: I'll go to school, college, get a job, get a partner, get a place in the local gay quarter, and maybe even have a dog. “Then magically, at 65, I will retire and can finally relax.” Some of these notions have faded into oblivion - in fact, “retirement” has been virtually redefined. We have reached a critical mass in which older LGBTTI2QA people now say they do not plan to retire. Older LGBTTI2QA retirees are applying for jobs, either out of econo… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:18am —
Older LGBTTI2QA Retirement!
Ah, LGBTTI2QA retirement! A new vision of LGBTTI2QA old age is emerging from the trauma of the credit crunch and the Great Recession: Forget retirement. Keep working. Surveys show that a majority of older LGBTTI2QA people say they want to work during their golden years. They're going to get their wish. The key question is no longer "How early can I retire?" It's "Why retire?" Of course, like all tectonic social and economic shifts, the trend isn't new. It has been building for the past three dec… Continue
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:50pm —
Canadian Senior Queers Are Better Off Than American Senior Queers!
The next time you overhear some pessimistic fool whine, ”Life is all downhill after forty," I suggest you give into temptation and bitch slap that fool right into next week.
NO...WAIT! I’m kidding, violence is never the answer. Instead, simply enlighten that misinformed simpleton to the treasure trove of information and services that CARP
(Canadian Association for Retired Persons has to offer Canada’s aging population which currently consists of nearly fifteen million people, aged 45 and ove… Continue
NO...WAIT! I’m kidding, violence is never the answer. Instead, simply enlighten that misinformed simpleton to the treasure trove of information and services that CARP
(Canadian Association for Retired Persons has to offer Canada’s aging population which currently consists of nearly fifteen million people, aged 45 and ove… Continue
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:10pm —
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