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A GLBTQ EDUCATION INTERNET RESOURCES Older GLBT People

Index: - Older GLBT People -  - Bisexuality -  - Religion   &  Spirituality -  - GLBT  History -  - HIV-AIDS -  - Male  Youth Prostitution -  - Homosexuality:  Biological  or  Learned ? -  -  Public School Issues -  - Transgender / Tranvestite / Transsexual -  - Lesbian  &  Bisexual Women -  - Homo-Negativity / Phobia -  - Identity Formation  &  Coming Out -  - Counseling  &  Therapy -  - Professional Education  -  - Gay & Bisexual Male Suicide Problems -  - Drug / Alcohol Use / Abuse / Addiction  -  - Community Attributes  &  Problems -  -  Couples / Families / Children / Adoption / Spousal Violence -  - Race/Ethnic Minority Issues: U.S., Canada, Europe,  New Zealand & Australia -  -  Latin America / Africa -  - Middle East / Asia

OLDER GLBT PEOPLE

General (Mostly American, GLBT)

Golden Gay Years in Newsweek. - The Advocate: Older gay males report on their lives in 1978. - The Greening of the Senior Gay. - Will you love me when I'm old and gay? - Gay & Lesbian Aging Issues: Care at the End of the Rainbow. - Demystifying Gay Men's Adulthood. - The Challenges and Rewards of Life as an Outspoken Bisexual Elder. - Growing Older and Being Trans. - The Pause That Refreshes–Not! - Menopause for two, and other humorous factors of gay aging. - Inclusive Congregations: Creating a Welcome Home for LGBT Older Adults. - Gay Midlife Crisis N/A. - American Society on Aging Honors LGBT Leaders.

OutSmart Magazine, Special Issue on Aging: - Rebels & Survivors. - Aging well with Hal Kooden. - Community groups for older gays. - The graying of the rainbow: thinking about GLBT ading issues. - The pause that refreshes. - Village elsers. - Workout.

As Hard To Grow Old As It Was To Be Young. - Someone is killing the gay boys of Verona: "Mark Roeder manages again to capture the thoughts and dreams of a young gay man. But this time, he goes even further. He deals with ways in which older gay men can be mentors and role models." - Newspaper reaches out to GLBT seniors. - Gay elders emerge from long isolation (Boston Globe, 6/9/2003) (Alternate Link). - Gay men face unique challenges as they grow older (PDF Download). Facing Life After 40. - Reestablishing Our Elders to Their Rightful Place in Society. - When we grow old: Atlanta’s gay seniors discuss hopes, fears of twilight years. - GAYging: Growing old gay and lesbian.  

Homophobia and Unequal Treatment Limit Quality of Life for GLBT Elders. - GLBT Generations works to address diversity awareness. - Eldon Murray: A Senior Citizen in the Halls of Fame. - Emerging Retirement Options for Older Lesbians and Gays.  - Senior Gays Act as Role Models. - Gay Youth Offer to Foster Adult-Youth Partnerships.

Equal rights are key for elderly gay people. - Equal Rights Protection Needed for Elderly Gays. - Older Lesbians and Gay Men. - Senior Citizen Wins Equality for Lesbian and Gay Relationships. - LGB Ageing: - Challenging myths. - Aching Bones, Wrinkles and Viagra. - An Elderly Gay Man's Story. - Grandads together. - Older lesbians, gay men and bisexual women and men. - Being Gay and Ageing. - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Discussion (hosted by Monroe): Forum to explore issues related to being over 50 and self-identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. - Fighting for Fairness and Equality Through the Legal System: "In response to the unique needs of older lesbians and gay men..." - Older Gay Men Turning to Viagra N/A. - Viagra, the blue revolution. - Ageing Gay Men: Lessons from the Sociology of Embodiment. 

The web site for Division 44: The Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues: Are GLBT elderly issues being ignored by this group? See Weblinks Section. - A New Constituency for Planned Giving: "A decade ago the mere notion of walking into Los Angeles' Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center made Elliott nervous. Closeted in his professional life, he drove by twice before he could muster the courage to step inside the center for the first time when he retired. Now several of the properties he has accumulated over the years will go to the center. A scholarship fund for gay students at the University of Southern California and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation..." - History of LGBT Issues at the American Society on Aging N/A. - GLBT Elders: Tarnish on the Golden Years. - Study: Aging Gay Couples Face Fiscal Burden.

GALHA Acts on Elderly Gays: The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) has made a submission to the Royal Commission on the Long Term Care for the Elderly concerning the needs of elderly lesbians and gay men. - Senior Health Resources (SHR): Established to provide a full array of quality health-related services for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community.  SHR focuses on individuals over age 40, and their community of family and friends who reside in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. - Organization aims to include elderly: "An effort is under way in metropolitan Washington, D.C., to establish an organization that provides a wide array of health-related services for older Gay people, a population that aging advocates contend is too often overlooked."

Implementing Gay-Sensitive Services. - Collaborating to Support Lesbian and Gay Caregivers for People With Alzheimer's. - Creating Welcoming Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders. - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Persons. - LGBT Elders and Public Policy: An Overview. - Gray and Gay: Our Community Responds: Issues and Action Strategies (Cleveland). - Finding a way to reach the gay elderly: Local providers go to gay elders themselves to see what they need N/A. - Assisted Living Standards to Recognize Sexual Orientation. - Project Visibility (Colorafo).

Family.net's Elderly GLBT  Health Issues (Human Rights Campaign Foundation): - Introduction - Cancer. - Caregiving. - Depression. - Heart disease and strokes. - HIV and AIDS. - Transgender health issues. - Health centers. - Senior health links. - The future of aging in New York State: BRIEF, Lesbian And Gay Issues (PDF Download): "Even as we enter the 21st century, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) subjects remain particularly controversial... Based on the 1990 census, a conservative estimate is 150,000 to 300,000 LGBT seniors residing in New York State. Yet, there are only five programs targeted specifically to this population in all of New York State, four in New York City and one just emerging in Syracuse... Some of the barriers to such support faced by the gay population are apparent in a recently published report by the Brookdale Center on Aging  of Hunter College." - Gay and Lesbian Families in the Census: Gay and Lesbian Seniors: one / thousand (PDF Download).

Pride Senior Network N/A. (Archive Link)- Gay and Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons (GLARP). -  Yahoo's "Prime Timer List." - Original Prime Timers Worldwide. - Grey Gay Guide (Australia). - Old Lesbians Organizing for Change. - SAGE /Upstate: Serving Older Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered Persons in the Upstate Communities of Central New York: (New Web Site) Current Newsletter; PDF Download. - Past Newsletters. - Internet Resources. - Community Groups for Older Gay Folk. - Gray and gay: Ray McCants wants to change gay men's image of themselves N/A. 

The American Society on Aging (ASA)'s Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network (LGAIN). - From LGAIN: Outword Newsletter: - Online Article Index. - LGAIN Articles mostly only available by becoming a member. - ASA's popular Summer Series on Aging is continuing through July 21, bringing half-day and full-day intensives on a range of key issues for professionals in aging... The following list highlights intensives of particular interest to LGAIN members (June, 2000) N/A. - Elderly Advocates Raise Concerns about the Rights of Older Gay Couples. - Program ready to help aging gay, lesbian population.  

Grey Gay Guide: listing places where both older and younger can meet other like minded people: " It includes the GrayGay Guide with in-depth reviews of over 2000 bars, clubs, restaurants, saunas, hotels and beaches that welcome mature men and admirers world-wide. Plus extensive resources and links such as personal ads, bulletin boards, organizations and publications." - CAFFMOS the seniors site for older, more mature gay men. - Gay & Lesbian Elderly. - FACT SHEET: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Seniors.

The Ultimate "Planet Out" Guide to Queer Movies (Subject: Aging/Elders). - LGBT elders on screen: queer film festival circuit offers range of images (July, 2000). -  Elder Gays and Lesbians in Literature and Film. - A Century of Lesbian Pride (Review of two 1999 documentaries about lesbian elders: "Living With Pride" and "Golden Threads.") - The Confession: Directed by Carl Pfirman, is a short dramatic film about two elderly gay men which explores love, betrayal and grief within a 35 year long relationship. - Pink Sunset Villa: A Home for Gay and Lesbian Elders. A film by Tjarda Hockstra. - Silent Pioneers: Gay and Lesbian Elders. A film by Pat Snyder, Lucy Winer, Harvey Marks and Paula deKoenigsberg in consultation with SAGE. - Pink Sunset Villa: A Home for Gay and Lesbian Elders. - Oscar Nominated Director to Document LGBT Seniors: Colors Straight Up. - LGBT Aging Project. - Aging In Equity: Key Issues for LGBT Elders. Notes from the NYRAG Briefing (Word Download) - Gay and Gray in New York City (Film). 

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: - Aging Initiative. - What Do We Know About GLBT Elders?  - NGLTF, HRC & P-FLAG Help Lay Groundwork for the Elderly.

Lesbian  / Bisexual Women

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC, Vermont): Why We Call Ourselves Old: "Society calls us old behind our backs while calling us "older" to our faces. "Old" has become a term of insult and shame. To be "old" means to be ignored and scorned, to be made invisible and expendable. We refute the lie that it is shameful to be an "old" woman. We name ourselves "old lesbians" because we no longer will accommodate to language that implies in any way that "old" means inferior. We call ourselves OLD with pride. In doing so, we challenge the stereotypes directly. Thus, we empower and change ourselves, each other, and the world." - Rebels & Survivors: The life stories from four of our lesbian "ancestors."

100 years young: Ruth Ellis brings the celebration of a century to D.C. Black Pride. - Talking Black History: 100 year old `Miss Ruth' lived through it. - On being a lesbian of colour. - The Narratives of Old Lesbians: Maintaining the Integrity. - A century of lesbian pride: "At the same time, the oldest homosexuals - those in their 80s and beyond - have remained largely invisible." - Relying on Themselves and Their Communities: Healthcare Experiences of Older Rural Lesbians N/A. - No Secret Anymore:  Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin. -  The Black Lesbian Elder Speak Project.

Ruth Ellis: Matriarch of African American lesbians has passed on at the age of 101, leaving a legacy of optimism, modesty and humor. Openly lesbian since 1915, Ruth Ellis made a declaration of her love of women and of life - and lived these as truths until her last days... - In Memoriam: Betty Berzon & Anyda Marchant. - History of Lavender Seniors of the East Bay.

From OlderDykes.org (Australia): - Listing of Recent Articles. - Archives. - Hey! Look at Me, I'm Grieving! "There are books on practically every aspect of grief except those experienced by women grieving for women. Women whose partners have died. When this happened to me I searched for something - anything - what to do, what not to do, how to cope under the weight of this sledge hammer that had flattened me to pulp. I found nothing." - Thousands of Elderly Lesbians in Poverty: "To conclude, there are lesbians who will experience the delights of a well funded retirement, but more than half of our lesbian population will experience some degree of poverty."

Transgender / Transsexual

Ageism & Prejudice

Trušník, Roman (2010). From “Youth and Beauty” to “Age and Decrepitude”: Age, Ageing, and Ageism in American Gay Fiction. In: Roman Trušník et al (Eds). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on English and American Studies at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic, 207-214. PDF Download. The paper deals with the treatment of age-related issues in American gay literature, focusing on Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man (1964) and Andrew Holleran’s Dancer from the Dance (1978) and The Beauty of Men (1996). Even though Holleran’s The Beauty of Men is inspired by A Single Man, there is a major difference between the two authors: while the protagonist of Isherwood’s novel is isolated from other gay men, Holleran’s protagonists in many ways interact with gays of other generations. A line of mentor-protégé relationships can be identified in Dancer from the Dance, while the characters of The Beauty of Men replace the vertical line of relationships with a horizontal network of peers, losing some of the opportunities offered by intergenerational interaction.

Fear and Loathing: "The new play, You Look for Me, by playwright Paul Harris, recently caught my attention because it tackles an issue so rarely portrayed in our newspapers, magazines, art, literature or theater: older gay men." - Better Respect for Lesbian and Gay Elders. - Calling All Geezers (Must Scroll): "Now why did that get your attention? If you’re like me, a gay man over 50, you may be sensitive to geezerdom but having trouble relating to its implications. We don’t really feel that much different than we did at 35 but we sure are perceived differently..." - Study charts aging gay concerns: "Older gay men, lesbians and bisexuals can feel largely shut out from their own communities, according to new Nottingham Trent research. "Older gay men, lesbians and bisexuals can feel largely shut out from their own communities, according to new Nottingham Trent research." - 'New Leaf' bridges generation gap in LGBT community: Writing workshop keeps older gays connected with others. 

Ageism and HIV. What are you really afraid of? Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing, ageism, and activism (PDF Download) (Alternate Link). - NGLTF Releases Report on Old GLBT People. - Living in a Culture That Holds Youth and Beauty in High Regard, Older Gay Men Open up About Aging, and the Vital Role Sex Plays in Their Lives. - Homosexual Seniors Face Stigma. - Older & Wiser. -  Trolls and twinkies: Meditations on gay pride. - Age in Gay Community - Why do we want Young Guys? "Age in the Gay community seems to be so important. We have all heard the jokes about being 40, What's that in Gay years? DEAD... Since that incident in the bar, I have cut off all of my donations to gay charities and have managed to convince a number of my over-40 friends to do the same."

Lesbian Notions: Too old to go to gay pride parades? - Gay & Grey: "On the eve of the UK's first national conference discussing issues effecting older gays and lesbians, Adrian Gillan talks to Peter Robins from mature gay social group Pimpernel about the bad old days and ageism in the current cult of youth." - Homophobia, Unequal Treatment Limit Quality of Life for GLBT Elders. - Gay and Grey: "On the eve of the UK's first national conference discussing issues effecting older gays and lesbians, Adrian Gillan talks to Peter Robins from mature gay social group Pimpernel about the bad old days and ageism in the current cult of youth."  - Gay aging, without the glamour.

Abuse & Violence

Older gays face increased violence (Alternate Link). - Murder Charge Laid In Disappearance Of Elderly Gay Toronto Man. - Task Force mourns death of elderly Detroit man viciously beaten in hate-laced attack. - Bus rider killed in hate crime attack: Man with pipe asked 72-year-old victim if he was gay. 

Health

Mental health issues in gay and lesbian aging Conference, Dec. 1998, The Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, D.C... - Seniors Active in a Gay Environment (SAGE): Conference, May, 1998.  - SAGE, USA. - SAGE conference addresses joys, challenges faced by gay seniors. - Gay Seniors Conference Draws Attention to a Hidden Population. - Issues Facing Elderly Gay Men and Lesbians: PDF Download. - Aging and Gay, Lesbian and Trangender Older Persons. School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas (PDF Download). - Health: Groups team up to aid older gays: Callen-Lorde, Pride Senior Network join forces to launch the Pride Aging Resource Center N/A. - Older LGBT Substance Abuse Issues: Are They at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse? (PDF Document: Powerpoint Presentation). - Chicago Holds Forum on LGBT Substance Use Among Seniors. - Health Issues Affecting Older Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People in the UK: A Policy Brief (2008).

LGBT Seniors Internship at Barbary Lane (PDF Download): "Through the Pacific Institute’s comprehensive educational programming we train licensed health professionals in the fields of mental health, social work, gerontology, nursing, and residential care administration for the elderly..."

The Elderly and HIV / AIDS. - HIV education, prevention programs needed for US seniors. - Aging with HIV. - Old AIDS: HIV and the Senior Citizen. - XAdaptation and Age-Related Expectations of Older Gay and Lesbian Adults N/A. (Abstract) - National Association on HIV Over Fifty. - Never Too Old: Sexually active seniors are one of the fastest-growing HIV-infected populations in the U.S . - Aging and HIV Risk Among Gay Men. - HIV and the Older Adult. - HIV over 50. - AIDSAction Recommendations (2001): Older Americans and HIV/AIDS (PDF Download). - Sexuality and HIV Issues Among Older Gay Men (PDF Download, Toronto) - HIV and Age: The Great Paradox. - HIV and Aging Issues Bibliography. - Perspectives on Sexuality, Intimacy and Elders: LEARN Members Speak Out. - Ageism Affects HIV Prevention Efforts for Over 50 Groups N/A. - Sexuality and HIV Issues Among Older Gay Men.

HIV Prevalence in Older Gay Men (2006). Social Networks, Gay Men, and Aging (2006): Results from the first large-scale study of caregiving in the gay and lesbian communities in New York challenge the myth of the isolated aging gay man. - Older Adults and HIV Testing (2006). - Age, Race, Sexuality, and Risk (2006).

Health Disparities Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults: The Results of a Population-Based Study (2012, Washington State):  Results Of the 51270 female respondents whose age were 50 and older, 477(0.99%) were lesbian and 245 (0.50%) were bisexual, and 50548 (98.51%) were heterosexual. Of the 32643 male respondents aged 50 and older, 396 (1.27%) were gay, 192 (0.51%) were bisexual, and 32055 (98.22%) were heterosexual. Among older adult women, lesbians were more likely to report current smoking (AOR=1.83; p<.001) and binge drinking (AOR=1.63; p<.05) than heterosexual women. Lesbians were also more likely to be obese (AOR=1.41; p<.01) and disabled (AOR=1.45; p<.01) than heterosexual women. Bisexual women showed higher prevalence rates of life-time asthma (AOR=1.67; p<.01) and disability (AOR=1.56; p<.05) than heterosexual women. Among older adult men, gay men showed higher prevalence rates of current smoking (AOR=1.42; p<.05), poor physical health (AOR=1.47; p<.05), and mental distress (AOR=2.14; p<.001) than heterosexual men; bisexual men showed higher prevalence rates of disability (AOR=1.88; p<.01).

One Objective of the 2003 GMHS (Gay Men's Health Summit): "To rivet public attention to the health and wellness of middle-age and old gay men of all colors, classes, and ethnicities and support the creation of various local and national projects designed to meet the needs of these men." - Older lesbians and gay men's rights neglected shows Age Concern research. - Gay and lesbian seniors face health quandary: study. - Caregiving Real Life Story: Elder Care For Gays, Lesbians Catches On. 

Working With Older Lesbians and Gay Men. - Gay Widowers edited by Michael Shernoff (Ed). (Related Information) (Introduction to GAY WIDOWERS: Surviving the Death of A Partner - In Press, Harrington Park Press, Publication date, late 1998). - Gay Widowers: Grieving in Relation to Trauma and Social Supports. - Substance use and high risk sexual behaviors among rural gay men: "A total of 770, sexually active, gay/bisexual men were included in this analysis. 88% were white, 63% were 30 years-old or older... Among older gay men, 50% reported inconsistent condom use during anal sex, 25% had anal sex with multiple partners, 45% received semen in their mouth during oral sex." - Generational Differences Among Gay Men In the Coming Out Process, Self-Esteem, and HIV Risk (PDF Download, Salt Lake City, Utah). - Older Gays Involved in Caregiving.

Caregiving and Post-caregiving Experiences of Midlife and Older Gay Men and Lesbians: Doctoral Dissertation by Kristina Hash -  PDF Downloads. - XThe Pride Agenda Foundation's annual report on the state of health and social services for LGBT people (in New York): 2001 Report, PDF Download. - 2000 Report, PDF Download. - 1998-99 Report: "Frequently overlooked groups of LGBT people, including youth, the elderly, people of color, and immigrants, are particularly poorly served by mainstream health and social service providers, and are particularly vulnerable." - Senior Health Resources (SHR) N/A (Archive Link) (Washinton, DC) has been established to provide a full array of quality  health-related services for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community.

The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services: - Abstracts from a Special Issue on the Elderly Vol 6(1), 1997: Gay and Lesbian Elderly: Historical Overview and Implications for Social Work Practice. - The Wisdom of Non-Hetrosexually Based Senior Housing and Related Services. - Playing BINGO with the best of Them: Community Initiated Programs for Older Gay and Lesbian Adults. - Staff Development for Working with Lesbian and Gay Elders. - Maturing Gay Men: A Framework for Social Service Assessment and Intervention. - Realities and Hopes for Older Gay Males. - The Story of Carrie and Anne: Long-Term Care Crisis. - Jim: Coming Out at Aged Sixty-Two. - Yvonne and Helen: Finding a Way to Trust.

The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Volume 9 (1). 1999. Abstracts for:  The Social Support Needs of Older Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals - The Needs of Older Lesbians and Gay Men in Chicago.

The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, Volume 13 (4). 2001. Abstracts for: A Call to Action ("This call to action exposes how race, gender, class, and sexuality influence the plight of the aging in the United States.") - Is Having the Luck of Growing Old in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Good or Bad Luck? - Aging in the United States Today. - Being Transgender and Older: A First Person Account. - Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and 60 or Older in North America. - Gay Men: Aging Well! - What Are Older Gay Men Like? An Impossible Question? - Gods or Monsters: A Critique of Representations in Film and Literature of Relationships Between Older Gay Men and Younger Men. - Retirement Intentions of Same-Sex Couples. - Preliminary Study of Caregiving and Post-Caregiving Experiences of Older Gay Men and Lesbians. - Vision and Older Adults. - Responding to the Mental Health and Grief Concerns of Homeless HIV-Infected Gay Men.

Homes / Housing / Care

Fla. church plans gay seniors center. - GLBT seniors can enjoy new retirement communities. -  Gay and Lesbian Seniors: Findings - Canada. - Housing urged for gay elders. - Gay seniors struggle to find safe homes. - For Older Gays, A Welcoming Place. - Rainbow Gardens Stay at Home Assisted Living! - GLBT Retirement Communities. - There's no place like home. - Aging When You Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. - GLBT seniors can enjoy new retirement communities. - Gay Seniors Want Housing Communities of Their Own (Must Register). - Policy Recommendations [related to elderly gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals] submitted to the White House Conference on Aging. - Lesbians Welcome: Kitsap Fits Bill for a New Kind of Elderly Housing. 

Gay seniors' home (SF): Gay men and women flock to San Francisco for its progressive lifestyle, tolerant people and flourishing gay community. But when it comes time to retire, many gay seniors say San Francisco lets them loose from its warm embrace. The Bay Area is so expensive that many gay seniors have to move elsewhere and suddenly find themselves snubbed and even hated outside the city's unique sphere of tolerance. Retirement homes can be even more hostile, according to gay seniors and their advocates. Many nursing-home residents who grew up when homosexuality was considered a crime and a mental illness still look down on gay and lesbian peers. Some staff members reject and mistreat them, gay seniors say..." - Rainbow Gardens Stay at Home Assisted Living: Our foremost mission is to develop safe, dependable and reliable stay-at-home, family-centered assisted living services for elderly gays and lesbians, and for family and friends of lesbians and gays. - Gay Senior Home Draws Criticism: "With its panoramic views of San Francisco and subsidized rent, the proposed Rainbow Adult Housing complex sounds like a place any senior citizen would want to live. However, only certain seniors are welcome..."

Elder co-housing project is aimed at gay women. - - Cohousing for lesbians planned in Bremerton. - Have a Gay Old Time: Nursing Home to Set Up Specialized Unit. - Nursing Home to Include Gay Seniors. - Openhouse: a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco established in 1998 dedicated to creating and sustaining a senior residential community that honors lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors. - Coming Home: At the nation's first affordable-housing complex for LGBT seniors, created with public and private support, LA-area elders have a place to call their own.  

New Mexico Gears Up For Gay Seniors: (Alternate Link) "A suburban Santa Fe subdivision that would cater to retirement-age gays and lesbians is moving forward, along with a condominium project for LGBT seniors what will have assisted living facilities, an indication of the state's growing popularity as a gay retirement center..." - Outing the Issue: Gay and lesbian residents are seeing the development of long-term care communities marketed for them—and opportunities for existing ones to make them feel more welcome. - L.A. to subsidize 'gay' retirement home: Project in Hollywood said to be 1st in U.S. financed by a city. - Developers take notice of gay, lesbian seniors N/A.

Documentary: Gen Silent (YouTube |Trailer, 2009): LGBT Elders go back into the closet to survive. - Synopsis. - Gen Silent on Facebook. - Clip from Documentary (2011): Lawrence describes his partner Alexandre’s fear that paid home care providers will know that they are gay. A special thank you to director Stu Maddux for permission to use this clip. - Gen Silent: Tragic Plight Of LGBT Elderly Becomes Groundbreaking Documentary.

HRC - Senior Housing: - Overview of Housing Options. - Lesbian and Gay-Friendly Housing. - Whom to Contact with Discrimination Complaints. - GLEH: Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing.

United Kingdom

Opening Doors: Working With Older Lesbians and Gay Men - 2001 - (London: Age Concern England): - Age Concern opens doors to first older lesbian and gay men's conference (08.03.02): "The conference called Opening Doors, will take place on Tuesday 30th April 2002 at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, London SW1. It follows the publication of the charity's resource pack, 'Opening Doors – Working with older lesbians and gay men,' published last July." - Opening doors for the 'grey and gay'. Opening Doors... to the Needs of Older Lesbian, Gay Men and Bisexuals: Report on the One-Day Conference Held in London  on April 2002 (PDF Download) (PDF Download). - Frequently Asked Questions. - LGBT Caregiving: Frequently Asked Questions. - Age Concern’s work with Older Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals. - Charity targets rights for elderly gays. - Housing The Elderly Gay. 

Criticism of "Opening Doors: Working With Older Lesbians and Gay Men": "The fact that, unlike their non-transgender lesbian and gay male peers, most trans elders can NOT be closeted in health care settings, makes it even more imperative that efforts to educate aging and health services personnel and institutions about sexual orientation and gender identity diversity include detailed information about trans elders. Unfortunately, that transgender inclusion is in name only far too often. A good example of this “disappearing T” phenomena is a resource packet for aging services providers on LGBT issues created by Age Concern England, “Opening Doors: Working with Older Lesbians and Gay Men.” Despite its title, the Introduction states that the packet uses the term “lesbian and gay older people to encapsulate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older people.” (p. 2, emphasis added) Unfortunately, that is the only time transgender people are mentioned." - Social Care Needs Of Older Gay Men and Lesbians On Merseyside (Word 97 Download)..

Housing The Elderly Gay. - Charity targets rights for elderly gays. -  Older Gay Men: Research References (UK). - Fife Men Project: "Statistics indicate that many people who do use public sex environments are married men, or older gay men." - Age Concern launches service for gay and lesbian pensioners. - My Kind of Day: "David and Stuart live together in a stable gay relationship, but there is a measure of instability in their day-to-day lives. David was diagnosed with Lewy Body Disease (LBD) four years ago. They live in Scotland..." - Out of the closet: For the elderly, support services become an essential part of life. But if you are lesbian or gay are they responsive to your needs? - Gay community housing fears (London). - Stonewall: Equality law and older LGB people (Jonathan Finney, 2008), Difference matters: sexuality, ageing and later life (Brian Heaphy, 2008), Housing issues faced by older lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people (Bob Greenm 2008), Polari’s recent research and consultations (Lindsay River,2008), Back in the closet ––the care system and older lesbians, gay men and bisexualsbisexuals (Steve Pugh, 2008).

Older and wiser (Health and Community, UK: N/A, New Site for Shout Magazine): Being gay or bisexual isn't always easy. Being a gay or bisexual man and getting older brings its own difficulties. As well as coping with homophobia and heterosexism, there is also ageism from other gay men. Readers of the gay paper Boyz will have read one recent contributor's comments, stating that he didn't want to see disabled or 'old' men on the scene. His message was clear; the scene is for pretty young things with flawless skin and gym-toned bodies. Anyone who doesn't meet these standards should stay at home... Thankfully, this garbage was quickly challenged by many other readers and the paper's editor, who each declared their own right to enjoy all that the scene has to offer (all right, this was mainly in London, not rural North Yorkshire) and their preference for more mature men. However this was no lone voice, all too often older gay men don't access the scene because they have been made to feel unwelcome, or fear that  they will be treated as a curiosity, accepted as a novelty or a 'character'. There are more serious issues facing older gay men, and in time these will affect most of us."

Summer 2004 saw the appointment of our first National Development and Policy Officer with a specific brief to develop work with and for older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. At the same time, a growing number of local and regional Age Concern initiatives for older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals have been developing around the country.

Berkshire Older Lesbian and Gay Forum. - Older Lesbians’ and Gay Men’s Forum Brighton and Hove N/A. - The Metro Project: 50+ Group is for older Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People N/A. - Opening Doors in Gloucestershire N/A. - Stradivarius.

Australia

Australian Study Looks At Older Gays: "Older gay men and lesbians living in retirement homes still experience widespread prejudice, intolerance and fear... When we outlined in our prospectus the range of facilities we planned to develop for the gay and lesbian community, the strongest response was to our plans for gay- and lesbian-specific aged cared homes and retirement villages." -  Lesbians on the Loose (Australia) N/A (Older Dyke Section N/A) - Vintage Men Incorporated (Melbourne): The Social and Support Group for Mature Gay and Bisexual Men and their Friends. - Gray Gay Guide.

From OlderDykes.org (Australia): - Listing of Recent Articles. - Archives. - Hey! Look at Me, I'm Grieving! "There are books on practically every aspect of grief except those experienced by women grieving for women. Women whose partners have died. When this happened to me I searched for something - anything - what to do, what not to do, how to cope under the weight of this sledge hammer that had flattened me to pulp. I found nothing." - Thousands of Elderly Lesbians in Poverty: "To conclude, there are lesbians who will experience the delights of a well funded retirement, but more than half of our lesbian population will experience some degree of poverty."

Towards the Recognition of GLBTI Ageing in Australian Gerontology: "Issues concerning gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) older people have been almost completely neglected in Australian gerontology. This is reflected in textual discourse, clinical and service practices, training and education, research approaches and policy development..."

The 2006 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference: "Diversity in Aging": Press release: PDF Download. Aged but not forgotten (Sidney Star Observer): PDF Download. - Aging Gays on Agenda (Sidney Star Observer): PDF Download..

Dr Jo Harrison, School of Health Sciences. University of South Australia - Submission to The 2009-2010 Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into Suicide in Australia (Download Page) (The Report, June 2010: The Hidden Toll: Suicide in Australia - PDF, Download Page and HTML Version)  (2009, PDF): Doctoral research which I conducted investigated the lack of recognition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) issues in all areas of gerontology and aged care, including government policy and quality assurance, in Australia and the USA. The research revealed a serious lack of attention to concerns related to sexuality and gender identity in the Australian context. In the US context, a history of recognition of GLBTI concerns at all levels of aged care was apparent. The thesis is available online at http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/24955. The deficit in Australian gerontology is reflected in a complete lack of mention of GLBTI elderly people in aged care policy, education and training, research priorities, program guidelines and consumer related initiatives. This absence of mention of or attention to the special needs of GLBTI elders and their carers and advocates reinforces invisibility, which in turn reinforces discrimination by neglect and exacerbates anxiety, depression and thoughts of self-harm as well as attempted suicide (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2007(a)(b))... Consequently, many older GLBT Australians may not identify with the GLBT community, resulting in severe social isolation and stigma that significantly increases risk of suicide and self-harm. Older GLBT people have themselves referred to the impact of ageing amidst a youth-oriented gay cultural milieu, which harms self-esteem through the promotion of negative ageist stereotypes (Harrison, 2005). There is an urgent need to resource further research and service development to better understand and respond to issues connected to suicide and older GLBT people... A recent survey of a group of older gay men in Sydney with the highest attendance rate of any community group in that city revealed that one third of the members of the group had considered suicide. Such data requires urgent further analysis and the immediate generation of additional research investigating the causative factors behind this statistic. Such research could also investigate from the perspective of older gay men themselves what interventions and strategies could assist them amidst such serious thoughts of self-harm (Ostrow, 2009). As a researcher with experience in service provision I am approached frequently by others in gerontology and the GLBTI community about issues connected to depression and self-harm. Often this approach relates to a specific incident which has occurred and the source of the information is seeking advice. Such experiential incidents have included: • A manager of a residential aged care facility who was himself gay but not out to his staff reported that a resident had committed suicide and the manager was certain that depression related to sexual identity and isolation were causative factors. The manager decided to come out to his staff and initiate awareness training so that such an incident never recurred.  • An elderly gay man caring for a partner with cancer was advised to attend a carers’ support group to seek some support at a time of great distress. He was subjected to ostracism and abuse by members of the group, run by a mainstream church in his local area, once he revealed that he was caring for a same sex partner. He subsequently became seriously suicidal and attempted to contact Beyond Blue but only found a recorded message. He relied on personal contacts overnight for support and eventually rang Lifeline (Pollard, 2009) http://www.starobserver.com.au/soapbox/ 2009/10/20/a-cancer-of-the-soul/17406 - • A lesbian in her 60s reported that she had clarified with her family that she intended to commit suicide rather than become a consumer of any aged care services, because, she reported, they were homophobic and could not be trusted. She had completed documentation and discussed her decision with her partner and son (Harrison, 2004).  • A social worker reported that a gay man in his 70s was being deliberately moved from a residential to a psychiatric facility because he was ‘entertaining male visitors’. He became depressed and at risk of self-harm.  • A gay man in his 60s was a client of a day centre and became open about his sexual identity. The Director of the centre announced to the Occupational Therapist that he would have to wear latex gloves at all times or leave the centre, due to ‘risk of HIV infection’. He became depressed and suicidal while the issue was negotiated and a resolution reached (Harrison, 2001). Beyond Blue has produced a booklet Older People and Depression which addresses the matter of depression in people over 80 years of age. No mention of GLBTI people is made in this booklet, despite particular reference to culturally diverse groups with special needs.

Canada

Comment: We - as gay people - must begin to find our elders - and to support and love them. What can I do to start this process? (as far as I know, in Canada, there is no way to find elder gay and lesbian people!) (See: French Resources) - Editorial Opinion: Gay Primetimers: "Truth be told, being 60 and being gay—hell, being past 35 and being gay—isn’t a picnic, and its all men’s fault. Just as Canadians in general don’t value aging, gay men in particular seem to have almost a phobia about older gay men. They are all but invisible in most circles and tend to school together like fish, segregating in bowling alleys and gay centre's across the land." - Homo sweet home: Xtra West takes a look at existing housing options for queer seniors.

Discrimination Threatens Elderly Gay Men's Health Care. (Alternate Link) - The marginalization of gay and lesbian seniors in elder care services. - La marginalisation des aînés gais et lesbiennes dans les services sociosanitaires aux aînés. - Older Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual Persons a report prepared for Toronto's 519 Community Centre (Word 97 Download). - Discrimination Threatens Gay Elders' Health. - Gay Elder Abuse. - Gray And Gay On Retirement Day.

Europe

French Speaking

Vieillir est encore perçu comme négatif: "En effet, même si cela ne correspond pas nécessairement à la réalité, les gais âgés sont souvent perçus comme étant déprimés, seuls, rejetés de leur famille, repoussés par les jeunes gais qui les trouvent dégoûtants." - Peu de groupes gais pour les vieux. - Ce qui nous distingue des hétéros: "Retour dans la garde-robe? "Premièrement, comment trouverons-nous à nous loger si nous ne sommes  pas accepter par les communautés de retraités traditionnelles? ...Ainsi au moment où nous faisons face au vieillissement ensemble, nous ne devrions pas trop considérer "l'âge d'or" comme une période déprimante, mais plutôt nous y préparer. Et bien que la communauté gaie tout entière ait un long chemin à parcourir, il existe des gens éclairés qui se préoccupent de notre vieillesse. Donnons-leur un coup de main!"

Peu de gens savaient que Charles Trenet était homosexuel. Adieu à un excellent membre de notre communauté! "Dans ses chansons, à part la joie de vivre légendaire du chanteur, on pouvait parfois deviner sa tristesse de vieillir dans un monde homosexuel oô l'amour est lié à la jeunesse. Il aura écrit autant sur le désir d'affection que sur le triste passage des années." - "Entretien" avec Joseph Hansen: "Dave n'est pas un héros immuable, la création idéale et immortelle d'un auteur ; vous avez choisi de le faire vieillir et de rendre ce vieillissement sensible..." - Daniel Pinard, porte-parole de Gai Écoute: "Moi, si je suis gai, ce n’est évidemment pas que j’ai choisi ça ! Alors, je me suis dit que j’irais, aux jeunes, dire ça. Qu’on peut quand même s’en sortir, qu’on peut vivre, qu’on peut être heureux, qu’on peut vieillir allègrement et bien, que contrairement au mythe, quand on est homosexuel, plus on vieilli, mieux c’est."

Homos sweet homes: A Zurich, un projet de maison de retraite réservée exclusivement aux gays est à l’étude. Vision d’horreur ou refuge enchanteur? - Science et santé gaie et lesbienne: "Les thèmes discutés pour ce qui est des besoins spécifiques à la santé des hommes gais étaient : le suicide, les jeunes, l’adaptation des services sociaux et de santé pour les  hommes gais et vieillir gai... Sur le thème Vieillir gai, les participants dénoncent le peu de services disponibles actuellement à l’intention des hommes gais plus âgés. On a également souligné le manque de connaissances sur leurs besoins spécifiques en matière de santé. Par ailleurs, afin de sensibiliser les communautés à leurs besoins et à inciter les gais plus âgés à utiliser les services existants, les participants souhaitent des actions concrètes comme par exemple une campagne de marketing social sur le thème 'vieillir gai et en santé' ."

Stereotypes / Prejudice / Intergenerational Sex / Relationships (Mostly Male Issues)

Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual elders are a strength within our community: "Lesbian, gay, and bisexual elders are a strength within our community yet there are few, if any, positive images that accurately reflect their lives." - Old People are Gay Community's Most Feared Subgroup N/A: "I’d add another reason to the list of why older gay men and lesbians are so absent from our culture: If we are honest, getting old is dreaded by just about all of us. I’d even go as far to say that older gays are the most feared subgroup within gay America. That’s why we’ve collectively made them more  invisible than any other subgroup I can think of."

Prejudice: "Twink. Femme. Troll. Butch. What do these words have in common? They are all disparaging slurs used against different members of the gay community. The frightening part is that they are uttered by fellow members of the gay community. We don't like each other. Gay men and lesbians don't mingle, and everybody trashes drag queens. Bisexual people are looked down upon by those who are strictly gay. The sweater types find the leather types revolting. "Lipstick lesbian" is a criticism... People complain that the young gay men ignore and despise the older gay men, but the older gay men are all after the 18 year-olds. How can we expect the 18 year-olds to want older men when the older men don't even want older men?

Age before beauty: "I was standing in a bar somewhere, probably the Barn on a Wednesday night. You know, where all the younger guys hang out? Anyway, there I was and these two kids walked by (at my age, anyone under 30 is a "kid") and I heard one of them say, 'If I ever got that old, I'd kill myself.' ...The first is that gays are obsessed with youth in a way that straights aren't... I remember taking solitary walks in the twilight when I was 11, and crying. Why? Because I never wanted to become a homosexual. I made a promise to myself that I would never turn into a lonely, aging fag. I had a clear image of a rented room, a single  lightbulb, a crust of bread and me -- alone, poor and in the dark. "- Going Gray Gayfully. - Who Will Take Care of Us When We're Old? N/A - Challenging Facts: Are There Enough of Us to Take Care of Each Other?

Ageism: Age Before Rage: (QT Speaks with John Alan Lee, retired Sociology Professor and author of Getting Sex) "In a culture that celebrates youth and beauty, what happens to gay men when they grow old? Tips from a bestselling author on how to age and cruise with dignity...Where does the negative stereotype about being old and gay, come from in our culture?.. In particular, gay people are less valued, because the gay culture puts a tremendous emphasis on physical surfaces and beauty - everything from hair styles to clothing styles. And that includes the youthful appearance, the smooth skin, the high energy... What a fiasco! I try to do this story about how fags spend so much time trying look good and stay young, and I end up with this tale of how the gay seniors are ignored by youth culture. All I have to say is, I hope I die before I get old. Well not really. I mean, now I'm 30..."

Aging gracefully and gayfully N/A - by Buz Hermes (The Slant, Nov. 2001): "Homophobia is not the only challenge we have had to face as older lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender adults. In addition, ageism contributes to our isolation. The combination of fearing judgment or discrimination because of our sexual orientation and fearing rejection by the gay community because of our age makes it difficult for many of us to seek the support that we may need as we grow older and to participate in many social opportunities... We are addressing those fears with Community Connections. Community Connections is a program offered by Spectrum Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns for the North Bay's older GLBT adults.

Creating a New Gay Culture: Balancing Fidelity & Freedom  (G. Rotello): "One result is the cult of the gym. A much less healthy response is the fear that some gay men report when they contemplate growing older, sometimes resulting in a subconscious feeling that they might as well live fast and die young. What is so ironic about this is that it does not conform with what many older gay men report about their lives. Many researchers argue that older gay men tend to be happier and better adjusted than their heterosexual peers, largely because they have spent their lives learning how to be self-sufficient. But the vibrancy of gay seniors is one of the gay community's best-kept secrets -- even from itself."

Edmund White Interview #1: "Maybe that French discretion and sexual sophistication I mentioned earlier rubbed off on my expatriate, Austin. I think that older gay men are rejected by the ordinary gay community, if not as friends at least as partners, so older men (like Austin, or me) learn to look for love in strange places, and not demand that things be ideal." - Edmund White Interview #2: Several doctors have said to me that the biggest problem is convincing young people that there is life after 40. If you say you're going to be dead by 40, they say, 'So what? There's no gay life after 40, anyway.' Especially in France, but even here. You can easily be a gay in his 20s and never meet a gay over 40 because you don't see them in the bars. They don't go out, they're not part of your world, and if you do see them, you consider them pathetic."

Last Ones to the Party by (the late) Marvin Liebman: "The advances made by the lesbian and gay community in the past twenty-five years - and the resistance it has encountered in the political arena - have made it both easier and more urgent for people of all ages to affirm their sexualities. In so doing, the older folks are desperate to make up for their lost years in the closet. They want to begin to become part of our community - not so much in the bars and dance halls where they are unwelcome, and certainly not hitting on young men or women with the assurance of rejection. But, they are desperate to participate and take a stand with their brothers and sisters  and to do it together with them. Those of us interested in a truly inclusive lesbian and gay community need to think about how hospitable whatever their own part of that community really is. Older gays and lesbians are ready to come out. Each of must create a way of welcoming and nurturing and loving the older people in our midst. They can learn from the young people, and the younger members of our community can certainly learn from them. Over recent years, there has been a lot of talk about "outing" homosexuals, and many have been "outed". Let us give those who come out voluntarily a place to come out to.

Forever Young: "The age of 40 is often looked at as a turning point in people's lives. To some, it's an age that kind of signals an end to youth. Well, the truth of the matter is that 40 is indeed a turning point-but a positive turning point. At least that is what Francisco Negrete, a 39-year-old gay Chicano from Los Angeles, believes. He's looking forward to turning the big 4-0 with great anticipation... What's it like to come out so late in life? Frank says that there are certainly some challenges-one of the biggest of which is finding other gay Latinos his same age. There are few places that he knows of (other than the clubs and the general gay Latino scene) where he can go to meet other men his age. Sometimes, it's frustrating for him to realize that he's "too old" to be able to attend events being held for younger gay Latinos.... Another observation Frank has made about people his age is that most of them are HIV positive. He says, "Of the men that I do know who are over 30, probably more than half have this disease."

Experience, A Big Gap to Fill (1/28/2002) N/A: "Over the past couple of years, the gay press nationwide has "discovered" the phenomenon of the Gay Generation Gap... Similarities, it seems, are stronger than differences. Over the course of one evening, I witnessed the deconstruction of the Gay Generation Gap. Oh, I’m aware of real sociological differences between the generations. But people are more than just their orientations and the sums of their experiences. That is, some older gay men might disrespect young gay men enough to see them just as sexual playthings. And many younger gay men might not appreciate the struggles and efforts of those that came before them; particularly if they are largely unaware of the difficulties gays found in the country in the past... There may be a very real Gay Generation Gap. Only, all it might take to bridge the gap is to extend a hand to the other side. Maybe that’s what the press can focus on in 2002.

Aging Disgracefully: The Problem With Older Gay Men (Part 1): "Older gay men and younger gay men rarely talk to each other... I went through my entire twenties without a single friendship with an older man. I felt manipulated by them.  There were only two kinds of older men, as far as I was concerned: Those who made a pass at you and those who didn’t... Now that I’m over 40, I’ve had to come face to face with my own questionable behavior with younger guys... (Part 2 N/A) There are plenty of young guys who want the sexual company of older men. But the majority don't. What they  want is friendship, guidance, advice and support. And too often, men like me use these potential gifts as a lure for sexual conquest. In gay life, the line between sex and friendship is thin, transparent and constantly moving... There is always something wrong when you sacrifice friendship for momentary pleasure. There is always something wrong with using experience and power to exploit youth and vulnerability. I had a responsibility to redefine what it means to be an older gay man and I failed miserably." - Older men, younger boys, or visa versa? (Alternate Link)"The old stereotypes of Dirty Old Man  and Exploited Youth are fast being done  away with. Here's a hard, critical look at gay intergenerational relationships.everybody knows that some older guys chase after young men. But these days, a surprising number of younger guys - of legal age ofcourse - are lusting after older - and sometimes much older - men." - The Experienced World of Young Gay Men who are Attracted to Older Men - A Phenomenological Study. (Alternate link with link to complete study in Finnish.)

Gay Kids in the Real World (by Steve Silberman):  "Almost every one of the boys I interviewed for my article informed me that they were regularly propositioned by older men on AOL. At first, when I asked them what they thought of that, they'd wrinkle up their noses and say things like, "Gross."  Then, often, later in the conversation, if the trust level got high enough, a teenager might admit to me that he himself had met an older boy or man online, and saw him in real life. Sometimes the two became friends. Sometimes they had sex. Sometimes meeting offline had turned out to be an uncomfortable experience, but sometimes the young man perceived it in a positive light - an introduction to a larger circle of friends, or an entree to the wider gay world. For some of these highly intelligent, articulate young men, an offline rendezvous with an older male was a risk that had turned out to be worth it... The truth is, gay teenagers and older gay men have always found ways to meet, despite every law against it. Those interactions, fraught with risk on every side, comprise a kind of initiatory process for young gay men..."

Gay City crosses The Great Age Divide in public forum: "The forum revealed how often Gay men make mistaken assumptions about each other, based on our own life experiences, misinterpreting the  intentions and behaviors of other Gay men older or younger than ourselves. The discussions revealed how we often mistakenly project our own personal assumptions and stereotypes onto one another, and fail to understand the experiences of Gay men  from another generation... Gay City forum "The Great Age Divide" didn't solve the problem of intergenerational misunderstanding and conflict, or answer the questions of where we go from here... Generalizing from the trend of the comments from the audience, younger Gay men tended to view older Gay men as bitter, angry, frightened of their sexuality, and sexually exploitative of younger Gay men... On the other hand, older Gay men tended to view the younger generation of Gay men as reckless,  misinformed, superficial, sometimes cruel, and sexually exploitative... Many people expressed the desire of a Gay community where we relate to one another not as sex objects, but find some deeper ground for encountering and enjoying each other, while some folk felt that sexual objectification of Gay men was entirely appropriate and to be expected."

Intergeneration Issues For Gay Asian Males: The Truth About GAM: "The pursuit of a white boyfriend is so intense that many gay Asian men would sooner date a much older white male partner than another Asian.  Asian and Friends and the Long Yang Club are both social organizations with numerous chapters around the world that are designed for Asian men to meet Caucasian partners.  I had attended some of their events in cities from Sydney to New York, and all I saw were 50-something white guys with their 20-something Asian boyfriends." - Gay Asian Pride: "Based on my personal experience and talking to friends, I have found that most "Asian admirers" (or "Rice Queens" as they are known in the community) are always older than their Asian "boyfriends." ...While perusing the gay bookstore, I noticed a porn magazine with only Asian male models. However, unlike Caucasian porn magazines, these Asian men obviously appeared to be in their teens with very effeminate bodies."

I Hate Older Men: "As the post-Stonewall generation ages, many gay men are embracing the pederast within... Mainstream gay culture dresses up its kiddie porn in a pretense of serving teens... Not all boy chasers are predatory. Some use emotions as their bait, and offer the nurturance that the boy's parents neglected to provide. Sometimes this exchange is genuine, but often it's just another  technique. Sex is the point—and most deprived boys will provide it because it validates their existence." - Open Response Letter:  "The title of your article sets the tone, and your comment "After all, gay men want to be where the boys are" is really quite unfair. (It is especially unfair to older gay men who have been in years-long, monogamous relationships, the ranks of which you apparently wish to join. Yes, I did taste the irony at the end of your piece.) You see, from a reader's perspective, your article advances the stereotype of: "Older men who are well-to-do, and young men who aren't doing too well." I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but it certainly represents a minor fraction of the gay population. You seem to be trying to make it the norm." - Related Commentary. - Opinion: Not tolerating the intolerable.

Gay City’s Over 40’s project asks the tough questions: "The first question the panelists explored was,  'What are some of the changes that can be expected as Gay men move into their 40’s?' McKay, who just turned 60 this year, said that as he moved from his 40’s to 50’s he suffered from a fear of death, many sleepless nights, and was deeply depressed that his spiritual faith seemed to be failing him. "I was terrified of older men because of my own fear of growing old and dying," he recalled... The next question dealt with how younger Gay men often treat older Gay men: 'In our 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, we’re supposed to just go away. We’re not supposed to be at the sex clubs or bath houses. How do we approach these problems of the stereotypes that are  used against us?'"

From White Crane Journal's - Contents -  Special Spring 1998 Feature Section: AGING & Gay Men's Relationships. - Truth and Desire: What do gay men really want?

Reflections on Cross-Generational Relationships.- Confessions of a Geezer Queen.Other articles: Daddy & Son? The Complex Web of Younger/Older Relationship. - Daddy... Boy.

Internet Resources

Resource Links: - Pridelinks.com's "seniors" listing. - Search the QRD. (Alternate Link) - Gayscape. - Search Google.com - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers. - - Google Directory: GLB Elders. - Google Directory: GLB Elder Organizations. - Open Directory: GLBT Elders.

Bibliographies

Book Listing (Abstracts / Reviews)

Books: Quiet Fire: Memoirs of Older Gay Men.- 1985 - edited by Keith Vacha (Reference made in Bob Basker: An Activist's Life: A Founding Father of the Midwest) (Amazon). - Cohler, B.J., & Hostetler, A. J. "Understanding intimacy in the lives of older gay men: Cohort, sexual lifeway and life-story" by BJ Cohler & AJ Hosteller. In: Challenges of the third age: Meaning and purpose in later life.- 2001 - edited by S. Weiss & S.A. Bass. - Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 2-1) edited by Jean K. Quam. - The Changing of the Guard: Lesbian and Gay Elders, Identity, and Social Change - 2003 - by Dana Rosenfeld: Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Distinctiveness of Lesbian and Gay Elders (PDF Download) (Amazon) (Google Books). - Gay and Lesbian Aging: Research and Future Directions - 2004 - edited by Gilbert Herdt, Brian, De Vries. 

Books: The Beauty of Men - 1996 - by Andrew Holleran (Review) (Interview). - Gay and Gray: The Older Homosexual Man, Second Edition - 1996 - by Raymond M. Berger (Table of Contents) (Amazon.com Reference). - Quincunx - by P.H. Colley. - Gay Money: Your Personal Guide to Same-Sex Strategies for Financial Security, Strength, and Success - 1997 - by Per Larson  (Review) (Amazon.com Reference). - Village Elders - 2000 - by Penny Coleman (Review). - Midlife and Aging in Gay America - 2002 - by  D. C. Kimmel & D. L. Martin (Review). - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging: Research and Clinical Perspectives - 2006 - edited by Douglas Kimmel Tara Rose, Steven David (Abstract). - Michael Tolliver Lives: A Novel - 2007 - by Armistead Maupin (Related Article) (Related Article). 

Books: The Lesbian Family Life Cycle - 1991 - by Suzanne Slater (Chapters include "The Middle Years" and "Lesbian Couples over 65") (Abstract) (Table of Contents) - Midlife Lesbian Relationships: Friends, Lovers, Children, and Parents - 2000 - edited by Marcy R. Adelman (Review) (Review)  (Amazon.com Reference) (Table of Contents). - Long Time Passing: Lives of older lesbians - 1986 - by Marcy Adelman, Ph.D. - Old Dyke Tales - 1984, 1988 - Short Stories - by Lee Lynch (Related Information). - Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition - edited by Barbara Sang, Joyce Warshow, and Adrienne Smith. (One Part online: Desire Perfected: Sex After Forty) - Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry into the Expanding Spirit of Women’s Erotic Experience - 1999 -  by Gina Ogden (Review) - Gay Old Girls by Zsa Zsa Gershick (Table of Content,  Excerpts, 8 pages) (Abstract) (Related Information). - Dyke Life: From Growing Up To Growing Old, A Celebration Of The Lesbian Experience - 1996 - edited by Karla Jay (Table of Contents) (Amazon).

Thompson EH (2004). Expressions of manhood: reconcilling sexualities, masculinities, and aging. The Gerontologist, 44(5): 714. PDF Download - Full Text. Review Essay of 3 books: Gay and Lesbian Aging: Research and Future Directions - 2004 - edited by Gilbert Herdt and Brian de Vries.  - Reeling in the Years: Gay Men’s Perspectives on Age and Ageism - 2004 - by Tim Bergling. - Sociological Analysis of Aging: The Gay Male Perspective - 2003 - by J. Michael Cruz. -- Being women, then lesbians, then old: Femininities, sexualities and aging. The Gerontologist (2006), 46, 300-305 (Full Text): Review Essay: Midlife and Aging in Gay America - 2002 - edited by Douglas C. Kimmel and Dawn Lundy Martin. - Midlife and Older LGBT Adults: Knowledge and Affirmative Practice for the Social Services - 2005 - by Ski Hunter. - Lives of Lesbian Elders: Looking Back, Looking Forward - 2005 - by D. Merilee Clunis, Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen, Pat A. Freeman, and Nancy Nystrom. - Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians - 2005 - by Cheryl Claassen.

Search the QRD. - Gayscape. - Search Google.com - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers. - Google Directory: Elders.

Search Engines & Directories: - Google.com. - Google Scholar. - MSN Search.- Proteus Search. - Wikipedia Listing of Search Engines. - All GLBT Resource Directories. - Google's GLBT Directory. - Yahoo's Directory. - DMOZ: Open Directory. - BGLAD. - Wikipedia. - GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture.

Directories for Open Access Resources: - The Directory of  Open-Access Journals. - Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR). - Yahoo Theses Access Directory. - Google Directory: Free Access Online Archives.

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Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2), 2006: Special GLBTI Ageing Issues (PDF Download. Download Page.). Contents: Editorial - Articles: Coming out ready or not! Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing and aged care in Australia: Reflections, contemporary developments and the road ahead. - Queer ageing. Ageing gay men’s bodies. Coming out, coming in: How do dominant discourse around aged care facilities take into account the identities and needs of ageing lesbians? - Heteronormativity amongst staff of residential aged care facilities. Commentaries: Non-technical equivalence for lesbians, gay men and transgender people in community services for seniors. - Addressing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing in Western Australia. - We are aged, we are queer, we are here. - Book Reviews: Reeling in the years: Gay men’s perspectives on age and ageing.

Hudson RB, et al (Eds) (2011). Integrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults into Aging Policy and Practice. Public Policy & Aging Report, 21(3). Sage. PDF Download. --- Resilience and Disparities among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults. -- The Diverse Elders Coalition and LGBT Aging: Connecting Communities, Issues, and Resources in a Historic Moment. -- Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults. -- Reflections on Advancing an LGBT Aging Agenda. -- How Health Care Reform Will Help LGBT Elders. -- Safe Spaces? The Need for LGBT Cultural Competency in Aging Services. -- Bridging the Service Gap: LGBT Older Adults, Public-Private Partnerships and Program Innovation. -- The Policy Issues and Social Concerns Facing Older Adults with HIV. -- LGBT Aging: Research and Policy Directions.

Age Concern England (2002). Opening doors … to the needs of older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals: A one-day conference held in London in April 2002. Web Page for PDF Downloads & Related Information: - Transcripts of Presentations. - Workshops 1-10. - Workshops 11-18 N/A. - Report on Conference.

Age Concern England (2002). The Whole of Me - Resource Pack. PDF Download.  Google Cache Copy.

Age Concern England (2002). Issues facing Older Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals. PDF Download.  PDF Download. PDF Download.  xx

Age Concern England (2001). "Opening Doors. Working with older lesbians and gay men": "In July 2001, Age Concern England published ‘Opening Doors – A Resource Pack’, which advises organisations on how to make their services more welcoming and inclusive of older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. Topics addressed include getting to understand your client group, awareness, language and terminology, how to get started, consultation and setting up services. More recently, ahead of its Opening Doors Conference, the organisation published a supplement to the Resource Pack, 'Opening Doors: A Literature Review'. This shows particularly how older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals have remained invisible because many organisations have failed to investigate their needs." Related Information: Some Documents available online. - PDF Download. - Opening Doors: an overview.

American Society on Aging, Edward R. Roybal Institute for Applied Gerontology, Cal State LA (2001). Live Long, Live Well: Health Promotion for Older Adults. Table of Contents: Full Text (HTML.or Word Downloads).

Anti-Discrimiation Board (----). Working Paper from the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) Ageing and Discrimination Forum. Full Text. Archive Link.

Baker K, Krehely J (2011). How Health Care Reform Will Help LGBT Elders. Public Policy & Aging Report, 21(3): 19-23.

Barrett, Catherine (2008). My People: A project exploring the experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex seniors in aged-care services. Victoria, Australia: Matrix Guild Victoria Inc & Vintage Men. PDF, Download Page.

Baumgartner Jr, Thomas C (2007). Aging and sexual minorities: exploring the health and psychosocial issues of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) individuals. PhD Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. PDF Download.

Benevedes JM (2006). Making Meaning of Seroconversion in Older Gay Men. Focus, 21(10): 5-6. PDF Download.

Bennett L, Gates GJ (2004). The Cost of Marriage Inequality to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Seniors. A Human Rights Campaign Foundation Report.  PDF Download. Download Page. PDF Download. Download Page.

Bettinger, Thomas V (2007). Gay Men at Midlife and Adult Learning: An Uneasy Truce with Heteronormativity. Paper presented at the "Learning In Community: Proceedings of the joint international conference of the Adult Education Research Conference" (AERC) 48th National Conference) and ay the "Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE)/l'Association Canadienne pour l'Étude de l'Éducation des Adultes" (ACÉÉA) (26th National Conference).Edited by Laura Servage and Tara Fenwick (June 2007). PDF Download.

Bigler, Mark O (Utah AIDS Foundation, 2000). Generational Differences Among Gay Men In the Coming Out Process, Self-Esteem, and HIV Risk. PDF Download.

Birch H (2006). Are we there yet? Key collaborations on the pathway to quality services for GLBT seniors in Victoria. Paper presented at the 2006 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. PDF Download. Download Page.

Birch H (2004). What about us? Positive Ageing is Also a Gay and Lesbian Issue! Paper presented at the 2004 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference, Melbourne.  PDF Download. Download Page.

Birch H (2004). About Time!: GLBT Seniors ALSO Matter.  Full Text.

Blando JA (2001). Twice Hidden: Older Gay and Lesbian Couples, Friends, and Intimacy. Generations, 25(2): 87-89. PDF Download.

Brotman S, Ryan B, Collins S, Chamberland L, Cormier R, Julien D, Meyer E, Peterkin A, Richard B (2007). Coming out to care: caregivers of gay and lesbian seniors in Canada. Gerontologist, 47(4): 490-503. Full Text.

Brotman S, Ryan B, Cormier R (2002). Mental Health Issues of Particular Groups: Gay and Lesbian Seniors. In: "Writings in Gerontology: Mental Health and Aging (18)" (Table of Contents) Full Text. PDF. Whole Document.

Brotman S, Ryan B, Cormier R (2003). The Health and Social Service Needs of Gay and Lesbian Elders and Their Families in Canada. Gerontologist, 43: 192-202. Full Text. xx

Brotman S, Ryan B, Cormier R (2002). Questions relatives à la santé mentale de certains groupes: Les aînés gais et lesbiennes. Dans: "Écrits en Gérontologie: Santé mentale et vieillissement (18)" (Table des Matières) Full Text. PDF. Whole Document.

Brotman S, Ryan B, Meyer E (2006). The Health and Social Service Needs of Gay and Lesbian Seniors and Their Families in Canada. Executive Summary: PDF Download. Information & Download Page.

Cahill S, South K, Spade J: NGLTF (2000). Outing Age: Public Policy Issues Affecting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders. PDF Download.  Download Page. All NGLTF Documents. (Related Article) (Related Article) xx

Cantor M, Brennan M, Shippy RA (2004). Caregiving among older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender New Yorkers.  New York: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. PDF Download. Home Page.

Carers UK (2003). Policy Briefing: Lesbian and Gay Carers. PDF Download.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (----). ARQ2: Asking the right questions 2: "Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, two-spirit, intersex, and queer (LGBTTTIQ) people have specific life factors that relate to substance use and/or mental health problems. These factors include “coming out,” gender transition, societal oppression, loss of family support, isolation, and the predominance of bars in LGBTTTIQ communities. To provide effective addiction and mental health services, therapists/counsellors need to be aware of these life factors in clients. Asking the Right Questions 2 will help service providers create an environment where all clients feel comfortable talking about their sexual orientation and gender identity. Full Text. See: "ARQ2: Question B6 - Body image and aging." Full Text.

Chamberlain C, Robinson P (2002). The Needs of Older Gay, Lesbian and Transgender People. A report prepared for the ALSO Foundation. PDF Download. Download Page.  PDF Download. Download Page. 

Chapin R, et al. (2002). Aging and GLBT Older Person. School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas. PDF Download.

City And County Of San Francisco Human Rights Commission and Aging And Adult Services Commission (Report, 2003). Aging In The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Communities. Full Text: PDF Download.

Cook-Daniels L (2007). Transforming Mental Health Services for Older People: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Challenges and Opportunities. A paper presented at the AARP Diversity and Aging in the 21st Century Conference. June 21, 2007. Los Angeles, California. PDF Download. xx

Cook-Daniels L (2004). The Future of Aging: Re-Defining Aging Services & Advocacy for LGBT Older Adults. Plenary presentation at the "No Need to Fear? No Need to Hide? Aging On Our Own Terms" 2004 SAGE Conference. PDF Download. Download Page. 

Cook-Daniels L (2002).  Transgender Elders and SOFFAs: A Primer. Paper presented at the 2002  110th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. PDF Download. Download Page. 

Cook-Daniels L (1997). Lesbian, Gay Male, Bisexual and Transgendered Elders: Elder Abuse and Neglect Issues. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 9 (2), 1997, p35-49. PDF Download. Download Page. 

Coon, David (2003). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues and Family Caregiving. The Family Caregiver Alliance. PDF Download.

D'Augelli AR, Grossman AH (2001). Disclosure of sexual orientation, victimization, and mental health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual older adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16, 1008-1027. PDF Download. Download Page. Sage Abstract. Full Text. xx

D'Augelli AR, Grossman AH, Hershberger SL, O'Connell TS (2001). Aspects of mental health among older lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. Aging and Mental Health, 5 (2), 149-158. PDF Download. Download Page

Davidson, Darcy (2001). Issues Facing Elderly Gay Men and Lesbians. Full Text N/A. PDF Download.

Davies A, Halliday J (2004). Elderly abuse and intersectionality - Gay and lesbian seniors: the invisible population. PDF Download. Conference Presentation. Download Page.

Davies M, Addis S, MacBride-Stewart S, Shepherd M (2005+). The Health, Social Care and Housing needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender older people: literature review. Centre for Health Science Research, Cardiff University,  PDF Download.

de Saxe M, Lovett K (2004). You don't have to roll up your banner when you're sixty! Ageing and gay and lesbian (and transgender) communities. Paper presented at a community forum on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing that was held in Newcastle on Saturday, 17 July 2004. The seminar was organised by Rainbow Visions Hunter. PDF Download.

Dinkel S (2005). Providing Culturally Competent Care to Lesbians. Kansas Nurse, 80(9): 10-12. Full Text.

The Diversity Center (2004). A Summary of Findings: Survey of the Senior Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Community of Santa Cruz County, California. PDF Download.

Drumm, Kris (2004). An Examination of Group Work with Old Lesbians Struggling with a Lack of Intimacy by Using a Record of Service. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 44(1/2: 25-52. PDF Download.

Drummond M (2006). Ageing gay men’s bodies. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2):  60-66. PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Edwards JE (2005). Designing for the gay seniors population: a look at Len Cotsovolos's interior-design plan for RainbowVision Santa Fe, a gay-oriented seniors community. Nursing Homes,  October.  Full Text. Nursing Homes Magazine: Table of Content.

Fenge L-E, et al. (2010). Connecting Participatory Methods in a Study of Older Lesbian and Gay Citizens in Rural Areas. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 9(4): 320-333. PDF Download.

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues (2004). Aging In Equity: LGBT Elders in America. PDF Download.

Garnets L, Peplau LA (2006). Sexuality in the lives of adult lesbian and bisexual women. In D. C. Kimmel, T. Rose, & S. David (Eds.) Research and clinical perspectives on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender aging, pp. 70-90. New York: Columbia University Press. PDF Download. Download Page.

Gay & Grey in Dorset (2006). Lifting the Lid on Sexuality and Ageing: A research project into the needs, wants, fears and aspirations of older lesbians and gay men. Published by Help and Care Development Ltd. PDF Download. Download Page.

Global Action on Aging (2006). Alcohol and Seniors: Alcohol Dependence and Misuse among Older Gay and Lesbian People. Full Text.

Grossman AH, D'Augelli AR, Hershberger SL (2000). Social support networks of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults 60 years of age or older. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 55B, P171-P179. PDF Download.  Download Page. Full Text. xx

Grossman AH, D'Augelli AR, O’Connell TS (2001). Being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and 60 or Older in North America. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 13(4) 23-40. PDF Download.

Harrison Jo (2010). Submission to Senate Inquiry into Suicide in Australia. PDF Download.

Harrison Jo (2006). Coming Out from the Shadows and into the Light: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Ageing: Celebrating Diversity and Taking Action.  Session at the 2006 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. PDF Download. Download Page. Conference Media Release: PDF Download.

Harrison Jo (2006). Coming out ready or not! Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing and aged care in Australia: Reflections, contemporary developments and the road ahead. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 44-53.   PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Harrison, Jo (2004). Towards the Recognition of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Ageing in Australian Gerontology. PhD Dissertation, University of South Australia.  Download Page. PDF Download.  PDF Download Part 1. PDF Download Part 2.  Download Page. 

Harrison, Jo (2003). Becoming Visible: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing in Australia. PDF Download. PDF Download.

Harrison, Jo (2003). Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee. PDF Download. Download Page. 

Harrison, Jo (2002). What are you really afraid of? Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing, ageism, and activism. (Jo Harrison is a PhD candidate in the Health Sciences - Gerontology - program at the University of South Australia, Adelaide.) PDF Download. PDF Download. Alternate Link.

Harrison, Jo (2001). ‘It’s none of my business’: Gay and lesbian invisibility in aged care. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 48: 142–145. PDF Download.

Harrison J, Irlam CB (2010). The removal of same-sex discrimination: Implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex (LGBTI) aged care.  Discussion Paper Adelaide. Australian Coalition for Equality and Diversity Futures. PDF Download.

Hash, Khristina (2001). Caregiving and Post-caregiving Experiences of Midlife and Older Gay Men and Lesbians. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. - Webpage for PDF Downloads: - Signature page, Dedication, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents. - Abstract. - Introduction. - Literature Review. - Methodology. - Findings. - Implications. - References, Appendix, Vita.

Heaphy B, Yip AKT (2006). Policy Implications of Ageing Sexualities. Social Policy & Society 5(4): 443–451. PDF Download.

Heartland Alliance (2007). The housing needs of Chicago’s Aging LGBT Population: Affordability, Acceptance, & Access to Services.  PDF Download.

Heather B (2005). About Time!: GLBT Seniors ALSO Matter. Gal and Lesbian Health Victoria. PDF Download.

Hinrichsen, Gregory A (2010). Sexual orientation issues in the context of interpersonal psychotherapy for late-life depression. PDF Download.

Hu M (2005). Selling Us Short: How Social Security Privatization Will Affect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans. New York: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. PDF Download.

Hubbard R, Rossington J (2005). As We Grow Older: A study of the housing and support needs of older lesbians and gay men. Commissioned by Polari with research monies from the Housing Associations Charitable Trust.  PDF Download. Download Page.  Alternate Link.

Hughes M (2009). Lesbian and Gay People’s Concerns about Ageing and Accessing Services. Australian Social Work, 62(2): 186-201. PDF, Must Scroll.

Hughes M (2006). Imagined futures and communities: Older lesbian & gay people’s narratives on health & aged care. PowerPoint Presentation at the 2006 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. PPT Download. Download Page.

Hughes M (2006). Queer ageing. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 54-59.  PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Hughes, Mark (2005). Sexual Identity In Health And Aged Care. PDF Download.

Hughes M (2004). Privacy in Aged Care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 23(3), Review: 110–114. PDF Download. Download Page.

Johnston, Angela (2008). Exploring the Health Needs of Older Lesbians and Gay Men in Metro Vancouver. Master's Dissertation, Department of Gerontology, Simon Frazer University. PDF Download. Download Page.

Kanapaux, William (2003). Homosexual Seniors Face Stigma. Geriatric Times. November/December, 4(6). Full Text.

Kertzner RM (2006). Beyond Coming Out: Gay Men, HIV, and Age. Focus, 21(10): 1-4. PDF Download.

Kitchen, Gary (2003). Social Care Needs Of Older Gay Men and Lesbians On Merseyside. Ad4design Ltd. Full Text (Word 97 Download).

Knauer NJ (2010). Gay and Lesbian Elders: estate planning and end-of-life decision making. Florida Coastal Law Review, 12: 162-215. PDF Download.

Knauer NJ (2009). LGBT Elder Law: Toward Equity in Aging. Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, 32: 301-358. PDF Download. PDF Download.

Koth, Christopher AR (2001). Exploring the lives of elder gay men. Master of Social Work Dissertation, University of British Columbia. PDF Download. Download Page.

Langley J (2001). Developing Anti-Oppressive Empowering Social Work Practice with Older Lesbian Women and Gay Men. British Journal of Social Work, 31(6):  917-932. PDF Download.

Lee A (2008). Finding the Way to the End of the Rainbow: a Researcher's Insight Investigating British Older Gay Men's Lives. Sociological Research Online, 13(1). Full Text.

LGBT Aging Project (Boston, '2002'). Creating Welcoming Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders. Full Text. LGBT Aging Project Home Page.

LGBT Movement Advancement Project (LGBTMAP, 2010). Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Asults. LGBTMAP.  PDF Download. PDF Download.

Lienert T, Cartwright C, Beck K (2010). The Experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People around End-of-Life Care:  Scoping Study Report. Australia: ASLaRC (Aged Services Learning and Research Centre), Southern Cross University. PDF Download.

Lo C (2006). We are aged, we are queer, we are here. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 93-97.  PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Lovelock G (2006). Building Bridges: a strategy to ensure older GLBTI people are able to enjoy a rewarding quality of life. PowerPoint presentation at the 2006 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. PPT Download. Download Page.

Lovelock G (2006). Addressing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing in Western Australia. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 91-92.  PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Lovett K, De Saxe M (2005). [GLBT] Elder Abuse Submission. To: Elder Abuse Prevention Project Inquiry. Full Text. 

Lovett K, De Saxe M (2005). Stuff Ageism! It's Time o Get Active!  Presentation at the 205 Health In DIfference 5 Conference. Full Text.

Lovett K, De Saxe M (2006). Non-technical equivalence for lesbians, gay men and transgender people in community services for seniors. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 87-90.  PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

MacDonald S (2004). Finding a pathway through the maze of health and aged care bureaucracy. Paper presented at a community forum on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing that was held in Newcastle on Saturday, 17 July 2004. The seminar was organised by Rainbow Visions Hunter. PDF Download.

Meisner BA, Hynie M 2009). Ageism with heterosexism: Self-perceptions, identity, and psychological health in older gay and lesbian adults. Gay and Lesbian Issues in Psychology Review, 5(1): 52-58.  PDF Download.

MetLife Mature Market Institute (2006). Out and Aging: The MetLife Study of Lesbian and Gay Baby Boomers. MetLife Mature Market Institute in conjunction with the Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network of the American Society on Aging and Zogby International. PDF Download. 

Michel, Sonya (2003). The benefits of race, gender, and sexuality: old-age security in the u.s. public-private welfare state. Paper to be presented at the Sawyer Seminar, University of Virginia March 28, 2003. PDF Download.

Morris, Simon  (2010). Ageing Under the Rainbow: The Interrelations Between Age, Sense of Belonging, and Mental Health Among Australian Gay Men. PhD Dissertation, Clinical Psychology, University of Ballarat. PDF Download.

Morrow, Deana F (2001). Older Gays and Lesbians: Surviving a Generation of Hate and Violence. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 13(1/2): 151-169. PDF Download.

Mostade, S Jeffrey (2004). Components of Internalized Homophobia, Self-Disclosure of Sexual Orientation to Physician, and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Completion in Older Gay Men. PHD Dissertation, College of Education, Department of Adult, Counseling, Health and Vocational Education, Kent State University. PDF Download. Download Page.

Murray J, Adam BD (2002). Ageing and HIV risk among gay men. Full Text. Modified version published in: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. Vol. 10, No. 3-4 (Fall/Winter) 2001: pp. 75-90.

Musingarimi P (2008). Health Issues Affecting Older Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People in the UK: A Policy Brief. London, England: The International Longevity Centre - UK (ILC-UK). PDF Download.

Opening Doors in Thanet (2003). Equally DifferentTeport On the situation of older lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered people in Thanet, Kent. Word Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Orel NA, Spence M (2006). Addressing the Needs and Concerns of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Elders. PDF Download.

Pearlberg GG (2004). Aging in Equity: LGBT Elder in America. Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues. PDF Download.

Phillips J (2006). Coming Out, Coming In: How do dominant discourses around aged care facilities take into account the identity and needs of ageing lesbians? Paper presented at the 2006 Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. PDF Download. Download Page.

Phillips J, Marks G (2006). Coming out, coming in: How do dominant discourse around aged care facilities take into account the identities and needs of ageing lesbians? In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 67-77.  PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Quam JK (1993).  Gay and Lesbian Aging. IECUS Report, June/July.  Full Text. 

Quam JK, Whitford GS (1992). Adaptation and Age-Related Expectations of Older Gay and Lesbian Adults. The Gerontologist, 32 (3): 367-374. Full Text.

River L (2006). A feasibility study of the needs of older lesbians in Camden and surrounding boroughs. Report to Age Concern Camden. PDF Download. Download Page.

Robinson P (2004). The Needs of Older Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender People. Paper presented to a research seminar on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ageing on Friday, 16 July 2004. PDF Download. 

Royal College of Nursing and UNISON (2004). Not ‘just’ a friend: Best practice guidance on health care for lesbian, gay and bisexual service users and their families. PDF Download.

Russell GM, Bohan JS (2005). The Gay Generation Gap: Communicating Across the LGBT Generational Divide. Angles, December.  PDF Download.

[San Francisco, 2003]. Aging in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. A Report by the City & County of San Francisco Human Rights Commission and Aging and Adult Services Commission. PDF Download.

Shernoff M (2000). I'm Glad that I'm Not Young Anymore: Why Be Afraid of Growing Older as a Queer? Published in LGNY, March 23, 2000, Issue 128. Full Text.

Siegel, Rachel Josefowitz (1999). Silencing the voices of older women. Published as a chapter in: Ageing in a Gendered World: Issues and Identity for Women, INSTRAW/UN Publications. Santo Domingo, New York. PDF Download.

Simone MJ, Appelbaum JS (2011). Addressing the Needs of Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults. Clinical Geriatrics, 19(2): 38-45. Full Text.

Spencer C (2003). Alcohol and Seniors: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults: Alcohol dependence and misuse among older gay and lesbian people. Full Text.

Tolley C, Ranzijn R (2006). Heteronormativity amongst staff of residential aged care facilities. In: Harrison J, Riggs DW (Editors, 2006). Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 2(2): 78-86.  PDF Download. Download Page. Alternate Link.

Trušník, Roman (2010). From “Youth and Beauty” to “Age and Decrepitude”: Age, Ageing, and Ageism in American Gay Fiction. In: Roman Trušník et al (Eds). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on English and American Studies at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic, 207-214. PDF Download.

Wilkie L (2005). Housing and support needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Scotland. Communities Scotland Precis, No 67. PDF Download. Download Page.

Witten T (2004). Middle Adulthood Issues in Transgender and Intersex Communities. Journal of Human Behaviour in a Social Environment vol.8 (3-4). PDF Download. Download Page.

Witten T (2003). Ramifications of the Anthropological Dilemma in Studies of Healthcare Needs involving Sex, Gender and Sexuality. TranScience Research Institute Report. PDF Download. Download Page.

Witten T (2003). White Brief on Policy Issues Affecting Transgender Elders. TranScience Research Institute Report. PDF Download. Download Page.

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