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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

Page Index: General (Mostly American, GLBT). - Lesbian / Bisexual Women. - Transgender / Transessual. - Ageism & Prejudice. - Abuse & Violence. - Health Issues - Homes / Housing & Care. - United Kingdom. - Australia. - Canada. - Europe. - French Speaking. - Stereotypes /  Intergenerational Sex / Relationships (Mostly Male Issues). - Internet Resources. - Online Bibliographies. - Book Listing (Abstracts / Reviews).
 

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.

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

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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

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. 

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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.

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.

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.

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.

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.  

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.

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

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).

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.

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.

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..

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

Search GLBTQ: The Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Culture. - Search BGLAD. - Search the QRD. - Search all GLBT Resource Directories. - Search Google.com. - Search Google Scholar. - Search Google's G:LBT Directory. - MSN Search. - Search findarticles.com: many full text articles and papers.

Academic Searches: Search IngentaConnect: The most comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. - Search Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online. - Search JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive. - Search The National Library of Medicine.

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' ."