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Older LGBTQ people still experience prejudice from care staff

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This article originally appeared on The Guardian’s website.

Older gay people still experience prejudice from care staff

By  on 16 September, 2013

In some cases older LGBT people in sheltered housing and care homes have hidden their sexuality

Two elderly men

Some older gay couples hide their sexuality when they go into a care home. Photograph: Zoe Ryan

When same-sex marriage became law in July this year it was a victory for gay rights and another step towards complete equality. But for a whole section of the LGBT community, it seems there is still some way to go. Continue reading →

5 things you should know about aging and LGBT

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New National Study: Five Things You Should Know About Aging and LGBT People

Posted: 10/06/2014 11:40 am EDT Updated: 12/06/2014 5:59 am EST 
You can read the original article on Huffington Post.

Much has been written about the growing number of older people in this country (as the baby boom generation rapidly ages), as well as the incremental shift in favorable policies and attitudes toward certain segments of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population. However, less public attention has been placed on the intersection of these two trends: how LGBT people experience aging, beginning in midlife all the way through later life.

A new research report—Out and Visible: The Experiences and Attitudes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older Adults, Ages 45-76—sheds new light on these issues. Based on a 2014 nationally representative study of more than 1,800 LGBT people and more than 500 non-LGBT people, Out and Visible extensively describes how LGBT people feel and experience areas such as healthcare, finance and retirement, support systems, housing and more. The study was commissioned by SAGE and led by Harris Poll.

Here are five things this new study reveals about LGBT older people’s experiences with aging.
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