SAGE envisions a world in which LGBTQ+ elders are valued and have boundless opportunities. Central to that goal is understanding the unique strengths, challenges, and histories of those in the community. SAGE is committed to improving the field of LGBTQ+ aging research with an intentional focus on the representation of those with multiply-marginalized and underrepresented identities.

Aging Research Connections provides community members interested in research participation, and their service providers, with a list of academic and institutional research opportunities that have been reviewed by and approved for listing by an internal, cross-departmental panel.

Issue Areas of Special Focus

SAGE is especially interested in LGBTQ+ asset-based, applied research focused on the following topics:

1. LGBTQ+ identity development in later life
2. Caregiving, social support, and kinship among LGBTQ+ older adults
3. Elder healthcare access and quality of services
4. Experiences of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, class, anti-Blackness, colorism, anti-indigenous bias, and/or immigration status for LGBTQ+ older people
5. Experiences and impact of violence and elder abuse on LGBTQ+ elders
6. Impacts of the criminalization of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression
7. Advocacy, community organizing, and social movement participation by and for LGBTQ+ older people