BUILDING A NATIONAL SAFETY NET
From coast to coast, SAGE is bringing together community and championing legislation that protects and honors LGBTQ+ elders.
SAGE fought for welcoming housing and supportive services for LGBTQ+ people in Colorado and California:
SAGE partnered with advocates in Colorado to hold an LGBTQ+ Housing Town Hall to help ensure housing policy meets the need of LGBTQ+ individuals. SAGE partnered with advocates in California to pass AB 678, legislation that requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness to coordinate with LGBTQ+ communities to recommend policies and best practices for providing inclusive and culturally competent services to LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness.
3 Programs
- SAGECare
- SAGECollab
- Advocacy
SAGE fought for welcoming housing and supportive services for LGBTQ+ people in Colorado and California:
SAGE partnered with advocates in Colorado to hold an LGBTQ+ Housing Town Hall to ensure that housing policy meets the need of LGBTQ+ individuals. SAGE partnered with advocates in California to pass AB 678, legislation that requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness to coordinate with LGBTQ+ communities to recommend policies and best practices for providing inclusive and culturally competent services to LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness.
3 Programs
- SAGECare
- SAGECollab
- Advocacy
SAGE fought for fair welcoming housing:
SAGE convened a nationwide coalition to preserve the Equal Access Rule, a civil rights regulation that ensures many housing and homeless services cannot be denied based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. SAGE also joined with fair housing groups like My Sistah’s House to protect the EAR.Â
2 Programs
- SAGECare
- Advocacy
SAGE fought against federal funding cuts
Represented by Democracy Forward, SAGE filed suit on January 28, 2025, against the Trump administration for its freeze on federal grant disbursements.
3 Programs
- SAGECare
- SAGECollab
- Advocacy
SAGE fought for the right to medical aid in dying
SAGE worked with Compassion & Choices to lend our voice to the fight for Medical Aid in Dying legislation in New York.
4 Programs
- SAGEServes
- SAGECare
- SAGECollab
- Advocacy
SAGE fought to pass and secure Long Term Care (LTC) and Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Bills of Rights
Following advocacy by Equality Connecticut and SAGE, the legislature passed and the Governor of Connecticut signed into law an LGBTQ+ and HIV Long-Term Care Bill of Rights—a first-in-the-nation legislation.
3 Programs
- SAGECare
- SAGECollab
- Advocacy
SAGE fought to defend the federal safety net
When Medicaid was under threat, SAGE rallied thousands of LGBTQ+ elders and allies across the country to demand that Congress protect critically needed funding.Â
