Our LGBTQ+ elders were trailblazers for equal rights and now they’re forging a difficult road through aging. A lifetime of discrimination combined with a lack of legal and financial protections in their younger years push many seniors into living their golden years in isolation, poverty and poor health.
Join NJPAC’s in its virtual ‘Standing in Solidarity’ conversation series on structural and societal barriers to healthy aging. This PSEG True Diversity Film is Gen Silent (Stu Maddux, 2010), a documentary about the difficult decisions LGBTQ+ elders are forced to make when navigating long-term care. […]
Click here to read to the full piece. This story was originally published by The Indian Panorama on April 13, 2024.
