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Adopt an LGBTQ Parent or Grandparent at The Pride Center’s Affordable Housing Complex

Today’s LGBTQ seniors are the first generation to live out and proud, and they’re also the first generation to navigate living their golden years in this way.The Residences at Equality Park, an affordable housing community for LGBTQ seniors, particularly those with disabilities, is in search of volunteers from the community to adopt a parent or grandparent.“We celebrate the holidays, we do games, we do movies, but we don’t really have staff so we count on volunteers,” said Roxana Guembes, a Program Coordinator with Carrfour Supportive Housing, the company that manages the Residences. “It would be great if we could have some volunteers from the community to come.”

According to Sage, an advocacy group for LGBQ elders, LGBTQ people 50 and older are twice as likely as their straight peers to live alone and four times less likely to have children. More than half receive care from a partner and 24% get care from a friend. […]

Click here to read to the full piece. This story was originally published by OUTSFL on April 1, 2024.