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SAGE and HearMe Team Up to Provide Mental Wellness Support for LGBTQ+ Elders and Community

SAGE and HearMe Team Up to Provide Mental Wellness Support for LGBTQ+ Elders and Community

January 8, 2024

The new partnership with the 24/7 on-demand app provides compassionate support for LGBTQ+ community NEW YORK (Jan. 8, 2024) – SAGE, the world’s oldest and largest non-profit organization [...]

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Transgender People and Dementia Care

July 20, 2023

There is a new resource from SAGE and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation called the Long-Term Care Equality Index that can help you find residential long-term care facilities in your area that [...]

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Providing Help & Hope to LGBTQ+ Elders Struggling With Suicide

Providing Help & Hope to LGBTQ+ Elders Struggling With Suicide

September 9, 2022

This is National Suicide Prevention Week, which technically means that during this week we are to raise awareness for suicide prevention. Next week is, among other things, National Child [...]

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Never Too Late: The Joys (and Unique Challenges) of Coming Out as an Older Adult

Never Too Late: The Joys (and Unique Challenges) of Coming Out as an Older Adult

June 24, 2022

And why it’s never too late to explore your own sexuality. In the mid-80s, Loren Olson was living out the idyllic vision of suburban peace. He had been married for 18 years, had two wonderful [...]

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How LGBTQIA+ Elders Can Get the Care and Support They Need

How LGBTQIA+ Elders Can Get the Care and Support They Need

June 15, 2022

Diedra Nottingham, 71, is a lifelong New Yorker. Today, she calls Stonewall House home. Located in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, the building is New York City’s first LGBTQIA+ friendly [...]

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In Covid Vaccine Data, L.G.B.T.Q. People Fear Invisibility

In Covid Vaccine Data, L.G.B.T.Q. People Fear Invisibility

May 7, 2021

When Josie Nixon visited her health insurer’s website seeking a coronavirus vaccine, she felt invisible: On a registration form that collected personal and demographic information, the [...]

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New York programs for veterans, as recommended by a veteran

New York programs for veterans, as recommended by a veteran

April 23, 2021

President Joe Biden has set a deadline of September 11 — the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks — for full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. This means thousands of soldiers who have been [...]

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This Pharmacist Had Vaccine Doses to Spare. So He Hit the Road

This Pharmacist Had Vaccine Doses to Spare. So He Hit the Road

March 16, 2021

The pharmacist has started doing pop-up vaccination events at senior affordable housing facilities, possibly illuminating a new way to reach vulnerable groups. In a city scrambling to vaccinate [...]

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A push to improve quality of life for older LGBTQ+ people

A push to improve quality of life for older LGBTQ+ people

January 28, 2021

The AARP Foundation and SAGE, an organization that advocates for older LGBTQ+ people, announced that they’re working together on an initiative to address needs of older LGBTQ+ people. New York [...]

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Many LGBTQ+ veterans face long waits for access to benefits

December 23, 2020

For the 12 years she was in the Navy, La Wanda Mobley said she was pretty much the ideal service member. “I had a stellar career, I had medals, my performance evaluations were always the highest [...]

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Finding Community Even in a Pandemic

Finding Community Even in a Pandemic

December 7, 2020

 Bill Meehan moved into Stonewall House, an affordable, L.G.B.T.Q.-friendly senior housing development in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, early this year, when it was not exactly an ideal time to get to [...]

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How Last Year’s SAGE Dance Taught Me To Respect My Queer Elders

How Last Year’s SAGE Dance Taught Me To Respect My Queer Elders

December 2, 2020

Last November, Corona was a beer, you only saw face masks at the dentist, and dyke nightlife was popping off all around the world. A year ago, on a bitingly cold Sunday afternoon in New York, [...]

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Community Diversity Group hosts event to highlight LGBTQ+ community experiences in central Pennsylvania

Community Diversity Group hosts event to highlight LGBTQ+ community experiences in central Pennsylvania

October 22, 2020

On Wednesday night, the Community Diversity Group hosted a panel discussion highlighting the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community in central Pennsylvania. Topics included the valuable efforts and [...]

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The W’ALL Project Is Teaming Up With Musicians, Celebrities And Visual Artists To Create The Largest Crowd-Sourced Piece Of Art

The W’ALL Project Is Teaming Up With Musicians, Celebrities And Visual Artists To Create The Largest Crowd-Sourced Piece Of Art

September 6, 2020

The W’ALL, a project based out Austin, is teaming up with musicians, celebrities, and visual artists to create the largest crowd-sourced piece of art for social good since the AIDS Quilt and is [...]

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Startling mental health statistics among LGBTQ+ are a wake-up call

Startling mental health statistics among LGBTQ+ are a wake-up call

August 31, 2020

Diving into the numbers on mental health among LGBTQ+-identified people in the U.S., the raw numbers are just staggering. According to a recent study by the Trevor Project, a nonprofit [...]

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Here are 8 LGBTQ+-friendly programs in NYC if you need to find housing, temporary shelter, or roommates

Here are 8 LGBTQ+-friendly programs in NYC if you need to find housing, temporary shelter, or roommates

August 25, 2020

New York City is one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly cities in the world, and the birthplace of the country’s gay rights movement. But even so, many in the community, especially youth and transgender [...]

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For nursing home residents, COVID-19 sparks an epidemic of loneliness

For nursing home residents, COVID-19 sparks an epidemic of loneliness

August 13, 2020

From her wheelchair, Pam Reece leads an exercise class for her fellow residents at Wakefield Care and Rehabilitation Center in Kansas. Nowadays, the class is not in the activity room, where [...]

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New book can help you welcome LGBTQ+ residents

New book can help you welcome LGBTQ+ residents

July 27, 2020

Tim R. Johnston, Ph.D., senior director of national projects for LGBTQ+ elder advocacy organization SAGE, spent a year and a half working on his new book, “Welcoming LGBTQ+ Residents: A Practical [...]

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How the LGBTQ+ community in New York has been staying connected

How the LGBTQ+ community in New York has been staying connected

June 23, 2020

LGBTQ+ New Yorkers tell us how they’ve been staying in touch with the local scene during these unprecedented times. New York has changed drastically over the last few months and that [...]

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How to beat loneliness during a pandemic? LGBTQ+ elders lend their wisdom

How to beat loneliness during a pandemic? LGBTQ+ elders lend their wisdom

June 17, 2020

AFTER A LIFETIME of living openly as a gay man, Elliot Englebaum, 73, has become a shut-in at his assisted living facility in Hollywood, Florida. Because of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, [...]

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