LGBTQ+ Aging in Rural Environments
Publish date: 2025Source: SAGE
Topics: Health Care, Housing, LGBTQ+ Aging, Social Isolation
Older LGBTQ+ adults who live in rural environments—small towns and villages, farming communities, rural reservations and tribal lands, geographically remote areas, and other sparsely populated nonmetropolitan settings—face distinctive barriers to aging in place and aging well, compared to their urban and suburban counterparts.
LGBTQ+ Aging in Rural Environments highlights key issues affecting the quality of life, health, and well-being of older LGBTQ+ adults who live in rural places. Our goal is to inform and engage policymakers; rural providers of aging, health, and housing services; rural LGBTQ+ advocates and organizations; and rural LGBTQ+ elders in pressing for change.
