LGBTQ+ older people across Illinois are struggling to get the healthcare, financial security and caregiving support they desperately need, according to a new report from AARP Illinois and SAGE. [...]
It is more than half a century after the Stonewall riots ignited the modern LGBTQ+ equality movement. Nearly a third of LGBTQ+ New Yorkers are over the age of 50, but the fight is far from [...]
The Trump administration has relentlessly targeted the transgender community since its inauguration in 2017—and SAGE is fighting back It has been a deeply challenging two years for transgender [...]
The separation between church (or any religious group) and state is being eroded—and LGBTQ+ citizens may pay a high price for that diminishment of our constitutionally protected rights Contrary [...]
A series of religious-liberty laws backed by the Trump administration are causing a grave threat to LGBTQ+ elders across the country Their story is heartbreaking. Missouri lesbian couple Mary [...]
The Trump administration is giving businesses and medical providers a license to discriminate: to deny services to LGBTQ+ individuals based on religious or moral beliefs. In response, SAGE is [...]
“Tragically, some traditional religions have often been part of the problem of discrimination toward people from the LGBTQ+ community,” says Randy Block of Royal Oak, Michigan. Block works as the [...]
By Kelly Kent, SAGE Director of National Housing Initiative April 11, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Fair Housing Act, a pivotal piece of legislation that laid the groundwork [...]
Southfield, Michigan’s Faith Robinson-Renner has made it a priority to look out for LGBTQ+ elders in her community and make sure they have the same rights and opportunities as everyone [...]
By U.S. Senator Bob Casey (PA), Ranking Member of the Special Committee on Aging Older LGBTQ+ Americans continue to pave the way for equality. They display perseverance and courage, and [...]
Five years ago, Pat Baldwin walked into the office of the executive director at the Hannan Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving the dignity of elders in the state of Michigan, and [...]
SAGE’s Director of Advocacy, Aaron Tax, and Dr. Imani Woody—LGBTQ+ activist and founder of Mary’s House, the first LGTBQ senior housing development in Washington, D.C.—spoke at the ACLU’s rally [...]
Can you imagine being forced back into the closet when you and your partner apply for affordable housing? Or not being allowed to honor your spouse’s last wishes upon their passing? And all [...]
The Trump administration recently issued guidelines that dangerously give a license to discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community, especially our elders, under the guise of so-called religious [...]
Given the severe challenges that LGBTQ+ people have faced under the Trump administration, we understand our community’s alarm when hearing news that the administration is planning to revoke [...]
By sending more than 9,000 letters to Washington, people across the country raised their voices with SAGE and many other organizations, LGBTQ+ and allies alike, to tell the Trump administration [...]
Kelly Kent brings almost two decades of experience to his role as director of SAGE’s National Housing Initiative, a new one at the organization. Kent, who divides his time between his hometown of [...]
Dear Friends, It’s highly unusual for me to send you two messages in two weeks asking you to stand up and advocate for LGBTQ+ elders. But these are highly unusual times. We must be prepared [...]
The Diverse Elders Coalition has released a informative and incredibly helpful article outlining the Affordable Care Act repeal in the United States. We urge you to take a look and have many of [...]
The federal government may not be standing behind transgender youth, but the elders of SAGE are heartened to know that Governor Cuomo is. In a statement today, Cuomo stated: “As the federal [...]
