Study Shows High Rates of Domestic Abuse Among Gay Men
By Dylan Vox(GayWired.com) Oct 19, 2007 at 10:36
It may not be called spousal abuse because gay marriage is still not considered legal in most states, but according to a new study in the Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine, gay men experience partner abuse at almost the same rate as women in heterosexual relationships. It’s a little documented area of abuse, but this new study, which looks at victims of intimate partner violence, found that 32 percent of gay and bisexual men have been abused by their partners.

  FDA Warns Of Viagra Hearing Loss
By The Associated Press Posted: October 19, 2007 - 9:00 am ET (Washington)
Viagra and other impotence drugs are about to bear new warnings that users may experience sudden hearing loss. It's not clear that the drugs truly trigger hearing loss, but the Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday to add a warning about the possible risk after counting 29 reports of the problem since 1996 among users of this family of medicines.

  Daddyhunt.com: Who’s Your Daddy?
By Megan Smith, Out in Perth, Tuesday, 16 October 2007
While most depictions of gay men would lead us to believe that all gay men are young, hairless and perfectly sculpted and looking for other equally young and equally picturesque young men, that simply isn’t the case. Take for instance Christopher Turner, the founder of Daddyhunt.com and the beloved husband of author Armistead Maupin. Here Mr Turner explains the allure of older men and the importance of the Internet and sites like Daddyhunt.com in fostering diversity within our community.

  Dozens bring photo collections to expand S.F. library's gay archive
By Julian Guthrie, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, October 15, 2007
There is a photo of Felipe Elizondo as a smiling 5-year-old boy, and a photo of him as a young man on his way to serve in Vietnam. Then there are the photos of Elizondo after he became a she. "I'm a transsexual woman who had surgery in 1974 to go from male to female," said the 61-year-old Elizondo, whose first name is now Felicia. "I'm here because I'm a pioneer, a legend and a diva."

  Gay and Senior: Where Do We Go From Here?
By AJ Burton, Gay Financail Network, Tuesday October 09, 2007
Enlightenment hit the masses this morning via The New York Times. There on the front page of the Gray Lady, a prominently placed story announced what was already conventional wisdom in the gay community: nursing homes and assisted-living centers are no place for gay people. In these environs, openly gay and lesbian residents face ridicule, ostracization and worse from fellow residents and undereducated (read bigoted) staff alike.

  Businessmen plan luxury retirement home for gays in Vancouver
By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, October 12, 2007
Two local businessmen are planning to build a luxury retirement complex for gays in Vancouver. Dean Malone and Darren Stoltz have held three quietly advertised "town hall" meetings for gays and lesbians in Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster. Malone and Stoltz run Plum Living, which provides in-home support and health care services for gays and lesbians and are partnering with RainbowVision of Santa Fe, N.M.

  Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight
By Jane Gross, The New York Times (Front Page!), October 9, 2007
Elderly gay people living in nursing homes or assisted-living centers or receiving home care, increasingly report that they have been disrespected, shunned or mistreated in ways that range from hurtful to deadly, even leading some to commit suicide. Some have seen their partners and friends insulted or isolated. Others live in fear of the day when they are dependent on strangers for the most personal care. That dread alone can be damaging, physically and emotionally, say geriatric doctors, psychiatrists and social workers... (Requires Free Login)

  Room under the rainbow?
By David Colker, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 5, 2007 SANTA FE, N.M
The first generation of openly gay Americans chalked up a lot of firsts -- a gay-rights march in Washington, openly gay politicians in national office and out-of-the-closet actors on sitcoms. And now, this generation will be the first to have, just in time for its twilight years, gay senior condo communities. It's an extension of the gay ghetto, this time with walkers. Gay senior condo communities click to enlarge Condos for gay seniors Photo Gallery Condos for gay seniors But at RainbowVision, a development that opened last year on the edge of this high-desert city, a there-goes-the-neighborhood cloud has appeared. Some residents fear that their community could be overrun by an outside element -- straight people.

  I’m grey and I may be gay
From The Times (Sex Advice Column) September 29, 2007,
Q. I’m 70 and lonely after my wife died, as I haven’t found another woman. As gay men seem now to be quite accepted, is it too late to become a homosexual?...

  Queers and the Nursing Home Flesh Trade
By: Kelly Jean Gogswell , Gay City News 09/27/2007.
Imagine being stuck at the mercy of God-fearing, Christian nurses who already think dykes and fags should burn. That's my nightmare. No room to call my own. Even my body belongs to them. They manipulate it, at least when they can be bothered to...Frankly, we should all be terrified. Aging people are crap in America and old queers are even lower than straights. Maybe it's time for aging to move to the front of our agenda.

  Retirement Issues for U.S. Gay/Lesbian Couples
Rainbow by Dan Woog Monster Contributing Writer. Monster Careeer Advice.
In states and municipalities across the nation, gays and lesbians are entering into legal civil unions. In Massachusetts, they can even get married. But when it comes to retirement planning, some of those laws are as worthless as a three-dollar bill.

  When Bad Things Happen to Gay People
Rainbow Law, Monday, September 17, 2007
Do you and/or your partner own your own home? Are both of your names on the deed? Do you have "rights of survivorship" so that when one of you dies the other will still own the house?

Do you have a Living Revocable Trust or Last Will and Testament that names your partner to inherit your property when you die? Have you signed a Living Will and Medical Power of Attorney that gives your partner the right to make medical decisions for you and visit you in the hospital? We have seen breathtaking changes in our lifetime but clearly, it is not enough. It is one thing to kvetch about marriage equality. It is quite another to take the steps necessary to protect one another while we wait for lawmakers to stop catering to the wing-nuts. Since protecting your partner is your greatest responsibility, will you take a few minutes to do it today?"

  The 'terrifying prospect' of returning to the closet
Sondi Bruner, Xtra West, September 12, 2007
As gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender folks begin to age, many of them are turning their thoughts to what will happen to their sexual identities if they need in-home or residential care, what resources will be available to them, if they'll be separated from their partners and if they'll have to live with discrimination at a time when they are most dependent on the kindness and care of others. "The concern is having to go back into the closet and having to appear as we're not," says Stephen Lock, a gay activist living in Calgary. "It's a rather terrifying prospect."

  European Court Hands Down Favorable Opinion on Survivor Pensions for Gay Couples
GayWired.com, Sept 7th, 2007
Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer Damaso, an advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, delivered his opinion yesterday in a landmark case that could have positive ramifications for European same-sex partners. The ECJ ruled that refusal to pay Tadao Maruko a survivor’s pension constituted indirect discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

  Over 50s do just as well on HIV treatment
by Michael Carter, Aidsmap.com, Friday, August 10, 2007
Older HIV-positive patients are just as likely as younger HIV-positive individuals to experience good increases in their CD4 cell count and achieve adequate falls in their viral load after starting potent antiretroviral therapy, French investigators report in the September 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. T The investigators did, however, find that older patients (defined as the over-50s) were more likely to have their HIV diagnosed late, and late diagnosis was a factor associated with a poorer immunological and virological response to anti-HIV treatment. Furthermore, the study revealed that the over-50s were more likely to change their antiretroviral therapy because of side-effects than younger patients.

  Getting by With a Little Help From Their Friends
by R. Andrew Shippy, OutWord (LGAIN) , Summer 2007
Busting ageist and heterosexist myths of what it means to be older and gay, social support appears to be an increasingly important resource for people as they age regardless of sexual orientation or HIV status. Recent work helps disprove the stereotype that older gay men are always socially isolated. These studies show that, in fact, the social needs of older gay men are no different than those of their heterosexual counterparts, nor are older gay men more isolated than older men in general.

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