Low Income Elderly Gays Find Home In Hollywood
By 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff Posted: March 23, 2007 (Hollywood, California)
What is described as the first low-cost housing development in country for homeless and low income older members of the LGBT community has been opened in Hollywood. The 104-unit complex built around a swimming pool and open courtyard, was built by the nonprofit Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing and developer McCormack Baron Salazar at a cost of nearly $21 million.

  Why Are So Many Mid-Life Gay Men Getting HIV?
By: Spencer Cox and Bruce Kellerhouse, PH.D, Gay City News, New York, 15 March, 2007
New data released by New York city's department of health show that the highest rates of new HIV infections are among gay men 35 to 49 years old. These findings are alarming and, to some, perplexing.

  Retired officers burst from the closet
The Advocate Monday 19 March 2007
Seven retired military officers publicly came out of the closet on Friday, hoping their actions will stir Congress to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" and force General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to apologize for calling gays "immoral" last week. The officers are all highly decorated and have earned numerous honors and commendations.

  Can't marry your partner? US gays adopt instead.
Associated Press, Thursday 15 March, 2007
Linc Morris admits it took him a while to get used to the idea of being adopted -- which probably explains why he was 42 years old by the time it happened...

  Senior housing for gray gays becomes smart business
By Jesse Harlan Alderman
Less than three years ago, Fred Hodges, 54, and his partner of 30 years, John Kuen, lived in the heart of red-state America--Cobb County, Ga., the Bible-belt area that was once home to the Gingrich Revolution. In fact, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, lived in the same neighborhood. But the couple found being gay in Gingrich country a drag. Now approaching retirement, they didn’t want to spend their golden years traveling 25 miles to downtown Atlanta for a taste of gay life. So, instead, they shipped off to a unique retirement community--one designed and built for homosexual seniors.

  Gays pessimistic about finding love online
6th March 2007, PinkNews.co.uk
The internet is now officially the most popular way for gay men and women to find a date (in the UK). Research has shown that 87% of gay men and 58% of lesbians have used the internet to find a prospective partner in the past 12 months. But over the same period only 18% of men and 27% of women have had a serious relationship, suggesting that finding the right partner is like finding a needle in a haystack.

  HIV/AIDS and Older Adults
by Mike Sugnet, CAMP, Kansas City, February 17, 2007
People over 50 represent between 13% and 17% of the AIDS cases in the United States and in the last decade the incidence of AIDS has risen more than twice as fast in those over 50 than among younger adults..The problem is that health care and service providers tend to downplay the fact that seniors do have sex and do drugs and are at risk just like the general population. Safe sex practice is just as important for the senior.

  Atlanta group wants to hear from gay ‘elders’
By Zack Hudson, Sothern Voice, Friday, February 23, 2007
A consortium of community groups will ask their clients to help predict what will improve the lives of gay men and lesbians 55 and over at an upcoming community forum. The organizers — which include numerous gay organizations — are capitalizing on a four-year grant administered by the Atlanta Regional Commission to consider the well being of Atlanta’s aging Baby Boomer generation of gay men and lesbians. The group is assembling an action plan, which it will share with government agencies, social organizations and service providers with the mission of yielding increased access and better service for gay men and lesbian senior citizens.

  89-Year-Old Man Busted for Driving While Naked
Monday, February 05, Fox News
One elderly Ohio man just can't seem to keep his clothes on. John Welday, 89, was arrested and charged with public indecency after being caught by police cruising in the buff for the third time, WTVO-TV reports. Not only was Welday driving while naked, he was carting around more than 100 pictures of himself sporting nothing but his birthday suit.

  Seeking Bay Area LGBT seniors
by Heather Cassell, Bay Area Reporter, Published 02/01/2007
Have you seen LGBT seniors in your neighborhood? Lavender Seniors of the East Bay's and New Leaf: Services for Our Community's Friendly Visitors programs are looking for them. In a stroke of good fortune, both agencies have a surplus of volunteers who want to spend time with LGBT people in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, but not enough seniors. The program provides volunteer assistance for LGBT seniors to have someone spend time with them and even sometimes help with small tasks, such as shopping.

  Gay retirees need protection from discrimination
Deb Price , Detroit News, Monday, February 12, 2007
Three years ago, Ellen Novak developed a chronic lung condition that forced her to retire at just 52 after 25 years of working for the New Mexico state government. Unlike spousal benefits, partner benefits didn't follow Ellen into retirement. Hurting financially because of Ellen's retirement, the family had to come up with $225 a month to buy Linda catastrophic insurance. Rather than suffer in silence, the lesbians, openly gay since their early 20s, demanded fairness. Their claim is before a court. And New Mexico state lawmakers are weighing legislation to make sure retirees don't lose partner benefits.

  Housing caters to 'gay and gray'
Dallas Morning News, Sunday, January 07, 2007
Santa Fe: Jan Gaynor and Barbara Cohn have decided to spend their retirement years in this city of art and culture, not just because it's steeped in 400 years of history but also because it offers something new. The sixtysomething couple wanted to live in the nation's first full-fledged retirement community for gays and lesbians. They sold their house in California and moved into a condominium at Rainbow Vision Santa Fe this summer. "We've been together for 16 years, and we were looking to retire someplace where we could be ourselves," Cohn said. "Here, we can hold hands and give each other a kiss without someone raising an eyebrow."

  San Mateo seeks LGBT senior peer counselors
by Jeffrey M. Johnson, Bay Area Reporter, Published 03/01/2007
San Mateo County is seeking LGBT volunteers for its Senior Peer Counseling program. The peer counselors can be valuable confidantes for the elderly, especially those older gays and lesbians who may not feel comfortable being out at the care facility where they reside, said program officials.

  Book Focuses on Seniors' Sex Lives
Gay Wired Thu, 01 Mar 2007 0:03 AM PST
When people see the words “sex” and “love,” they rarely think of someone age 50 or over. However, the National Center on Longevity says that 39% of older people are interested in—and want to have more of—sex. “Just because we get older our desire for intimacy doesn’t disappear,” says gerontology expert and author Nieli Langer. Her book, "Love & Sex: Are We Ever Too Old?" is available at www.Amazon.com

  Independent Living Community Opening for San Francisco Bay Area
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:35:00 GMT | Author : Barbary Lane Senior Communities
One of the first urban independent-living communities in the USA for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors will open in Oakland, CA with leasing beginning March 1, 2007. The needs of LGBT seniors are presently invisible and largely unaddressed in the senior housing industry due to lack of awareness, discrimination and homophobia. LGBT elders often feel they must go back into the closet if they move into traditional retirement, independent or assisted living. Presently there are over 3 million LGBT Americans over the age of 65, and by 2030 that number will nearly double.

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