Businessman Pleads Guilty To Killing Elderly Gay Man
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff Posted (Toronto, Ontario), September 6, 2007
A 45-year old Toronto-area man has been sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole for 17 years for the brutal stabbing of a 72-year old pensioner he met on an Internet gay chat line. David Reid had pleaded guilty to killing Harley Walker last year in Walker's downtown Toronto home. Walker's badly decomposed body were found earlier this year in a shallow grave near a road east of the city. (For safe online dating advice see the SafeSurfing Guide - Ed.)

  Study: Seniors having more sex than you think
CNN Health, August 22, 2007
An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky - Sex and interest in it do fall off when people are in their 70s, but more than a quarter of those up to age 85 reported having sex in the previous year. Of those who were active, most said they did it two to three times a month or more. Of the 1,198 men and 815 women living with an intimate partner, only three men and five women reported the partner was of the same sex.

  New fund for gay seniors
by San Diego Daily Transcript, August 23, 2007
The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) recently created the Kelly-Taylor LGBT Seniors' Assistance Fund, to offer grants supporting the needs of San Diego's expanding LGBT senior community. Almost $7,000 has already been raised. The fund was launched July 29. Currently, only about 20 percent of LGBT seniors are prepared for retirement.

  Battle Between Gay Man & Sick Partner's Family Highlights Lack Of Same-Sex Couple Rights
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff, August 6, 2007
(Indianapolis, Indiana) For a quarter century Patrick Atkins and Brett Conrad shared their lives including a home and bank accounts but when Atkins fell near fatally ill Conrad discovered he had no rights in determining the care or who would deliver it to his ailing partner.

  Singapore bans gay story reading during pride event
AFP News, 3rd August 2007
Singapore authorities have banned a story reading during the city-state's gay pride festival, saying the text showed disrespect to public officials. In a statement late Thursday, the MDA said it received a licence application for an event called "Tall Tales and Short Stories," which included a text by author Ng Yi-Sheng which was about a young man's fictional sexual adventures with older men including military officers and government officials.

  Condoms A Hit At Old Folks Homes
By The Associated Press
While volunteers passed out cups of Jell-O to the white-haired lunch crowd at a senior center, another group was distributing something that didn't quite fit amid the card games and daily gossip: condoms. The condom giveaway is part of an effort by New York City's Department of Aging to educate older people about the risks of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. After the condom giveaway, free HIV testing was offered.

  Boston Nursing Home to Have Gay Wing
By Jim Meko July 16, 2007, FogCityJournal.com
Barry Berman, executive director of the Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home Foundation, is working to provide a new model for the care of LGBT elders that could end the days when LGBT people who enter nursing homes feel pressured to go back into the closet. The new facility is to be named after Elsie Frank, the mother of gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank.

  We're all concerned about the loss of gay neighborhoods
By Jim Meko July 16, 2007, FogCityJournal.com
Last Fall, the Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force began holding discussions on the subject of historic preservation. Rather than focusing only on the preservation of building types unique to the area, it became clear that SoMa was home to two particular communities -- the Filipino and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual and Queer or Questioning) communities -- which have contributed enormously to the character of the neighborhood over the last fifty years.

  Younger and Older: Out of Sight, Out of Touch
By Doug Sebesta, SF Bay Times, Published: July 5, 2007
Most older gay men that I know and work with say that they don'‚t see many younger gay men around and have no idea where they are, who they are and what they do. But many of these older men feel a real desire and commitment for younger men to be part of our world and part of a larger multigenerational gay community...

  Lavenders Looking Out for Gay Seniors
By Amy Sylvestri, 7/5/07, ebPublishing.com
Despite their name, San Leandro, Lavender Seniors aren't a group of gray-haired ladies who lunch or get together to have a knitting circle. Rather, they are an activist group whose mission is to improve the quality of life of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people over the age of 55. Both a political group and social organization, the Lavender Seniors were formed over a decade ago when a group of gay seniors organized to lobby in local government for representation.

  From the Long View: Not Going Back in the Closet
TheTaskForce.org, June 27, 2007
Task Force releases fourth episode of five-part podcast exploring challenges and policy issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elders “There's no point in us having to go back in the closet just because we got old."

  Chardees Closed - sold to Key West businessmen
By Phil Lapadula, Express Gay News, Fort Lauderdale, Friday, June 22, 2007
Chardees, the oldest gay restaurant in Wilton Manors, has closed. The building has been sold to two gay businessmen from Key West. Tony DeRiggi, the restaurant's landlord and its original owner, confirmed the sale this week. DeRiggi said the restaurant's new owners are planning to do“hundreds of thousands of dollars in remodeling. “It will be a brand-new concept and have a new name”.

  Five-part podcast exploring challenges and policy issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elders
by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 18/06/2007
The aging baby boomer generation is the first generation with large numbers of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members. How will this affect institutions for the elderly? How will our health care system handle the first generation of HIV/AIDS survivors? How will the Stonewall generation engage with the politics of aging?

  Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'
by By Hank Plante - CBS News
A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.

  Biggest Gay Community Center In Midwest Opens In Chicago
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff Posted: June 6, 2007 - 3:00 pm ET (Chicago, Illinois)
It has been five years in the making, and at times there were fears the project might never be completed, but now Chicago's LGBT community has finally opened the $20-million Center on Halsted. In addition to the massive recreation center and theater, the three-story, 185,000-square-foot complex will have dedicated space for seniors.