GenPride Newsletter October 14
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LGBTQ seniors fear discrimination when searching for housing – PBS Newshour
Many LGBTQ+ seniors who live in long-term care communities and senior housing are fearful of being mistreated, refused care, neglected, or abused—with some even re-closeting themselves for safety. In many states, it’s still legal to deny access to housing and public resources, and few long-term care facilities have policies to protect residents based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports.
Transcript below:
- Hari Sreenivasan: It’s hard enough in this country to find safe secure housing if you’re elderly, much harder still if you identify as LGBTQ. Tomorrow is National Coming
Pride Place Newsletter #1
GenPride and Community Roots Housing are building Seattle’s first affordable housing project designed to be an affirming environment for LGBTQIA+ seniors. The project will provide 118 apartments, with a mix of studios and 1-bedroom units – as well as a community and health services center.
GenPride will be the ground-floor anchor tenant at Pride Place. We have exciting plans to provide specialized programs and services to both the residents and others throughout King County. The multi-use community gathering space will serve meals, educational and fitness programs, and plenty of recreational events throughout the year including a health center onsite that will offer …
5 Races to Help You Celebrate Pride Month
In honor of pride month, here are some of the best races you can run this summer and fall.
Each year I participated in the Pride Run, it featured high-energy fields, festive costumes, and a relatively late start that helpfully accommodates Friday night shenanigans. In addition to a wider section of the LGBTQ community and our allies, families, and rainbow-festooned pets, it’s a great chance to see all the fiercely competitive local crews in action. The North Brooklyn runners, the Reservoir Dogs, the Dashing Whippets, and of course, the Front Runners–they come from …
GenPride Hannah Gadsby at The Moore Ticket Giveaway!
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Inside a Home for L.G.B.T.Q. Seniors: ‘I Made Friends Here.’ (New York Times Article)
Shunned when they were younger, older L.G.B.T.Q. adults have found a community at a senior home created for them by SAGE, a New York advocacy group. (original story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/22/realestate/lgbtq-senior-housing-new-york.html)
By Gregory Schmidt and Photographs By Todd Heisler, April 22, 2022
She was a teenager growing up in Queens when her mother kicked her out of the house for having a girlfriend. It was the 1960s, and being gay was “taboo,” Diedra Nottingham remembered. With nowhere to turn, she wound up sleeping in parks and hallways.
Over the years, Ms. Nottingham, now 71, struggled to maintain stable housing, sometimes living with friends or relatives, …
