{"id":1032,"date":"2013-06-24T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2013-06-24T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T15:00:49","slug":"part-2-3-diversity-aging-intersection-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/part-2-3-diversity-aging-intersection-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2 of 3: The Diversity of Aging – Intersection with LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Again, this blog is loaded with many useful and interesting links which I hope you will explore! (Bolded underlined)<\/em><\/p>\n

In Part 1 of this series (link)<\/strong><\/a> I provided a general introduction to the topic of aging and shared some personal experiences I recently had which inspired me to write this series of blogs. Now I will write parts 2 and 3 in conjunction with the two core areas of my consulting practice \u2013 part 2 in relation to LGBT diversity<\/strong><\/a> and part 3 in relation to career development.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I appreciate the work of SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders)<\/strong><\/a> which provided many of the below points.
\nFirst, some general facts about the aging LGBT population:
\n1.\tIt is increasing rapidly and with the shift in culture, more older LGBT people are \u201ccoming out.\u201d Recent estimates suggest that there are over 1.5M LGBT people over 65 in the USA and that will double by the year 2030.
\n2.\tA higher percentage of LGBT elders face financial hardships due to job benefit and social security inequities, and fewer family members to help care for them.
\n3.\tLGBT elders deal with a significantly higher rate of mental and physical health disparities. 39% of LGBT elders have contemplated suicide and 53% feel isolated from others (over double the general population)
\n4.\tMany LGBT elderly people face discrimination and stigma in the lives for our country\u2019s systems that support the aging.<\/p>\n

Many of these issues are even amplified for the aging transgender population. Many of these issues arise from the fact that many of today\u2019s aging services providers are ill-equipped to provide competent and nondiscriminatory services to address the unique needs to transgender elders, and some health issues remain from barriers faced to receiving quality health care earlier in their life spans.<\/p>\n

However, I see some encouraging signs that there is much more focus now on the intersection of aging and LGBT, and this emphasis must continue to development. There are growing resources for LGBT elders and their allies through organizations such as:
\n\u2022\tSAGE (link)<\/strong><\/a>\u2013 Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders. They also have many local chapters associated with local LGBT Centers.
\n\u2022\tAARP (link)<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 An Ally for Real Possibilities. If you do a search on their website search engine on LGBT \u2013 you will find that they produce a large number of their resources for the LGBT constituency.
\nOther hopeful signs I have seen recently include:
\n\u2022\tThe Carol Woods Retirement Community<\/strong><\/a> here in my own state of North Carolina, is a welcoming progressive community which even placed an ad recently in The Front Page, North Carolina\u2019s LGBT bi-weekly paper.
\n\u2022\tThere was a full page ad in a recent Gay and Lesbian Review (bi-monthly magazine) for Fountaingrove Lodge<\/strong><\/a>, a new retirement community in California exclusively for the LGBT retirement community.<\/p>\n

Also, the US Supreme Court Decision we have all been waiting on regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)<\/strong><\/a> could have a huge impact on this discussion.<\/p>\n

And I will close with a link to two more articles in the April 26 \u2013 May 9, 2013 issue of Qnotes \u2013 one titled \u201cFocus on LGBT Aging Grows\u201d<\/strong><\/a> and a second article focusing on the LGBT Senior Housing<\/strong><\/a> becoming a hot topic among advocates.<\/p>\n

Look for part 3 about the link to career development and succession planning in July!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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