SAGE's March Newsletter is out
Mar. 15th, 2012 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firefly124SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) just released their March newsletter, which includes a link to a PDF on how to make services welcoming to gender and sexual minority elders.
Some had asked the last time I posted on this subject just what sort of particular needs LGBT elders have. I don't think I gave great examples at the time. This publication does a much better job. The issue given the most focus is just making sure service providers who actually intend to provide quality services regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity make it clear that they are safe to approach for services. Because that is one of the key problems: elders who are worried they will be discriminated against (or worse) simply not seeking services in the first place. Actual discrimination and failures in care are, absolutely, huge issues, but not the ones addressed here.
And now off to work where, statistically speaking, there are probably at least 10 people somewhere on the gender and sexual minority spectrum, none of whom do we have any idea who they are.
Some had asked the last time I posted on this subject just what sort of particular needs LGBT elders have. I don't think I gave great examples at the time. This publication does a much better job. The issue given the most focus is just making sure service providers who actually intend to provide quality services regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity make it clear that they are safe to approach for services. Because that is one of the key problems: elders who are worried they will be discriminated against (or worse) simply not seeking services in the first place. Actual discrimination and failures in care are, absolutely, huge issues, but not the ones addressed here.
And now off to work where, statistically speaking, there are probably at least 10 people somewhere on the gender and sexual minority spectrum, none of whom do we have any idea who they are.
