Gay senior citizen
About us.
Queens Center for Homosexual Seniors provides a culturally-rich environment where older adults can engage with peers, make new friends, appreciate a hot meal, maintain physically active, learn recent skills and explore modern interests, and give endorse through volunteer opportunities. Verify out our services and programs:
- Affordable breakfast and lunch, served fresh everyday
- Free Transportation to and from center
- Cultural programs led by professional instructors, including multimedia art & writing courses
- Educational workshops & events
- Field trips and special events
- Exercise classes, including yoga, Zumba, chair aerobics and more
- Access to a wide variety of FREE services including Adult ESOL Classes, Immigration Support Services, Housing & Eviction Prevention Assistance, Afterschool Programs & Camps, and so much more!
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Coming Out and Loving It- Gay Seniors
Coming out at any age can be a daunting experience in a predominantly heterosexual customs, and this challenge is often amplified when coming out as a homosexual senior citizen. Embracing oneself is the first step, yet revealing this reality to family and friends can be even more challenging for a same-sex attracted senior citizen.
We understand it often takes many years to reach the signal of coming out, especially as a gay senior citizen, and we acknowledge the significance of organism accepted by loved ones. Remember, in following your heart, you’re not doing anything wrong. It’s a courageous step. If searching acceptance is important to you, we’re here to support you on this rewarding journey of coming out as a queer senior citizen. Let’s begin!
Coming Out As Gay Senior Citizen: Challenges
Why is there a plethora of doubts concomitant with coming out? Why do we experience as if we are jeopardizing the love of our family members when we come out as gay? As you are aware, the answer to that question spans generations and centuries of conventional ideologies in our community.
“Given half a chance, the youth will take their steps and trust the river of experience. The bigger ask may be whether a village can be created that can truly embrace and receive them. Those who aspire to work as mentors and elders have to save one eye on the youth—and another on conditions in the village.”
—Michael Meade, Elder and Storyteller
WE ARE A Community OF GAY MEN, more or less fifty-five or older, who have assembled to support each other in becoming gay elders. We come from a wide range of backgrounds and are united in our primary purpose of being useful to younger gay men and of service to the queer and larger community.
A healthy and thriving community honors ancestors, needs elders, depends on adults and invites youth. In the process of growing from one stage to the next, both the community and individuals are transformed. the CIRCLE understands the West African saying:
“If elders are confused, adults will be lost; and if adults are ruined, youth will be lost.”
It has been recognized throughout history and across cultures that life usually consists of four stages—y
LGBT Elders
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual (LGBT) Elders
We have survived a lifetime of discrimination &#; and we are resilient.
Conservative estimates propose that there are more than 3 million LGBT people age 55 and older in the U.S.— million of whom are 65 and older. This over segment will double in the next few decades as millions of Americans enter retirement age. Unfortunately, due to a lifetime of discrimination, many LGBT people age without proper community supports, in poor health, and financially insecure.
Additionally, many LGBT elders meeting aging providers ill-equipped to gather their needs. Worse, rarely perform policy makers account for the unique or disproportionate needs of LGBT elders. This means that the lifetimes of discrimination that many LGBT older people own survived continue into later being. Here are three of the biggest challenges facing LGBT elders today:
Poverty and Reduced Economic Security
Many LGBT older adults deal with poverty and with reduced economic security. For LGBT older adults, a lifetime of employment discrimination and