{"id":15224,"date":"2023-06-13T08:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/?p=15224"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T15:39:23","slug":"pride-2023-week-3-counting-all-sexual-and-gender-minorities-sgm-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2023\/06\/pride-2023-week-3-counting-all-sexual-and-gender-minorities-sgm-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride 2023 Week 3 &#8211; Counting All Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM) Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People who identify as LGBTQIA+ may experience health disparities due to social stigma and care givers unfamiliar with their needs. Health care needs change throughout the life cycle of all people no matter where on the gender or sexuality spectrum they fall.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/topics\/population\/older-aging.html\">Census.gov<\/a>, almost 17% of people in the U.S. are aged 65 and older. Of those, 2.4 million people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). The intersectionality of these identities of being elderly and a member of a sexual and gender minority (SGM) can exacerbate health disparities in care, housing, income, and other social determinants of health.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some free resources specifically for SGM elderly and their care givers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asaging.org\/education-topic\/lgbtq-aging\">American Society on Aging: LGBTQ Aging<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A core part of ASA\u2019s mission is its focus on diversity: we lead the field of aging in educating and training members on cultural awareness and competencies. Part of that education is our ongoing, unique coverage of LGBTQ aging issues. Now that the Defense of Marriage Act is eroding, what are the legal issues and impacts for this cohort? What are the particular health issues for the LGBTQ community? What might be the best models for culture change that will ameliorate discrimination in eldercare facilities? What are the retirement planning issues specific to same-sex couples? Mainstream media and people\u2019s personal blogs may tell the story that captures attention, but ASA gives you the factual information that supports your informed policymaking strategy and in establishing best practices and models that \u201cdo the right thing\u201d for LGBTQ communities nationwide.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/long-term-care-equality-index\">HRC Long-Term Care Equality Index 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Long-Term Care Equality Index 2023 represents the first validated survey on LGBTQ+ inclusion in long-term care and senior housing communities. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and SAGE are excited to present this report on the\u00a0<strong>200<\/strong>\u00a0communities from\u00a0<strong>34 states<\/strong>\u00a0(including D.C.) that actively participated in the LEI 2023 survey.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fenwayhealth.org\/the-fenway-institute\/lgbt-aging-project\/\">LGBT Aging Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0LGBTQIA+\u00a0Aging Project works toward equity,\u00a0inclusion,\u00a0and community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,\u00a0questioning, intersex, and asexual older adults,\u00a0ensuring that they\u00a0can age with the dignity and respect they deserve.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/\">National Institute on Aging<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 35px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/news\/improving-health-and-well-being-sexual-and-gender-minority-older-adults\">Improving the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority older adults<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">NIA-funded researchers are collaborating with sexual and gender minority older adults for a better future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtagingcenter.org\/\">The National Resource Center On LGBTQ+ Aging<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging is the country&#8217;s first and only technical assistance resource center focused on improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and\/or transgender older adults, their families and caregivers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sageusa.org\/\">SAGE: Advocacy &amp; Services for LGBT Elders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We make aging better for LGBTQ+ people nationwide. How? We show up and speak out for the issues that matter to us. We teach. We answer your calls. We connect\u2014generations, each other, allies. We win. And together, we celebrate.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sageusa.org\/mission&amp;values\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0about our mission and core values. (Some resources in Spanish.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>May 16<sup>th<\/sup> is LGBT Elders Day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who identify as LGBTQIA+ may experience health disparities due to social stigma and care givers unfamiliar with their needs. Health care needs change throughout the life cycle of all people no matter where on the gender or sexuality spectrum they fall. According to Census.gov, almost 17% of people in the U.S. are aged 65&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2023\/06\/pride-2023-week-3-counting-all-sexual-and-gender-minorities-sgm-elderly\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":15225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[151],"tags":[234,267],"class_list":["post-15224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-lgbtq","tag-lgbtq-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Pride-Elderly-2.png?fit=940%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-3Xy","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15224"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15262,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15224\/revisions\/15262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}