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Is Being an Older LGBTQ+ Person as Terrifying as It Sounds?
Someone asked me the other day what my favorite movie was, and I immediately said Arthur, like I always do. Then they said, “Never heard of it? When did it come out?” I didn’t answer 1981, nearly 40 years ago. At that moment I felt old, out of date, and superficially shallow.
Thus, I was not surprised by a new report from The Fenway Institute that found older LGBTQ+ adults in the state of Massachusetts have been diagnosed with depression at twice the rate of their straight, cisgender peers. It could be Massachusetts or any other state, or any other country because depression among older LGBTQ+ people is real, and no doubt much more widespread than we ever realize. I always tell people that if it could happen to me, the proverbial life of the party, it can happen to anyone. Having dealt with severe depression, and then having sought out many older LGBTQ+ people who also experienced similar circumstances, I found it remarkable that we all suffered from some sort of PTSD from our youths.
Again, not surprised that the report also found that LGBTQ+ individuals were twice as likely to fall and be injured in a fall over the past year, and I wouldn’t be shocked to hear if some of that was related to dangerous behavior about feeling alone and useless. Another woman, a lesbian, told me that she had a life-threatening operation, and has not been the same since and feels there’s nothing to live for, except her cat, who is 10. Otherwise, she is alone, without her partner who died, and without a family to take care of her. The family has made her feel shame for who she is, and she worries about being alone for the remainder of her life. Some days, she doesn’t feel like getting out of bed, and subsists on her Social Security checks, desperately afraid that she’ll end up in a nursing home left to die. We didn’t discuss it, but I’m sure she feels equal trepidation about not being able to pay the costs of round-the-clock care.
Is Being an Older LGBTQ+ Person as Terrifying as It Sounds?
...health care employees ‘smacking’ around 29-year-old with autism
...woman allegedly hits elderly sister in the head with cellphone, pushes wheelchair...
Senior living facility worker shoved 76-year-old woman so hard she died
Outrage as seniors are 'kicked out' of their homes in retirement mecca to make way for luxury housing boom
I’m a 64-year-old single gay man and I hate my life
California city’s taxpayer-funded housing for ‘LGBTQ seniors’ accused of breaking civil rights laws
Moment Amazon delivery driver attacks elderly man he accused of stealing his parking spot
New Bill Would Criminalize Revealing the Truth About Sex and Identity
Identification Chaos
SB 59 would allow someone to secretly change his or her sex and name together after committing a crime. If a law enforcement officer found official records of their original identity, that officer would be legally prohibited from sharing those records, even in court. People whose sex and accompanying name are tied to past actions or crimes change their sex and a different name, and anyone who shows documentation of the change could be punished. Letting anybody secretly change their sex on official documents at any time radically undermines identity verification and will endanger Californians.
New Bill Would Criminalize Revealing the Truth
Excuse woke Oregon judge made to set free dad who killed 15-month-old daughter
Algerian criminal, 27, with raft of convictions dodges deportation after claiming to be gay and transgender
Fury over claim transgender teenagers should be allowed to shoplift
Female prisoner 'hurled in locked cell' after complaining that she had been raped by one of three trans sex predators housed there
Trans activists play the victim after San Francisco cops cracked down on their vandalism and thuggery at recent march
LGB Alliance’s claim ‘94% of LGB unhappy with LGBTQ+ label’ isn’t what it seems
After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist
When the church doors open, only white people will be allowed inside.
That’s the message the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, Minnesota, is sending after being granted a conditional use permit to open a church there and practice its pre-Christian religion that originated in northern Europe.
Despite a council vote officially approving the permit this month, residents are pushing back against the decision.
After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist
School bans children from eating in its cafeteria and lunch room to avoid offending Muslim students during Ramadan
Texas taxpayers will foot bill for parents to send children to Islamic private schools
SBC says it’s not possible to be gay or transgender and Christian
I cared for dying gay men during the AIDS crisis. Now, younger queers treat me like I’m invisible
I went to my Pride planning committee meeting and had a really awful experience with a younger man who disagreed with me about something. The man was probably in his late 20s or early 30s. As we were talking, he rolling his eyes and butting in to call me “out of touch” and “silly” in front of the entire room.
I cared for dying gay men during the AIDS crisis
Malaysian influencer criticised for claiming men who do housework are ‘gay’ and ‘losers’
His latest outburst began on August 26, when he posted a photo on Threads accompanied by the incendiary caption: “Change children’s pampers = GAY.”
Malaysian influencer criticised
Texas announces ban on Sharia Law after Muslim 'patrols' tried to ban alcohol and pork
Gays Around The World Becoming More Conservative As More Gay-Hating Immigrants Move In
Zulu king demands migrants leave South Africa
Democrat is ripped to shreds for saying non-whites should...
Uber responds after Texas teen says driver kicked him out of car for being gay
The Selective Blindness of LGBTQ Activism Toward Anti-Gay Persecution in the Muslim World
Anti-gay bill: Mahama and NDC are first-class scammers
Our gay asylum policy makes no sense
'I am not gay'
The ‘A’ is not for ‘Ally’
As an asexual person, I can often feel excluded from the wider LGBTQ+ community. It can feel as if we are tolerated rather than welcomed, and sometimes even like we’re outright rejected. Having our validity disputed by LGBTQ+ peers is the most hurtful form of exclusion I have experienced.
The ‘A’ is not for ‘Ally’
Finding love as a gay man feels impossible
What little things make you lose interest in a guy?
It’s time to work toward a healthier relationship standard for queer men
‘Gutter trash f–king my friend in my own house’
Texas gay campground doubles-down on banning transgender men from property
Greece may soon ban surrogacy for gay men
Angry mob rampages trans picnic, burning Pride flag & threatning to stab people
Gen Z Rebels Against “Gay Acceptance”
Man with the “world’s largest” penis has been registered as disabled
We’ll just get (it) out of the way: 18.9 inches.
That’s the size of the “World’s Largest Penis,” which happens to be attached to a certain Roberto Esquivel Cabrera, now registered as disabled because of the super-sized measurements of his junk — which is becoming legendary in every corner of the globe, from Tennessee to Taiwan.
We can see the word trying to form in your mouth: “H…how?”
Man with the “world’s largest” penis has been registered as disabled
What People With Big Penises Bring Up Most In Therapy
California City Voted to No Longer Fly Pride Flag
Pat Burns, a new member of the council, had proposed the new list without the Pride flag, stating in a report that the city “should avoid actions that could easily or mistakenly be perceived as divisive.”
California City Voted
Bill Allowing Teachers To Not Hide Students’ Gender Identity from Parents Passes
It’s Now Legal “in Some Instances” to Discriminate Against LGBTQ
Gay S.F. supervisor gets blowback for proposing to scrap domestic-partners law
Democrat judge in America's 'Muslim capital' BANS gay pride flags after Islamic outrage
Palm Springs leads Riverside County in 2024 hate crimes state DOJ report
All The Signs Your Man Might Be On The Down Low
According to White, who is gay, DL (down-low) men are some of the most “dangerous” men to date because they are “narcissists,” people who have an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves. And that obviously can’t be good for a relationship.
The first sign, White says, appears if a woman is dating a Black man who constantly talks about “butts,”— yes, you read that right.
“If he’s Black and he’s always talking about ‘Butt, butt, but, but, butt, butt, but, but, but, but,’ girl, he is Beavis and Butt-Head. He doesn’t care who is attached to that butt. He just wants it,” White said flat out.
All The Signs Your Man Might Be On The Down Low
KL police under fire after ‘gay spa’ raid exposes men’s identities but yields no prosecutions
Food Stamps Should "Only Work On Healthy Items"
EBT, also known as food stamps or SNAP, is a government-run program that gives individuals with low incomes a small budget every month to buy groceries. And the idea that the government should control what EBT recipients are allowed to buy is a talking point often made by conservatives who would like to see the program either reduced or cut entirely. (Trump, for example, has proposed getting rid of EBT and replacing it with preset boxes of food, in which the recipient has no choice in what they get.)
Suffice to say, Keke was ratioed pretty hard on Twitter for her suggestion — generating a lot more comments than likes.
Keke Palmer Is Facing Major Backlash
Food shortages beyond baby formula 'likely'
Carlee Russell smiles in mug shot as she’s charged with false police report
LGBTQ+ people more likely to go hungry
Gay sex club in supermarket basement arouses imagination
Sources in the Slope — the domain of Bill de Blasio, the late Paul Auster, and ’hood heroes Foxy Brown, Steve Buscemi and John Turturro — say the regular event is known as Pickle’s Playhouse and is run, naturally, by none other than Pickle himself.
It seems the gang has been double-bagging there for at least nine months.
Gay sex club in supermarket basement arouses imagination
What it’s really like to be gay at the gym
Supervisor pushes to bring back gay bathhouses in San Francisco
‘Non-stop gay sex parties’
Gay men are celebrating one big advantage they have over straight men
Have Our Gay Gyms Gotten a Little Too Steamy?
Gay sex spas face unhappy ending after offering sexual treats to undercover cops
Gen Z wants in-office sex to be a totally acceptable thing
...gay men can serve in the Turkish military – but only if they’re a top
CUNY president phased out white male staffers for minority women: suit
An ex-security chief at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College claims that the school president has been systematically phasing out male white employees replacing them with minority women, new court papers show.
James Capozzi, an Italian-American, claims he was unjustly booted from his job as Director of Public Safety at the Manhattan Beach campus in 2019 — and that he was only the tip of the iceberg, according to a discrimination suit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
The 58-year-old from Queens earned a $143,805 salary at the school in 2019, according to See Through NY.
College president Claudia Schrader — who earned $232,704 in 2019, according to See Through NY — told Capozzi, through his supervisor, that she wanted to go in a “different direction” when she had him fired just shy of his fifth year on the job, the court papers from Tuesday claim.
And Capozzi would have been eligible for a bonus if he’d made it through the fifth year at the school, the suit says.
Schrader replaced Capozzi with a black lieutenant who he says was less qualified, less experienced and less educated than Capozzi — whose qualifications included a law degree and 30 years in law enforcement, the court documents claim.
CUNY president phased out white male staffers for minority women: suit
Columbia janitors sue protesters who allegedly held them hostage inside Hamilton Hall
Trad-wife influencer leaves Piers Morgan speechless
Ireland's asylum backlash
Police Cpt. Wears Ridiculous Glasses As Murderers Roam Free
Woman who allegedly ripped hijab off student's head charged with hate crimes
A woman who allegedly snatched a hijab from the head of a Saudi Arabian college student and tried to choke her with it has been charged with hate crimes, authorities in Portland, Oregon, said.
Woman who allegedly ripped hijab...
Islamic authorities in Russia's Dagestan ban full-face veil after attacks
Fans fume at ejected NFL star Azeez Al-Shaair
Fraudster unveils plan to turn Minnesota lakeside into enormous Muslim town
Muslim girl angered NAACP after accusing black schoolboy of attacking her
Former slave-turned-pro-Israel activist calls for hostages to be freed at Passover
Terrifying threat from America's Muslim capital
More than 20 killed after gunmen open fire on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir
...the children of Oct. 7 reveal bravery, horror — and hope
Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood group, confiscates its assets and offices
ENTIRE police department - four cops and a chief - quit on same day over 'hostile' black town manager...
'In my 21 years at the Kenly Police Department we have seen ups and downs,' Gibson wrote, addressing the note to both Jones and the town's city council.
'But, especially in the last three years, we have made substantial progress that we had hoped to continue.'
He went on: 'However, due to the hostile work environment now present in the Town of Kenly, I do not believe progress is possible.
ENTIRE police department
Man Charged for pulling knife on black men
'Hostile' black town manager gave them 'crazy write-ups'
Commission recommends Detroit judge be removed
Tank-top wearing judge booted from the bench
Judge removed from Prince George’s County bench for misconduct
Former Chattanooga police chief indicted for forgery, perjury and more
Woke boss of iconic LA museum fired worker because she hates old white men
California considers separating children from their un-'woke' (asleep) parents
The bill, AB 665 , “would allow children as young as 12 years old to consent to being placed into state-funded group homes without parental permission or knowledge,” according to an analysis from California Family Council. The legislation gives a government bureaucrat the ability to keep a mother and father out of the equation based on his or her own personal decision.
California considers separating children
D.C. police demoted gay captain for taking parental leave