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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 At that moment I felt old, out of date, and superficially shallow.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
Sudan's women face 'world's worst' sexual violence amid brutal conflict
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023 that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced around 11 million and been marked by widespread sexual violence.
Sulaima Ishaq al-Khalifa said abuses against women routinely accompanied looting and attacks, with reports of rape often perpetrated as "the family witnessed" the crime.
"There is no age limit. A woman of 85 could be raped, a child of one year could be raped," the trained psychologist said at her home in Port Sudan.
Sudan's women face 'world's worst' sexual violence
Afghan national 'laughed' as he raped 12-year-old girl in broad daylight
Women 'raped and mutilated for standing up to Iran's regime
Islamic militants kill 162 in multiple Nigerian village attacks
How Iran's ruthless enforcers use rape to crush dissent
Migrant filmed hurling vile abuse at female cop and vowing to make her his 'slave'
Brutal ‘rape festival’ in Nigeria sparks outrage worldwide
‘Rape leaflets’ for migrants enrage the British public
Does AI belong at gay bars? This Phoenix spot is learning in real time
To AI, or not to AI — it’s a question many LGBTQ+ bar owners are asking themselves as operation costs rise, the threat of closures looms, the need for optimization increases, and artificial intelligence tools grow more and more sophisticated.
Does AI belong at gay bars?
Mexican singer says he was trafficked and abused as a teenager
Luis Armando Campos says singing is his life. At 23, he's already had a very impressive singing career that started when he was just a child in his native Tampico, a port city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
"I was about 11, almost 12, when I first appeared on a local TV show in Tampico," Campos said.
In 2014, he was a semi-finalist in "The Voice Mexico." The international reality singing competition franchise took his career to new levels. Even though he didn't win, Campos has since toured Mexico with his music. But what his increasing number of fans didn't know, Campos says, is that while his career was taking off, he was forced to live a double life -- as a sex slave.
Mexican singer says he was trafficked and abused as a teenager
Monsters kidnap toddler in India before raping, beheading her
The TRUTH of 'Maryland dad' Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Two Muslim 13-year-olds are jailed for raping girl, 12, because she was Jewish
UK ‘shied away’ from ethnicity of grooming gangs in child sex abuse inquiries
Fat Joe denies sex acts with minors after former hype man’s $20 million lawsuit
Soccer coach admits drugging and raping young boys
Boy, 12, is abducted 'by pedophile' after youngsters' 'To Catch a Predator' sting went horribly wrong
Man to serve 25 years in prison after using Snapchat to meet teens
Dyslexic Gay Man Not Accepted By Tampa Bay Community
Some people thought he was trying to be funny and got mad about it. Then we found out he’s dyslexic but it’s still weird.
Dyslexic Gay Man Not Accepted
Italy not signing LGBTQ+ rights bill
Pronouns, tribal affiliations now forbidden in SD public univ. employee emails
Minnesota bans Gay & Trans Panic Defense
Hundreds of gay men evicted from Dallas hotel after AKA Sorority members complained about their attire
GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis Under Fire
Ford exits LGBTQ+ index
This anti-DEI activist is targeting LGBTQ rights
I Have Tourette’s, and I’m Gay
Closeted and confused about the gay scene
Betty White Says the Key to Her Diet Is 'to Avoid Anything Green'
White told Parade that she had a love of vodka and hot dogs, "probably in that order."
Betty White Says
'I Had a Crush on Her Too'
Betty White Made A NSFW Comment To This Hollywood Actor
At least 5 killed, fire hydrants running dry in Southern California wildfires
At least 5 killed...
James Woods rips LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley
A-listers who have just done the most egregious thing imaginable amid the LA fires
LA officials warn of price gouging as those displaced by fire seek housing
LA may have to get rid of its most iconic feature to protect against future wildfires
Berkeley's proposed new law would be among the strictest in California
Green-energy madness will turn NYC family homes into firetraps
Don’t trust the climate doomers spooking us with lies
PS Fire demonstrates readiness to perform hiker rescues as hot summer months approach
Terrifying details of ‘I Kissed a Girl’ singer Jill Sobule’s fatal house fire
First Affordable Housing Complex For LGBT Seniors Opens
History was made on Long Island when the nation’s first suburban LGBT senior housing center opened its doors Friday.
First Affordable Housing
LGBTQ-Inclusive Affordable Housing for Young Adults
LGBTQ senior housing project vandalized with hate speech
LGBTQ seniors can struggle to find affordable housing
SF LGBTQ senior housing awaits funding
New 71-unit affordable housing complex coming to downtown Columbus
He helped create a senior LGBTQ+ residence. Now he’s getting evicted
McDonald’s CEO sounds the alarm over crime in Chicago
“We have violent crime that’s happening in our restaurants … we’re seeing homelessness issues in our restaurants. We’re having drug overdoses that are happening in our restaurants,” he said. “So we see in our restaurants, every single day, what’s happening in society at large.”
McDonald’s CEO sounds the alarm
Illinois Becomes The First State
Starbucks makes good on promise to close more stores
Broward town will have no cops starting next month
'They said they were trying to kill us!'
DC mayor refuses to meet with father who lost three sons
Las Cruces police tackle rising violent crime, unveil new strategies
California Democrats Keep Being the Victims of Crime
Lakeland McDonald's employee shoots at customers who said their order was wrong
'You're going to die'
While Europeans did engage in some slave raiding, the majority of people who were transported to the Americas were enslaved by other Africans
The overwhelming majority of slaves sold to Europeans had not been slaves in Africa. They were free people who were captured in war or were victims of banditry or were enslaved as punishment for certain crimes.
Most professional slave traders, however, set up bases along the west African coast where they purchased slaves from Africans in exchange for firearms and other goods. Before the end of the seventeenth century, England, France, Denmark, Holland, and Portugal had all established slave trading posts on the west African coast.
Americas were enslaved by other Africans
Black Lives Matter mutiny
'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves'
9-year-old being sold for marriage to 55-year-old man
More than 96% of modern slavery crime reports do not result in charges
San Francisco’s $5m slavery reparations payment condemned
Child migrants racially abused and threatened with violence
'People are starving'
Slavery was part of God’s plan for America
Handing $350,000 to every black American would be an 'absolute disaster' for the nation
Young gay couple jump to their deaths after posting
The last photo shows the couple sharing a final kiss.
Young gay couple jump to their deaths after posting
Having excess fat and being overweight can cause harm
Goldigger living with obese spouse, revealing she's in constant fear that he will die
Boy Drew Mom as a Fat Stick figure
I told you! 02-Feb-2022
A celebrity should embrace being fat. The rules that are established for them don't apply to regular fat people. My doctor tells me I'm fat every 3 months. My insurance pays him to do that. I went from being my mother's baby boy to becoming a Winnie The Pooh bear fat fuck. Most of the world, except cocksucking gays and iguanas, are fat. People say I'm fat. I know I'm fat. Nope, I will never suck another dick. "I'd rather eat!" Popeyes! 31-Jan-2022
If they call you fatx and you are, you're in denial. There is medical help available. If "he" calls you fatx and you aren't, then "he's" an asshole that really likes you. 29-Jan-2022
Dame Joan Collins says she has 'no regrets' about having an abortion at 26 because the baby 'would have ruined her life'
Dame Joan Collins has claimed she has 'no regrets' over an abortion she had when she was 26-years-old.
The veteran actress, 88, said she felt keeping the baby would have 'ruined my life' and added that if she hadn't had the illegal abortion 'it would have been the death of my career'.
Dame Joan Collins says she has 'no regrets' about having an abortion
'People can’t say what they think, because they’ll get canceled'
Almost half of gay and bi men have been sexually assaulted, troubling research finds
SurvivorsUK, a charity that supports men and non-binary people who have experienced sexual assault, asked 505 gay and bisexual men if they have ever experienced “something you would describe as a sexual assault”.
Some 45 per cent of respondents said they had been sexually assaulted, with those in the 18-34 age bracket most likely to have experienced sexual abuse.
Almost half of gay and bi men have been sexually assaulted
Florida GOP chair accused of sexual harassment by male staffer
'I'll blow your head off, f****t'
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his ex-business partner pay $600K settlement to 20 former NYC restaurant employees at Babbo, Lupa and Del Posto, who claim they were sexually harassed
Sex offender Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach 'threatened player with a baseball bat before forcing him into nonconsensual sex'
Leaked Ghana bill could ban sex toys, trans medical care and being an LGBT+ ally
3 Men Charged With Murdering Same-Sex Couples in Texas
Taxi-driving gay Catholic priest subjected to vile homophobic abuse
DaBaby is following hip-hop’s homophobic playbook to become its latest villain
Police aggressively raid LGBTQ-friendly bar in Puerto Rico
Betty White Thought She Would Die Before Her ‘Golden Girls’ Castmates
Fans of Betty White, former star of The Golden Girls, are often worried about her health. Whenever she trends on Twitter, most of her devoted followers become fearful something terrible has happened to the star. Now that White is close to 100 years old, some are dreading the day her death is announced.
Some might want to avoid the topic, but White has given her death some thought. She once said she thought she would die before her Golden Girls cast mates.
I think the toughest thing about loss, and the hardest challenge, is the isolation you feel in its aftermath. You spent so much time sharing your life with someone, talking through issues, even disagreeing about things, and all of a sudden there’s a hole.
Betty White Thought She Would Die Before Her ‘Golden Girls’ Castmates