NEW YORK, NY — Yesterday, thousands of members of the LGBT community and their allies gathered all across the nation to celebrate SAGE Table, a one-day event that encouraged participants to break bread, have a conversation, and create connections across generations. Produced by SAGE: Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders with major support from AARP,…
Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), America’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults, has called out President Trump’s ‘Religious Freedom’ executive order as dangerously “setting the table for future government-supported religious discrimination against LGBT people, especially our elders.” The executive order gives…
NEW YORK, NY — Nov. 1, as part of its work to improve the lives of LGBT older people, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) launched the country’s first hotline dedicated to LGBT elders. The SAGE LGBT Elder Hotline is operated by the GLBT National Help Center and staffed entirely by LGBT volunteers. This…
Two gay ex-nurses were sentenced Tuesday to 325 and 365 days in jail respectively for elder abuse of a grandmother they had been hired to care for but were spotted having sex with each other on hidden camera footage. Russell Olvera Torralba, 43, and Alfredo Villagarcia Ruiz, 43, had been free on $200,000 bond, but…
Two gay male nurses who were caught on hidden camera having sex in front of their patient, a 98-year-old grandmother, both pleaded guilty Monday to committing felony elder abuse. They both face up to one year in jail when they are sentenced March 30 before San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh. Both remain free…
