Over a year ago I moved into a five floor senior housing project (residents must be 65+) and being the busy bee that I am, I’m gone a lot and therefore in and out. I have gotten to know some of my neighbors who are mostly elderly women living by themselves. Last week there was…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, along with Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Edward Markey (D-MA) and Al Franken (D-MN) today introduced the LGBT Elder Americans Act to improve services available for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults. This legislation would build on the Older Americans Act to include LGBT…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — A bipartisan group of 75 members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday told the Trump administration that it cannot erase transgender elders from a national survey that allocates billions of dollars to vital elder services. In March, the administration announced plans to remove the LGBT community from the National Survey…
WASHINGTON, D.C, — Today, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22), chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, and a bipartisan group of 75 members of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded the Trump Administration reinstate a demographic question relating to participants’ gender identity to the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). “We have to…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Friday, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22), chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, and 49 members of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded the Trump administration reinstate LGBT demographic questions to the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). “As we fight for full equality for our LGBT family, it’s important to…
