First Annual Mayor’s Senior Symposium–

Aging in the LGBT Community - dcoa

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General Experiences of LGBT

Sense of Being Different

Aversion to Labels

Elders

Deliberate Concealment of Sexual Identity and

Orientation

Fear of Rejection and Loss from Biological Family

Sense of Grief and Loss related to aging and its

effects on the quality of one’s live

Levels of Intolerance and Coping Strategies

The data show that LGBT elders age with fewer supports 80% of LGBT elders age without a partner vs. 40% of overall older adult population (10) 90% of LGBT elders don’t have children vs. 20% of overall older adult population (10) 4

General Experiences of LGBT Sense of Being Different Aversion to Labels Elders Deliberate Concealment of Sexual Identity and Orientation Fear of Rejection and Loss from Biological Family Sense of Grief and Loss related to aging and its effects on the quality of one’s live Levels of Intolerance and Coping Strategies 5

Page 1 and 2: First Annual Mayor’s Senior Sympo
Page 3: The Way Things Were Could be arre
Page 7 and 8: Just the Facts 3 million LGBT eld
Page 9 and 10: Recommendations Aging community an
Page 11 and 12: References Adelman, M., Alcedo, M.
Page 13: References O’Hanlan, K. (n.d.).

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