GLBT and Aging - AARP Radio programs
Prime Time Radio Program
Aging and the GLBT Community
February 26, 2008 - As we develop new approaches to the issues connected with getting older, some groups have been underrepresented and overlooked. Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender people often fall into this category. Host Mike Cuthbert discusses the needs of GLBT elders with two leaders of GLBT advocacy organizations: SAGE and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Listen >
LINKS: SAGE website
[There's an "a" and "b" link for 2 programs on the same date, and the website seems to have the links backwards. If you get Daniel Schorr (i.e. they "fixed" it) try tweaking the link or check the show website. (I expect Daniel Schorr is well worth a listen too.)]
When I looked at the show archives, I found this one too:
Out and Aging
May 1, 2007 - The first ever national poll to measure the concerns of older gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender American’s, found a striking number of those surveyed fear discrimination as they aged. Dr. Sandra Timmerman, gerontologist and director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute, joins host Mike Cuthbert to discuss other findings disclosed in the “Out and Aging: The Study of Lesbian and Gay Baby Boomers”. Listen >
LINKS: Mature Market Institute website;
The Study of Lesbian and Gay Boomers: "Out and Aging" PDF from MetLife website
[Listen> links are RealAudio.]
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