Asheville named a top city for LGBTQ retirees
Op-Ed: Provides a Model for and a Challenge to Other Southern Cities
Asheville is on a list from SeniorAdvice.com counting down the Top 20 Cities for LGBTQ Retirement.
Aldersgate-Asbury awarded SAGECare platinum status
Senior facility expands focus, attention to LGBTQ inclusion and diversity training
Both branches of Aldersgate — the Continuing Care Retirement Community and sibling Asbury Health & Rehabilitation — have earned top platinum status from SAGECare.
LGBT Elders are being BOLD!
Brewery brings inclusive environment for aging seniors
The Charlotte LGBT Elders Group is partnering with the new Charlotte brewery called Bold Missy to prove that breweries are for more than millennials.
Creating our aging care network
Tips to help navigate systems for seniors
The homophobia and biases experienced throughout our lives have created circumstances that are particularly challenging as we age.
Charlotte: Mercy AIDS Walk, Chorus Prayer, Speed Networking, Chorus Concert, Center Partnership, Leaders Program
Carolinas News Notes
The House of Mercy Walk for AIDS is approaching, the Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce is speed networking, One Voice Chorus is having a concert, the Freedom Center for Social Justice has entered into a partnership with Aldersgate and Novant Health has initiated a leaders program.
Helping hands
Resources for LGBTQ seniors, family and caregivers
Resources for LGBTQ seniors and their family and friends.
Western: Elders meeting, AIDS walk, mile walk
Carolinas News Notes
The Southern Gerontological Society will hold its 38th annual meeting, AIDS Leadership Foothills-Area Alliance (ALFA) has announced details on its 8th Annual AIDS Walk & High Heel Dash and the 8th Annual Walk a Mile Asheville, The People’s March Against Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence, has been slated.
Western: AARP staff, new logo
Carolinas News Notes
AARP in North Carolina has hired Rebecca Chaplin as its new associate state director of community outreach and advocacy and Blue Ridge Pride has a new logo and theme for its fall Pride festival.
Triangle: Teen stage production, post conference meeting, elder survey, ADAP, Young Democrats, adult survey
Carolinas News Notes
Teens are staging a “Bat Boy” production, a post conference meeting for Methodist upcoming, SAGE is conducting an elder survey, ADAP is included in state budget, Young Democrats selected for convention and Adam & Eve releases its adult survey results.
