On Friday, November 13 from 4-8 at the Ram’s Head Inn (ramsheadinn.com 9w. Route 30 in Gallaway), we will have a happy hour (or four hours) in the Tavern room. Hope you all can make it, for even if you can’t make meetings, socializing is important. Special Thanks to Len Farber for organizing this!
Last year, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Faculty and Staff Association formed to provide supportive social and active venue for GLBTQ staff and supporters. We met several times, discussed key local and campus issues, brainstormed plans and activities, and had a very successful dinner off campus at the end of the year.
We are back to begin another productive year and invite old and new staff and faculty to attend our first meeting and join our list serve. The meeting will be in C102 (the creative writing lab) at 445 on Tuesday, October 20.
Please note, subsequent meetings and events will be announced on the list serve only, so please ask to sign up, especially if you cannot make the meeting.
We look forward to see you.
Nathan Long and Deb Figart,
Co-presidents
(San Francisco) The American Society on Aging has launched a new
website that brings together hundreds of resources on lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) aging from across the United States
and around the globe. ASA’s LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse gathers
vital information and contacts into a single, searchable, easy-to-use
site and puts them at the fingertips of LGBT elders and their friends,
families and caregivers free of charge.
“The LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse provides vital knowledge to
all those concerned with the well-being of LGBT older adults,” says
ASA President and CEO Robert Stein. “The site embodies the principle
that knowledge is the highest form of respect, empowering visitors to
find the information and direction they need to create stronger
networks of family and community for a population of elders who have
so often been overlooked and underserved.”
Healthcare and social services providers, policymakers, researchers
and students also will find the clearinghouse an invaluable resource.
The site offers annotated listings for more than 450 organizations,
businesses, websites, reports and articles — plus links for ordering
DVDs, books and more. In addition, the site features original videos
of LGBT elders and professionals in aging discussing key issues; the
clips were created by Michael Jacoby, director of the 2008 documentary
“Ten More Good Years.”
A Readily Accessible, Centralized Directory
“Community-based services, cultural competence training and other
re¬sources crucial to helping LGBT elders and those who care for them
have been developed in a growing number of com¬mun¬ities,” says Terri
Worman, cochair of ASA’s LGBT Aging Issues Network. “At the same time,
the lack of any readily accessible, centralized directory of such
resources has made it difficult to find needed information and
support. The LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse fills this void.”
According to experts in the field, the oldest generation of LGBT
people — those in their 80s and beyond –remains largely in¬visible.
Community or¬gan¬izing and professional services for LGBT elders have
nonetheless emerged in the United States and many other countries.
LGBT baby boomers — a generation which came of age with the gay
liberation movement — is now approaching re¬tire¬ment, so the demand
is expected to increase exponentially.
ASA developed the LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse with support from
the Arcus Foundation and with seed funding from the Hermes Foundation.
Based in San Francisco, the American Society on Aging has been a
national leader in continuing education for professionals in aging
since 1954; the association’s LGBT Aging Issues Network, founded in
1994, is the only professional group of its kind.
Visit ASA’s LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse at
www.asaging.org/larc .
