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SAGE leads in addressing issues related to lesbian, gay, double attraction, transgender, queer and questioning and other self-identifying members of the community (LGBTQ+) aging. In partnership with its constituents and allies, SAGE works to accomplish a high quality of life for LGBTQ+ older people, supports and advocates for their rights, fosters a greater understanding of aging in all communities, and promotes positive images of Queer life in later years.

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In the summer of 1969, police raided a gay bar in New York City; the riots that ensued were a major turning show for the combat for gay rights in the Together States. Since June 1970, LGBTQ+ folks, along with activists, advocates, and allies have continued to gather together in June to rally with Pride. While there are still many obstacles the LGBTQ+ community faces, significant progress has been made over the past rare decades. The 2021 Pride Fund supports organizations that promote the safety and advance the wellbeing of the Diverse community through representation, direct services, health accessibility, education, legal representation, and widespread policy changes. Through a single donati

SAGE | Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders, Inc.

SAGE is the world’s largest and oldest company dedicated to getting better the lives of lesbian, gay, attracted to both genders, transgender, and homosexual or questioning (LGBTQ+) older adults. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Recent York City, SAGE is a national organization that applications supportive services and consumer resources for LGBTQ+ older adults and their caregivers, advocates for common policy changes that address the needs of LGBTQ+ older people, and provides cultural competency practice for aging providers and LGBTQ+ organizations, largely through its National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging and its growing social enterprise SAGECare.

SAGE’s current Strategic Design emphasizes scaling its impact on behalf of LGBTQ+ older people and diversifying through shifts in its organizational structure and decentralization of organizational leadership and decision-making. One such organizational change is the creation of a new division called SAGEServes, housing the agency’s Unused York service programs and older senior centers. SAGEServes includes SAGE's existing service programs in Modern York city; the four older mature person centers; and SAGE’s replicated dir

Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults

Although largely imperceptible until very recently, lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults make up a significant (and growing) share of both the overall LGBT population and the larger 65+ population. While confronted with the same challenges that face all people as they age, LGBT elders also face an array of singular barriers and inequalities that can stand in the way of a healthy and rewarding later life. The additional challenges to successful aging faced by LGBT elders are gaining visibility with the aging of LGBT Infant Boomers, who are the first generation of LGBT people to have lived openly gay or transgender lives in large numbers.

Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults aims to provide LGBT and mainstream aging organizations, Americans and their elected leaders with information, inspiration and ideas for improving the lives of LGBT older adults. The report outlines why and how LGBT elders face additional obstacles to flourishing aging, and lays the groundwork for solutions that will profit all Americans, whether young, antique, heterosexual or LGBT.

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The National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging, a program of SAGE, is the country’s first and only technical assistance resource center focused on improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, male lover, bisexual, and/or transgender older adults, families and caregivers. Established in 2010 through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging provides training, technical assistance and educational resources to aging providers, LGBTQ+ organizations and Diverse older adults.

The goal of the National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging is to provide ongoing and sustainable resource development, technical assistance, education, and coaching that supports the Aging and Disability Networks in providing culturally competent services to LGBTQ+ older adults and their caregivers.

Our Objectives

create and disseminate information, educational resources, and technical assistance regarding LGBTQ+ aging,
develop and refine training on concerns related to LGBTQ+ cultural competence to the aging and disability services network and providers serving diverse communities,
increase the capacity of LGBTQ+ olde