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Two white wooden chairs sit on a deck that's attached to a white house on the left. The chairs face pink and orange sunset and a large body of water.

relationships

Heart Whisperer: How I Found My Way to a Love That’s Lasted 45 Years

In the autumn of 1977, I met the partner of my dreams, and we’ve been sailing through life together ever since.

Ellen Ziegler —

Feb 14, 2023

dating post-vax

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dating

Dating as a Single Dyke in My 60s

Singlehood in my late 50s to early 60s feels like trying to climb a sheer mountain cliff armed with only a bottle of lube

Elaine Bennett —

Nov 8, 2021

covid-19

lgbt elders

Two older women, Marie Giardino and Michaeljon Blue, sit next to each other at the Hornell Gardens nursing home. Blue is in a wheelchair.

society + culture

They Planned to Grow Old Together

In upstate New York, a nursing home eviction due to a debt has indefinitely separated two women’s enduring love by 80 miles.

Grey Moran —

Apr 22, 2021

feminism

lgbt elders

first person

The Time I Wanted to Hug a TERF

A middle-aged transmasculine butch person meets a trans-exclusionary radical feminist in the vast forest of Tumblr. What happens next is both predictable and unexpected.

Ty Bo —

Oct 16, 2020

interview

lgbt elders

politics + activism

Respect Your Elders: Zoom With Lesbian Activist Phyllis “Seven” Harris

“So keep on living. Get on the other side of this. There’s more.”

Lou Barrett —

May 5, 2020

interview

lgbt elders

politics + activism

Respect Your Elders: Tea with Trans Lesbian Poet Barbara Marie Minney

Lou Barrett sits down with Barbara Marie Minney to talk about coming out later in life, being a trans lesbian poet, and BDSM.

Lou Barrett —

Mar 24, 2020

interview

lgbt elders

politics + activism

Respect Your Elders: Tea and Trans History With Jacob Nash

Lou Barrett sits down with Jacob Nash to his experiences being out and trans since the ’90s.

Lou Barrett —

Feb 25, 2020

interview

lgbt elders

politics + activism

Respect Your Elders: Tea With Two-Spirit African-American and Haudenosaunee Writer M. Carmen Lane

“Be curious in an intergenerational context, because it doesn’t matter how old you are — if you’re not curious about the other you’re gonna lose some learning, you’re gonna lose…

Lou Barrett —

Jan 28, 2020

lgbt elders

sage

the scene

Is Somebody Bringing the Lentils to the SAGE Table? Is It You?

Join Whoopi Goldberg, Judith Light, Jane Lynch, Janet Mock, Sarah Paulson, Holland Taylor and more in sharing a meal with our LGBT elders — and then tell us all about…

Heather Hogan —

May 9, 2017