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For so many years people of all ages have been persecuted, shoved aside their needs neglected. I makes my heart happy to hear that the wheels are turning and gays, lesbians and all other members of the LGBT community are starting too see a glimmer of hope. This here is a far cry from the gay hate mongers that seems to fill our screen with vile insults. Don’t let those get you down, the wheels may turn slowly but at least they are moving in the right direction.

Historic Grant Aids Gay Seniors
Courtesy of Q-Notes

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Advocates for older LGBT people are hailing a decision by the U.S. Administration on Aging to award a highly competitive new grant to a local LGBT aging services program at the L.A. LGBT Community Service Center. The grant was one of over a dozen distributed to community organizations serving diverse older adult communities and the first ever for an LGBT service provider.

“More and more LGBT seniors have been coming to the Center for help as they’ve been battered by the bad economy,” said Lorri L. Jean, the facility’s chief executive officer. “This first-of-its-kind federal grant will help us significantly increase the vital services the Center offers to LGBT seniors who are often isolated and may lack the resources they need to make ends meet.”

Michael Adams, executive director of SAGE, the leading non-profit agency dedicated to serving LGBT older people, said, “For many years, the LGBT community’s programs for our elders have been ignored and shut out by federal funders. We are very pleased to see the Obama Administration right that wrong as a matter of policy and take an important step forward in recognizing the needs of LGBT older adults.”

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