The goal of ASA's Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network (LGAIN) is to raise awareness about the special challenges lesbians and gay men face as they age and the unique barriers this often invisible segment of the aging population encounters in gaining access to housing, healthcare, long-term care and social services.

The Network fosters and creates opportunities for multidisciplinary dialogue among policymakers, administrators of aging services, service providers, researchers and older gay men and lesbians... Continued

Let us hear from you! Email: lgain@asa.asaging.org

From the latest issue of

Fighting for Fairness and Equality Through the Legal System

by Doni Gewirtzman

In response to the unique needs of older lesbians and gay men, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund made a commitment in 1998 to expand our impact litigation and advocacy efforts on their behalf. As a Skadden Fellow, I will spend the next two years as a staff attorney at our national headquarters in New York specializing in legal issues affecting older lesbians and gay men, and working with individuals and groups to address homophobic discrimination and abuse targeted at older gay people...continued

Photo: Penny Coleman

Ruthie and Connie: More Than a Love Story

Lesbian Grandmothers: Similar to Other 'Fun-Seeking' Grandparents

Relying on Themselves and Their Communities: Healthcare Experiences of Older Rural Lesbians

The Narratives of Old Lesbians:
Maintaining the Integrity

Abuse of Lesbian, Gay and
Transgender Elders

Working With Older Lesbians
and Gay Men

Elder Gays and Lesbians in
Literature and Film