LOS ANGELES: A study out of Harvard University found that there isn’t enough housing to meet the needs of aging LGBT boomers.
The issue is especially problematic for gay and lesbian seniors who report facing discrimination when seeking housing. But there are a growing numbers of cities that have created affordable housing specifically for gay and lesbian seniors.
Kathleen Sullivan, the director of senior services at the Los Angeles LGBT Center about the housing said, “Part of the problem that LGBT seniors have, is that when they go into a traditional assisted living community or a retirement community, often times they feel like they have to go back in the closet,” Sullivan explains. “They’re not able to talk about their life, their life partners, and that causes an enormous amount of stress”…