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    Title Falling in Love With Ourselves: A Disabled Queer Black Woman’s Reflections on Disability Justice

    Title Falling in Love With Ourselves: A Disabled Queer Black Woman’s Reflections on Disability Justice

    By India Harville– I’m proud of all my social identity markers—Black, queer, woman, and disabled. Out of all of my identities, developing disability pride was the most challenging. I didn’t always identify…

    Ensuring the LGBTQIA+ Community Is Included in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Research

    Ensuring the LGBTQIA+ Community Is Included in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Research

    By Jason D. Flatt, Ph.D., M.P.H.– It’s almost Pride month and we cannot celebrate our diverse communities without acknowledging the LGBTQIA+ pioneers—Marsha P. Johnston, Silvia Rivera, Felicia “Flames” Elizondo, Donna…

    A Home Where We Thrive

    A Home Where We Thrive

    By Honey Mahogany– Imagine a place where trans people thrive. Imagine a place where we have a home and a community, where we can afford housing, start a business, start…

    Pronouns, Freedom of Speech, and Life in a Long-Term Care Facility

    Pronouns, Freedom of Speech, and Life in a Long-Term Care Facility

    By Eric Carlson– For most people, moving into a nursing facility or assisted living facility is a transition into the unknown. And not necessarily a benign unknown, but “unknown” with…

    Aging Out of Pride: We Are in This Together

    Aging Out of Pride: We Are in This Together

    By Suzanne Ford– This year, the theme for SF Pride is “Looking Back and Moving Forward,” which is entirely appropriate for 2023. As we continue to make strides towards equality and…

    Introduction to the Aging in Community Column’s Special Edition, Part Two

    Introduction to the Aging in Community Column’s Special Edition, Part Two

    By Dr. Marcy Adelman– Welcome to the Aging in Community column’s special edition, part two. The special edition of the Aging in Community column consists of a two-part series in…

    Challenges and Resiliency of HIV Long-Term Survivors in San Francisco

    Challenges and Resiliency of HIV Long-Term Survivors in San Francisco

    By Dr. Meredith Greene– Sam was 25 when he was given the news that he only had a year to live. Although he had heard about a mysterious new illness,…

    Lessons Learned From LGBT Elder Advocacy During COVID-19

    Lessons Learned From LGBT Elder Advocacy During COVID-19

    By Daniel Redman– In 2020, as the COVID-19 lockdown began, a group of LGBT elder advocates and government officials began meeting to keep track of concerns and needs arising, share…

    Transgender People and Dementia Care

    Transgender People and Dementia Care

    By Ames Simmons– “We’re not really a family anymore.” These were the last words spoken to me by my father, who at age 81 experienced rapidly advancing cognitive decline before…

    The Core

    The Core

    By Rudy Lemcke– The other day I was talking to a friend about a song I had heard by the band Radiohead called “Glass Eyes.” The song ends with the…