By Goldman Sachs Michael Moran, a pension strategist in Goldman Sachs Asset Management, explains how the current macro environment is changing the retirement picture for both savers and retirees. Mike and his team are out with a new report that describes what they see as a missing link to retirement security. Get the report here
By Society of Actuaries Research Institute The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program in collaboration with the Sexuality and Gender Alliance of Actuaries (SAGAA) is pleased to present this collection of essays that explore aging and retirement issues for LGBTQ+ people. This collection continues the Program’s dedicated effort to further advance the SOA’s organization-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative. This includes its 2021 companion essay collection on aging and retirement issues for people of different races and ethnicities. Our...
By Christine Corlet Walker, Dario Leoni & Tim Jackson Ecological economists have increasingly warned that continual reliance on economic growth poses existential threats to environmental sustainability. A post-growth economy would instead prioritise environmental and societal prosperity over economic accumulation. But this transition demands a careful scrutiny of ‘growth dependencies’. One area in which this reliance on growth is potentially profound – particularly in the light of aging populations – is pension systems. In this paper, we therefore begin to address...
By Andrew DeMillo, Lynne Sladky & Laura Bargfeld Rajee Narinesingh faced struggles throughout her life as a transgender woman, from workplace discrimination to the lasting effects of black market injections that scarred her face and caused chronic infections. In spite of the roadblocks, the 56-year-old Florida actress and activist has seen growing acceptance since she first came out decades ago. “If you see older transgender people, it shows the younger community that it’s possible I can have a life. I can live...
By Nathaniel M. Tran, Tara McKay, Gilbert Gonzales, Carrie Fry & Stacie B. Dusetzina Introduction: Understanding how LGBTQ+ patient experiences vary and are associated with receipt of preventive services may help reduce disparities between LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ populations. Objective: (1) To identify latent classes of LGBTQ+ patient experiences using seven indicators of clinical and cultural competence, (2) to identify sociodemographic characteristics associated with class membership, and (3) to evaluate the relationship between class membership and receipt of preventive care. Methods: 954 LGBTQ+...
Por Valeria Álvarez Martínez En pleno siglo XXI, la discriminación hacia la comunidad LGBT en el ámbito laboral persiste, a pesar de los esfuerzos constantes de este grupo por alcanzar la igualdad de derechos. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo examinar los factores presentes en la discriminación laboral hacia personas LGBT a nivel global, identificados en la literatura científica, y proponer estrategias que contribuyan a su erradicación. La metodología utilizada fue la scoping review, una revisión sistemática exploratoria que permite mapear...
Por Shoshana Berenzon-Gorn, Jorge Galván-Reyes, Sarahí Alanís-Navarro, Ma. Elena Medina-Mora & Nayelhi Saavedra-Solano Describir los malestares emocionales y las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas, de un grupo de migrantes de la comunidad LGBTQ (lesbiana, gay, bisexual, transgénero y queer) en su país de origen y en los de tránsito y destino, y analizar la intersección con otras categorías como nacionalidad, clase social, género y orientación sexual, entre otras. Fuente Salud Pública de México
Por Natalia Camila Gramajo Graña El siguiente artículo propone un estado de la cuestión sobre las relaciones entre el envejecimiento activo y la población LGTB+ con el propósito de comprender cómo influye una sexualidad por fuera de la cisheteronormatividad en el proceso de envejecimiento. Para ello, se realizó una búsqueda en las bases de Google Académico la cual se mostraron 772 resultados. Luego, una selección en base a los títulos que arrojó una muestra de 25 textos. A partir de...
Por Carmen García-Peña, Raúl H. Medina-Campos, Mario U. Pérez-Zepeda, Jimena Vázquez-García, Diego Terán & Alethse de la Torre-Rosas El ejercicio de todos los derechos humanos es inherente a las personas, mismos que deben ser garantizados por los Estados sin importar las características propias de las personas, tales como edad, género, preferencias sexuales, origen étnico, nacio- nalidad o estado migratorio. Se presenta una reflexión acerca de la discriminación que padecen las personas mayores, no solo por el hecho de su edad sino también...
By Cassandra Cantave Burton There are over 2.4 million LGBT adults over age 50 in the United States — a number expected to double by 2030 to over 5 million, according to Movement Advancement Project (MAP). A vast majority (85%) of older LGBTQ individuals are concerned about discrimination based on sexual orientation. They are also worried about how they will care for themselves and others. Two-thirds believe they will need someone to provide caregiving for them in the future and eight in...
