June 2025
20Jun

Aging and Retirement Issues for LGBTQ+ People

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...

June 20, 2025
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20Jun

Transgender seniors worry about retirement, old age amid wave of anti-trans legislation

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...

June 20, 2025
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20Jun

Patterns of LGBTQ+ Patient Experiences and Receipt of Preventive Care in Midlife and Older Age: A Latent Class Analysis

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+...

June 20, 2025
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18Jun

Malestares emocionales y estrategias de afrontamiento de migrantes LGBTQ en tránsito por México

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

June 18, 2025
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18Jun

Relaciones entre envejecimiento activo y población LGTB+

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...

June 18, 2025
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18Jun

Personas mayores olvidadas: deuda del sistema de salud

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...

June 18, 2025
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13Jun

Dignity 2022: The Experience of LGBTQ Older Adults

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...

June 13, 2025
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13Jun

‘Scared of being pushed back into the closet’: Europe’s new LGBT+ retirement communities

By Estelle Nilsson-Julien For many older LGBTQ+ the prospect of moving into a retirement home is a worrying thought. But in Sweden, Spain and France new retirement communities for LGBTQ+ seniors are proving a hit. "Care home staff don't realise that they have LGBTQ+ residents - but based on population estimates we know they do. It's just that residents don't feel comfortable or safe being identified as LGBTQ+", explains Professor Paul Willis, an expert in social care. Older members of the LGBTQ+ community can "be at higher...

June 13, 2025
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13Jun

LGBTQ+ Americans Face Retirement Inequities

By Pension Rights Center Pride Month is observed each June to mark the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that sparked the LGBTQ+  rights movement in the United States. Celebrations are centered around building community, recognizing the progress made towards equality, and honoring those who have made that progress possible. But Pride Month is also an opportunity to reflect on the work yet to be done, including the inequities that persist when it comes to the retirement income security of LGBTQ+ older adults. According...

June 13, 2025
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11Jun

Derechos de las personas de la diversidad sexual

Por Georgina Vargas Vera, Sebastián Valencia Quiceno, María José Gutiérrez Rodríguez & Cristian Rodríguez Barrón Lamentablemente, la comunidad de la diversidad sexual ha enfrentado diferentes situaciones de discriminación y violencia. Los casos que han llegado a la Corte lnteramericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) muestran cómo los actos de discriminación impactan diversos ámbitos de la vida de las personas, como las relaciones familiares, aspiraciones o vocaciones profesionales, e incluso la expectativa de vida. Al reconocer los derechos de las personas que...

June 11, 2025
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