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HIV/AIDS Know Your Rights
People living with HIV/AIDS are entitled to certain protections under federal law. Learn more about your rights. MORE >
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HIV & Aging,
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LGBT Older Adults
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National LGBT Aging Roundtable
A fact sheet published by the National LGBT Aging Roundtable discussing why the LGBT population should care about Social Security. MORE >
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El Seguro Social y Su Importancia Para la Comunidad LGBT Envejeciente
Publicación de la Mesa Redonda Nacional del Consejo LGBT de Personas de Edad Avanzada acerca del Seguro Social y la comunidad LGBT. MORE >
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En Español,
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Injustice at Every Turn
Study released by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) about the level of discrimination against the transgender population. MORE >
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Letter from SSA to National Center for Transgender Equality
This letter from the Social Security Administration to the National Center for Transgender Equality explains that gender data is optional, and should not be a basis for any adverse action against an employee. The letter recommends that employers not submit gender data to avoid any problems. MORE >
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LGBT Older Adults and Pensions
This brief describes how retirement pensions are routinely denied to same-sex partners, and how this lack of pension protection can devastate an LGBT partner. MORE >
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LGBT Older Adults and Social Security
This brief details how LGBT adults' ineligibility for Social Security spousal benefits, survivor benefits, and death benefits significantly reduces retirement income, up to 32 percent less than their heterosexual counterparts. MORE >
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LGBT Older Adults and Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans
This brief details the unequal treatment and additional tax penalties LGBT older adults face when inheriting or when they are designated as the beneficiary for a tax-qualified retirement plan. MORE >
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LGBT Older Adults: Rethinking Aging Laws for Today's Older Adults
This brief describes how current federal and state laws are based around the assumption of marriage and thus exclude same-sex couples, widowed men and women—LGBT and heterosexual alike—and those who never married. This brief offers concrete policy recommendations that would increase the breadth of older adults protected under aging policies. MORE >
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Retirement
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Philadelphia's Aging Population in 2015
This publication discusses Philadelphia’s aging population by the year 2015 and beyond, drawn from comprehensive data analysis and research commissioned by Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. The picture that emerges is of an increasingly diverse older population – ethnically, racially, economically and in terms of lifestyle, health and well-being. MORE >
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LGBT Organizations
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Transgender Elders and SOFFAS
This paper was originally presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention in August 2002. It is an introductory explanation of the issues and concerns of aging transgender people and SOFFAS (Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies), to begin the dialogue on what inclusion of trans people will really mean. MORE >
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LA LGBT Aging Alliance
The LGBT Aging Alliance is 501(c)3 pending organization based in Los Angeles comprised of out & proud LGBT professionals working in the aging field. MORE >
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Boulder County Aging Services Division
Boulder County Aging Services Division (BCASD) promotes the health and well-being of older adults by building on individual, family, and community strengths MORE >
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