Homophobia Runs Rampant in Retirement Communities
50plus Online Magazine (www.50plusMag.com) reports the distressing news that homophobia is very much prevalent in retirement communities, assisted Living facilities, and nursing homes.
(PRWEB) March 14, 2005 -- This month’s edition of 50plus Online Magazine (www.50plusMag.com)
continues to distinguish itself from other sites directed to the 50+/senior
audience by focusing on contemporary issues and viewing them from a 50+
perspective.
50plus Online Magazine (www.50plusMag.com) organized
another round table discussion with older gays and lesbians. Their ages were
between 58 and 73. The topic was homophobia and its presence in senior
facilities. Some spoke from experience, others from hearsay.
They all
agreed that it didn’t make a difference whether they had been out and living
openly before, if they let anyone know about their sexual orientation they were
asking for trouble.
One elderly man said that it was shocking that in
some of those retirement homes, homophobia runs rampant, especially among the
staff.
He said that when a gay person goes to visit another gay person in
a nursing home, it’s in everyone’s best interest to act straight---like any
other visitor. The fear of being discriminated against is very
real.
Another gentleman said that he thought that it was much easier for
normal looking gay people—those who could pass for straight. The ones that find
it really difficult are the women who are masculine and the men who are
feminine.
50plus Online Magazine (www.50plusMag.com) never shies
away from controversy, says Editor Gary Geyer. (like our siding with AARP,
against President Bush’s privatization plan for Social Security) “We have always
said there is more to our demographic than Davy Crockett hats, arthritis and
dentures,” adds Geyer.
“Sometimes we’re serious and sometimes we’re funny
or irreverent,” says Geyer, “but we are always interesting, entertaining and
relevant.”
In the current edition of 50plus Online Magazine (www.50plusMag.com,
in addition to the forum on “Homophobia in Retirement communities," there are
new articles on “Snoring and Ways to Reduce it,” and “Adopting a Child When You
are Past 50.”
The 50+ celebrity featured in this edition is Dennis
Quaid, who barely made the 50+ cut having just turned 50 last April. Dennis had
it all: Drug addiction, a bad marriage and a failing career. The tabloids aren't
too happy that that’s all behind him now.
There is also an updated
article from our previous edition called, “We Are No Longer Boomers. We are
YAPS.” (That’s Youthful, Active, Pre-Seniors.) “There was quite a lot of
interest in our claim that the term “boomers” is an archaic term, describing who
we were, not who we are today,” says Geyer.
Included in this edition are
also two new Brain Squeezers™, a popular feature that works those brain cells.
(The one called “Killer Test” is particularly weird.)
About 50plus Online
Magazine:
50plus Online Magazine (also known as 50plusMag.) is an online
magazine geared to YAPS (boomers), young seniors and recent retirees.
Recent articles have addressed the death of a grandchild, growing old in
prison, discrimination in the workplace, dealing with Alzheimer rage, avoiding
sibling rivalry at inheritance time, trophy wives, older women dating (and
having sex with) younger men, being ignored by advertisers, the trend of older
actors and actresses appearing nude in the movies, senior divorce, alcoholic
retirees, and a 50plus sex quiz.
"Everyone is invited to check us out,
bookmark us, and tell a friend our URL," said Geyer shamelessly.
Gary
Geyer is founder, editor and publisher of 50plus Online Magazine as well as
President and Creative Director of Alive & Kicking Advertising—a marketing
company that specializes in the 50+ market.
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