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Links and
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Click Here to go to the Online Housing Guide Home Page
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LGBT AGING
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The Aging and Health Report: Disparities and Resilience among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults: Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender(LGBT) baby boomers have been largely ignored by services, policies and research.
(formerly caringandaging.org) 1-800-558-8703 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging
Administration for Community Living 202-401-4634 |
Dallas Office of Community Care (Senior Services)
Office of Senior Affairs Administrator 214-670-3627 |
Leading Edge
202-783-2242 Texas Department of State Health Services
1-888-963-7111 |
Bisexual ResourcesEducational Resources |
General ResourcesLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Family Law, 2014 Ed.,
Courtney Joslin and Shannon Minter Estate Planning For Same Sex Couples: Joan M. Burda,
published by the American Bar Association, 2nd Edition, 2013 |
Local LGBT
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
Administration on Aging Derek Lee Regional Administrator 1301 Young St, Rm 736 Dallas, TX 75201 214-767-1865 |
Lambda Legal
South Central Regional Office 3500 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75219-6722 214-219-8585 |
Legal Resources
MilitaryThe Modern Military Association of America
202-328-3244 (formerly the The American Military Partner Association (AMDA)) modernmilitary.org 202.695.AMPA (2672) Veterans Affairs Hospital
LGBT Veteran Care Coordinator (VCC) Christopher B. Holland-Deguire, PsyD. 214-857-3794 Christopher.Holland-Deguire@va.gov |
PoliticalEquality Texas
512-474-5475 |
Transgender
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What is the North Texas LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Initiative?
Originally launched in December 2017, the North Texas LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Initiative is a program of the Coalition for Aging LGBT (CfA LGBT), designed to empower senior retirement communities to provide safe, welcoming housing options, and connect them to LGBT seniors and their friends and families looking for a home. We recognize that education and relationship-building are essential, as many service providers are interested in improving their LGBT cultural competency, but require greater support on this journey.
This online guide is the result of years of relationship-building, support, and hard work between our CfA LGBT volunteers and the dedicated staff of various Senior Retirement Communities in the four-county area of North Texas (Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, and Collin counties). Each of these communities has attained a passing score on our LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Metric. The Metric covers areas such as LGBT-friendly policy updates, LGBT cultural competencies, procedure changes, staff training, programming, outreach, and marketing enhancements. The goal of this standard is to increase the visibility of the LGBT community and to form explicitly LGBT-affirming practices and LGBT cultural competencies in each community.
This online guide is the result of years of relationship-building, support, and hard work between our CfA LGBT volunteers and the dedicated staff of various Senior Retirement Communities in the four-county area of North Texas (Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, and Collin counties). Each of these communities has attained a passing score on our LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Metric. The Metric covers areas such as LGBT-friendly policy updates, LGBT cultural competencies, procedure changes, staff training, programming, outreach, and marketing enhancements. The goal of this standard is to increase the visibility of the LGBT community and to form explicitly LGBT-affirming practices and LGBT cultural competencies in each community.