'People forget we exist': Why older LGBTQ+ community fears losing identity
A report suggests older LGBTQ+ people experience more social isolation than their heterosexual peers.
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""It's very common for people to hide things if they have a carer visiting their home, for example hiding their wedding photos or taking down a trans flag.""
— Adam Porter , Executive
""There are different tribes of people in every age group, but when you get older, people start clumping you together with other stereotypes.""
— Mindy Meleyal , Activist
""older LGBTQ+ people now face the additional, and overlapping, challenge of ageism.""
— Sarah Wilkinson , Academic
Key People
Adam is a housing development manager from the LGBT Foundation charity.
Mindy is a 75-year-old lesbian who has lived through every major milestone in the modern LGBT rights movement.
Sarah is the research and analysis manager at the Centre for Ageing Better.
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A report suggests older LGBTQ+ people experience more social isolation than their heterosexual peers.
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