Policy Field: Senior Citizens
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Tour d’Amour
Tour d’Amour is an initiative from the Empowerment Foundation that focusses on the position of the LGBTI-elderly. They have grown up in a time during which it they were not able to talk about their feelings. It is often still hard for them to talk about these issues out of fear of bullying and incomprehension,…
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Combating discrimination and LGBTphobia in senior residences
With the support of the City of Bordeaux, the LGBTQI+ centre Le Girofard and the association ALIFS worked with the directors of all senior residences, management teams and residents of two senior residences to raise awareness about ageing well as LGBTQI+ individuals and fighting discriminations (LGBTphobia, racism, religion). A bingo session was organised for the…
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Ageing under the rainbow – Project for queer-sensitive open work with senior citizens
“Älterwerden unterm Regenbogen” (Ageing under the Rainbow) is a pilot project from Hamburg dedicated to making open senior citizen work more inclusive for queer individuals. The project collaborates with both senior citizen services and the LGBTIQ+ community to enhance acceptance of queer people within this sector. It offers tailored workshops, training sessions, and creative ideas…
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Coming Out Day – LGBTI+ elders
City of Leuven is celebrating Coming Out Day this year on Friday, October 11, with Seniors at the Movies at Kinepolis. This year we focus on LGBTI+ seniors and to what extent they feel safe to out their sexual orientation or gender identity. We are highlighting this topic during a film (Deux, 2019) that makes…