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LGBTSr Adds a Group Page to Facebook
LGBTSr has long had a Facebook page, currently with over 4,100 followers. It was finally time to establish a separate, supporting group page where people can post, share, discuss, and explore issues important to us. And, most importantly, to simply know we’re not alone. It’s a closed group to ensure privacy. Here’s a short announcement about it I shared this morning. You can find us and join us at LGBTSR Group.
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One Thing or Another: Not Worth the Weight
It’s always One Thing or Another … a lighthearted look at aging, life, and the absurdities of it all.By Mark McNease
The food magically showed up at our front door, delivered by someone who, like Santa Claus, made their rounds unseen, past apathetic doormen and suspicious neighbors with insomnia.
My Amazing Weight Loss Journey began five years ago. With great effort and dedication, I’ve managed to shed four pounds since that first fateful calorie count. How did I achieve this feat of negligible weight loss? I never thought you’d ask.
It all started with a now-defunct company called Lean Chefs. For a reasonable fee, they delivered a day’s worth of prepared food while we slept: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two yummy snacks. The food magically showed up at our front door, delivered by someone who, like Santa Claus, made their rounds unseen, past apathetic doormen and suspicious neighbors with insomnia. I would peer into the corridor first thing in the morning and there it was, a small black package at my feet, looking like something that might require a call to the bomb squad under normal circumstances. Inside it was the coming day’s food with an ice pack and an unspoken promise: eat these healthy provisions, and only these, and miracle weight loss will occur.
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The Savvy Senior: What You Need to Know About Reverse Mortgages
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior,
What can you tell me about reverse mortgages for retirees? My wife and I are contemplating getting one but want to make sure we know what we’re getting into.
Running Short
Dear Running,
For retirees who own their home and want to stay living there, but could use some extra cash, a reverse mortgage is a viable financial tool, but there’s a lot to know and consider to be sure it’s a good option for you.
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Book Review: The Language of Kindness, by Christie Watson
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“The Language of Kindness” by Christie Watson
c.2018, Tim Duggan Books $27.00 / $32.95 Canada
336 pagesThere was a time in your life when you tried everything.
Full-time, part-time, gig-worker, entrepreneurship, you changed jobs like most people change clothes. It’s exhausting and disheartening and author Christie Watson had the same experience: café worker, milk deliverer, video shop clerk, she tried them all but in the new book “The Language of Kindness,” she tells how she settled upon her best job of all.
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May is Older Americans Month – Celebrate and Embrace!
LGBTSr is a place “where age is embraced and life is celebrated.” That’s been our catchphrase from the beginning. So what better announcement can we make than that May is Older Americans Month. Celebrate! Embrace! Engage!From the Administration on Community Living:
Every May, the Administration on Aging, part of the Administration for Community Living, leads our nation’s observance of Older American’s Month. The 2018 theme, Engage at Every Age, emphasizes that you are never too old (or young) to take part in activities that can enrich your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It also celebrates the many ways in which older adults make a difference in our communities.
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‘Landline’ Documentary Tells Story of Only UK Helpline for Gay Farmers
Landline | Trailer from Matt Houghton on Vimeo.
Landline is a short documentary about the only helpline in the UK for gay farmers. Through a series of recorded telephone conversations and reconstructive visuals, the film uses the helpline as a lens through which to view the experiences of LGBTQ people in the British farming community.
The film is being funded by FILM LONDON and made with PULSE FILMS and FEE FIE FOE.
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Celebrated Activist Bashed in Gay Bar During ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Era Dies Virtually Unnoticed by Media
Crae Pridgen Jr. Reprinted with permission from David Webb’s Rare Reporter blog
By David Webb
A quarter-century ago, the nation fixated on President Bill Clinton’s proposal to enact a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for the U.S. military. The bitter controversy erupted in the national media on Jan. 30, 1993, when three Marines from Camp Lejeune and the patrons of a gay bar named Mickey Ratz in Wilmington, N.C., went to battle.
The bar fight and the injuries sustained by one of the patrons, Crae Pridgen Jr. — who lived in Dallas for a brief time and has recently died — dominated the headlines.
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May Featured Author: Sue Katz
Author and Activist Sue Katz Author Sue Katz’s business card identifies her as a “wordsmith and rebel.” A lifelong activist for social justice, she has lived and worked on three continents: first as a martial arts master, then promoting transnational volunteering, and most recently teaching fitness and dance to seniors and elders. She earned her BA from Boston University in 1970, her Tae Kwon Do Black Belt in 1975, and her MA in English Literature in 1985.
Sue’s fiction and non-fiction work has been published for decades in anthologies, magazines, and online. Her journalism includes travelogues, dance reviews, and political commentary. Her two most recent books are her collection of short fiction about the love lives of older people Lillian’s Last Affair and other stories, and her novel about the love affair between two old women in senior housing Lillian in Love. She is now working on a collection of “flash fiction” – extremely short stories.
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The Savvy Senior: New Shingles Vaccine Provides Better Protection for Seniors
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
A good friend of mine got a bad case of shingles last year and has been urging me to get vaccinated. Should I?
Suspicious Susan
Dear Susan,
Yes! If you’re 50 or older, there’s a new shingles vaccine on the market that’s far superior to the older vaccine, so now is a great time to get inoculated. Here’s what you should know.
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The Twist Podcast #64: Gays Gone By, Fantastic Parasites, and Equality Gets Benched
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we twist the headlines, take a look at some upcoming parasites, the Trump administration’s assault on equality, and a wistful remembrance of gays past.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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San Diego Celebrates Opening of First Senior Housing Community Designed to Support LGBT Seniors
The North Park Senior Apartments were created in partnership with the San Diego LGBT Community Center. Inside, they have an office to help connect residents with nearby resources.
“You’re always represented by the center as well as our apartment complex,” said Paul Stewart who lives in one of the new units. “To make sure that both sides of whatever is happening or needs to be addressed is heard.”
Developers said this is the first affordable senior housing community designed to support LGBT seniors.
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Gay Travelers Magazine: Provincetown – Where LGBTQ+ Can Be Themselves
Reprinted with permission from Gay Travelers Magazine
By Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong
Provincetown, Massachusetts stands out in history as not only the first place where the Pilgrims landed, it is constantly evolving to accept those who seek refuge, a place to be free and a place to be themselves. We asked locals to give us the inside scoop on the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ Provincetown.
How would you describe Provincetown in one sentence?
From Tony Fuccillo, Director of Tourism:
Provincetown is a place where you feel you can truly be proud of being gay; all LGBTQ+, yes everyone is welcome in Ptown and can be themselves when they are here without any judgment from anyone.