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Web Watch: Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)
OLOC promotes Old Lesbian visibility. We exist and we call ourselves Old Lesbians to have our name out in the public sphere. We provide Old Lesbians with the chance to meet like-minded women in our common struggle to confront ageism, share mutual interests, and experience the joy and warmth of playing and working together.
To date, we have produced nine National Gatherings.
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EVENTS: LGBT Elder Initiative Teams with Jefferson Health to Launch “The Doctor Is In” Health Series for LGBT Older Adults (Spring 2018)
From the LGBT Elder Initiative
New in the spring of 2018, the LGBT Elder Initiative is partnering with Jefferson Health for a new series of programs on LGBT elder health. This program series, “The Doctor Is In,” will explore pertinent health issues that impact LGBT older adult communities, equipping participants with knowledge and resources to better manage their health and reduce the risk of certain health issues.
Workshops will be facilitated by geriatricians from the Jefferson Department of Family and Community Medicine. Workshop topics have been identified based on the results of a survey created and distributed by the LGBT Elder Initiative in early 2018. Programs will be held either at Thomas Jefferson University or the William Way Community Center.
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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: The Terlet
Photo by Sue Hardesty The Amazon Trail
By Lee LynchWhen I objected, starting around the age of four or five, to commercials on the radio, I had no idea what the future of marketing would hold for us all. Why, I asked, was “The Lone Ranger” interrupted to sell Silvercup Bread? Was it because of his silver bullets? Well, yes, it was considered a terrific marketing tie-in. I hated ads then and I hate them now when the once open internet has become a mammoth shopping mall for which we pay with our privacy.
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Events: SFO (San Francisco Airport) Museum Presents ‘A Legacy of Pride – Gilbert Baker and the 40th Anniversary of the Rainbow Flag’
A Legacy of Pride: Gilbert Baker and the 40th Anniversary of the Rainbow FlagNew exhibition illustrates the San Francisco origins of the internationally recognized symbol of pride for the LGBTQ community
SAN FRANCISCO – April 12, 2018 – Shortly after the United States Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2015, that guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marry, the rainbow flag was unfurled from apartment balconies, attached to car windows, and appeared in the background for tens of millions of newly changed profile photos on social media accounts. This universally recognized symbol of pride and solidarity was introduced nearly forty years earlier at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade.
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Call For Submissions: Gay Men’s Health Summit Seeks Presentations, Panels, Workshops (November 8-10, Vancouver)
SUMMIT 2018
November 8-10
SFU: Vancouver Campus
515 West Hastings
Vancouver, BCHow’s your Head? Sexual Identity, Mental Health and Substance Use
Call for Submissions: Oral Presentations, Panels, Workshops, Videos, Roundtables, Readings
Loneliness, anxiety and depression are no strangers to those of us who have been denied equal status in society. Growing up in a heteronormative and ciscentric world, many gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, queer (GBT2Q), and other men who have sex with men have learned how everyday inequalities can impact our health. From microaggressions to institutionalized discrimination, these societal norms can have a lasting impact on our mental health. Combined with stigma towards, and within, our communities (including racism, HIV-stigma and transphobia), this can sometimes spiral into greater physical and sexual health concerns.
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The Savvy Senior: How to Write a Will
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior,
Though it may seem hard to believe, at age 65, I never have gotten around to making a will, but I’d like to now. My question is: Do I need to hire a lawyer to write my will, or can I do it myself? I want to get my affairs in order, but I hate paying an attorney fee if I don’t have to.
Getting Organized
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The Twist Podcast #62: A Day at the Breach, Gals Who Love Gays, and the Emperor’s New Tweets
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we offer up news and opinion with a Twist. This week: Facebook revealed, bring back the f#g h#gs, and imagining a world without tweets.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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Book Review: My Patients and Other Animals, by Suzy Fincham-Gray
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm SezMy Patients and Other Animal, by Suzy Fincham-Gray
c.2018, Spiegel & Grau
$27.00 / $36.00 Canada 288 pages
Lions and tigers and bears, Oh, my!
You probably don’t have any of those in your house right now – at least not in their full-size versions – but the kitty and puppy lying nearby might sometimes seem as ferocious as their larger cousins. Oh, my, as you’ll see in the new book “My Patients and Other Animals” by Suzy Fincham-Gray, we’re wild for our pets!
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A Wealth of Health: Let’s Talk About Age-Related Hearing Loss
By Mark McNease
My mother was deaf in one ear due to a punctured eardrum in her youth. She had the habit of nodding when she didn’t hear something rather than admit she couldn’t hear what was said.
Many people experience hearing loss as we age. I won’t be surprised if it’s as much part of my aging process as deteriorating vision that requires glasses to read anything smaller than a billboard. (I wear my glasses on a cord around my neck, knowing I’d lose them in a day if they weren’t fastened to me—not very stylish, but extremely practical.)
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Q Audiobooks: Marshall Thornton’s Femme, Narrated by Joel Leslie
Marshall Thornton’s follow up to his smash romance Femme,Masc is available now for pre-order, releasing April 28.
Femmeby Marshall Thornton
Narrated by Joel LeslieMarshall Thornton’s Femme translates perfectly to audiobook. A starred Publishers Weekly recommendation, Femme tells the story of Lionel and Dog, a literary pair as unlikely as they are illuminating.
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EVENT: Meet the Author, with Maurice W. Dorsey, May 17 (Baltimore)
Maurice W. Dorsey has done it again. His previous book, Businessman First, was a fascinating biography of African American businessman Henry G. Parks, Jr., and a finalist for a QBR Wheatley Book Award. His new novel, From Whence We Come, is every bit as powerful. You can read a ‘6 Questions’ with the author here at LGBTSr, and he’ll be among our monthly featured authors later this summer.From the Pratt Library event description:
In his new novel, From Whence We Come, Maurice Dorsey tells the story of Seymour Rose, an African American man who is gay. He was born to a father who is Catholic and accepts his son unconditionally. His mother, who is born Methodist, is homophobic and tells her son throughout his life that she never wanted to have him. Seymour reflects on three generations of his family history and often tells family stories to make sense of his years of emotional insecurity and feelings of being unloved and unwanted.Date: Thursday, May 17
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Waverly Branch
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Bob Dylan Celebrates Gay Love with Cover of ‘[He’s] Funny That Way’
Screenshot of the New York Times “If you look at the history of pop music, love songs have predominantly come from one heterosexual perspective. If we view music as something that brings people together, shouldn’t these popular songs be open to everyone?” – Tom Murphy, a co-producer of “Universal Love.”
Shortly after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, Justice Antonin Scalia attended a party where he signaled his displeasure by singing Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’.”
“He sang with great verve,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told The Washington Post at the time.
Now Mr. Dylan himself is crooning about same-sex love. As part of a new EP called “Universal Love,” he rerecorded the 1929 song “She’s Funny That Way,” from the Great American Songbook catalog, but switched the pronoun to “He’s Funny That Way.”
