In Ozarks, Gay PrideFest Met With Protest

A festival meant to celebrate the gay and lesbian communities in the Ozarks was met with mixed opinions Sunday afternoon.
The local chapter of the National Socialist Movement made their opnions heard at Pridefest. Leaders with the Socialist movement say gays and lesbians are not welcome in Springfield. The Minutemen United stood just to the side of the celebration.

They say they were praying for God to lift up the homosexual community.

“We love them so much that we want their soul in heaven for eternity. That’s the greatest live that there is so we want to see that they get there. I think they’ve kind of mis guided in this situation. The people aren’t here to be saved and taken cae of. They’re here to enjoy an aspect of their lifestyle that they enjoy.” said Dr. Gregory Thompson. See Gay PrideFest Met With Protest
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Quebec promises funds to help homosexual seniors facing discrimination

The Quebec government is spending half a million dollars on an education campaign meant to improve the lives of gay, lesbian and transgendered seniors.
It’s a subject so taboo that the cabinet minister responsible for seniors and representatives of the gay and lesbian communities couldn’t find a seniors residence willing to host a news conference.
It was eventually held in a community centre on the fringes of Montreal’s gay village.
Still, Minister Marguerite Blais says it’s more about ignorance than malice.
“We would have found a residence eventually,” she said. “I don’t want to accuse anyone of anything. I just want to show how important it is to educate people on this issue.”
Laurent McCutcheon of the gay helpline Gai Ecoute says homosexuality isn’t discussed in most institutions that serve the elderly, leading many Quebec seniors to hide their sexual orientation.
As they age and lose their autonomy, gay, lesbian or transgendered seniors face stigma, loneliness, social isolation, rejection and in extreme cases, harassment from the very institutions they depend on to meet their needs. See Quebec promises funds to help homosexual seniors facing discrimination
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Quebec funds gay seniors program

(Montreal, Quebec) The Quebec government is spending half a million dollars on an education campaign meant to improve the lives of gay, lesbian and transgendered seniors.

It’s a subject so taboo that the cabinet minister responsible for seniors and representatives of the gay and lesbian communities couldn’t find a seniors residence …

Can lesbian-only communities thrive in current era?

Alapine, a private residential community for lesbians in a rural section of northeastern Alabama, and dozens of other similar “womyn’s lands” dating from the 1970s face new challenges for survival as older members pass away or return to the mainstream world. Younger gay women today are less likely to want to live a separatist existence, and the siting of many of these communities in rural areas makes it difficult to attract people who need to work in a conventional office job, according to this article. The New York Times