2,500 Shades of Grey
/Recently I attended the annual Aging in America Conference, hosted by the American Society on Aging (ASA). Movie puns aside, aging issues are multifaceted, and dare I say, exciting.
Read MoreAgeism Isn't Cute by Fairley Parson, LCSW→
/Just as white people must confront white supremacy and men must disrupt misogyny, younger people must take on ageism— in themselves, in their work, and in their communities. Real intersectionality must include age-identities. The time is now.
Read MoreFinding Common Ground: Intergenerational Programs Connect LGBT Elders, Youth by Fairley Parson, MSW
/First published in Aging Today, the bimonthly newspaper of the American Society on Aging,
ISSN: 1043-1284 May-June 2014, volume xxxv number 3.
Lori, a 69-year-old self-described “old butch dyke,” sits in the community room at Openhouse, a San Francisco lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) senior social service organization. She speaks of her participation in an LGBT intergenerational program, and laments her lack of lesbian visibility.
“I joined the program because I could walk into a lesbian bar with my short haircut, and pink triangle tattoo, waving a rainbow flag, and the women there would ask me if I was lost or looking for my granddaughter. They don’t see me,” she said.
This is Who We Are: An Interview with Selwyn Jones, By Fairley Parson, MSW→
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But Selwyn wasn’t just rubbing shoulders with the bohemian elite, he was involved, creating art, and seeking engagement — a participant, not a spectator. Ask and he just might tell you about a rather standout en-counter with the Michel Foucault at a local bath house.
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