Posted on 02/17/2010 8:45:24 AM PST by Thebaddog
A program that caters to the unique needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender senior citizens received nearly half a million dollars in federal funding Tuesday, opening the door for a wide range of initiatives organizers hope will assist thousands of older Chicagoans.
The program, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders, or SAGE, is part of the Center on Halsted, a gay and lesbian community center in Lakeview, and was profiled by the Tribune last June.
Its director, Serena Worthington, said the $475,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services marks only the third time that federal money has gone to a program focusing on GLBT seniors.
"It's an affirmation of the work the center does for people of all ages, and especially for seniors," Worthington said. "The projects it funds will be designed to enhance the lives of seniors here and, hopefully, across the country."
Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., announced the award Tuesday at the Center on Halsted. The grant was part of Quigley's appropriations request for the 2010 fiscal year.
Among other things, the money will be used to buy adaptive computer equipment for seniors with disabilities, to conduct research on slowing cognitive loss in seniors with HIV, and produce an HIV-prevention film that targets people over 50, who account for 15 percent of all new HIV cases, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
According to the Center on Halsted, there are more than 40,000 GLBT adults over 55 in Chicago
My God. I just threw up in my mouth. Ugh.
This is why the stimulus isn’t creating jobs. The money is going to special interest groups that don’t produce a dang thing except disease.
A recent CNN poll shows that 53% of women have used vibrators. The rest use new ones.
GLBT seniors?
I don’t even want to think about it.
Isn’t this illegal? They are discriminating by sexual orientation.
Oh, you didn't mean congress....
EWWWWWW! Gay seniors—that’s really gross. Gives me the creeps.
I'm tempted to try to start a heterosexual center and apply for the exact same funding...maybe I should apply for much more funding given that gays are only about 3% of the US population. And if I get denied then we have the federal government applying discrimination against sexual orientation.
Tea bagging seniors?
ACK!
That's a lot of our money to piddle away during these times! And it is OUR money.
It ought to be. So should Obama's sharing of Science and Technology with "Muslim" states. He's discriminating the foreign aid distribution by religion.
“Gay seniors need a program now?
Must be afraid they wont win re-election.”
STIMULUS cash......for RE-ERECTION!
He’s an oldie but a goodie..VOTE FOR WOODIE!
It did! It got ewwwwier.
For some reason I don’t think this money is going to fund pinatas. $475,000 is going to pay for a lot of viagra.
Depending on how old the Gay Seniors are without the proper lube they could produce a fire.
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