IN THE LIFE Presents: Gen Silent (Video)

Looking on the happenings up north this month's edition of IN THE LIFE the grassroots activism video series looks at another section of the LGBT population in America often overlooked, maybe we have that same set of issues in some respects as well as many persons are living longer especially Men who have sex with men in the heyday of the HIV/AIDS epidemic when persons were falling like flies.

Now in the advent of sophisticated Anti retro-viral therapies and new discoveries in outliving the disease and side effects other social issues may be on the horizon waiting to reach us when the time comes, of course speaking as someone nearing their forties I know there are going to be challenges ahead with aging as a gay man in a homophobic state.

Check out the video:

featuring the story of KrysAnne Hembrough, a transwoman struggling to find acceptance and community while battling a terminal illness.

November 2010 (00:28:00)
The LGBT family "of choice" is a uniquely important lifeline and community support system. It is among the most profound legacies of LGBT life, illustrated by the men and women who came together to care for people with AIDS at the height of the epidemic. Today, a new health crisis is unfolding across America as LGBT seniors face homophobia, transphobia and insensitivity in the health care system.

With traditional support systems failing to address the needs of aging LGBT people, a new generation is called to organize care and community around its elders.

This month,

IN THE LIFE presents an excerpt of the film Gen Silent, a moving documentary about the very seniors whose generation organized the LGBT community into a movement, but now face so much fear and discrimination that they're driven back into isolation; featuring the story of KrysAnne Hembrough, a transwoman struggling to find acceptance and community in the midst of battling a terminal illness.

And we speak with the film's director, Stu Maddux, about the power of change.

also coming in the December 2010 instalment:

Additional viewing if you have the time:

US National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the Latino Community



Peace and tolerance

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