Primary Education Topic:
LGBTQ Aging
Other Education Topics:
Aging in Community
Health & Wellness
Legal & Ethical Issues
Mental Health & Aging
Multicultural Aging
Policy and Advocacy
In a society where transgender identities are still heavily stigmatized, losing family members, being threatened in a traditional place of acceptance and being denied access to a social venue can all be life-altering losses for a transgender elder.
By Loree Cook-Daniels
Thanks to the Archstone Foundation’s 1997 groundbreaking conference, “Understanding and Combating Elder Abuse in Minority Communities,” followed in 1999 by Toshio Tatara’s book, Understanding Elder Abuse in Minority Populations, elder abuse professionals began to understand that elder abuse has a cultural context.