SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY//

             SOCIOLOGIE/ANTHROPOLOGIE:

 

AGING / LES GAIS ET LES LESBIENNES PLUS ÂGÉ(E)S

 

 

519 Church Street Community Centre, Toronto.

The Web site of the Centre carries a page of links to research regarding queers and

aging,at  www.the519.org/spn/researchlgbtt.html  (viewed November 24/08).

                             Note that the Centre’s home page is also listed in

                             INTERNET RESOURCES section of this bibliography.

 

Adin, Emilie K.

      “Needs Assessment for Aging Lesbians: Community-Based Research.”

      Kinesis, March 2000, p. 11.

                  Concerning British Columbia.

 

Anderson, Carolyn Ann.

                        “The Voices of Older Lesbian Women: An Oral History.” 

                        Ph.D. dissertation, University of Calgary, 2001.

                        (265 p.; ISBN 97806126485010)

                                                “…provided a forum for fifteen lesbian women over 47 years of

                                                age to share their experiences of living in Calgary during the

                                                1960’s and 1970’s….” –from abstract, ProQuest Dissertations &

                                                Theses, ProQuest document ID 726115211; Publication no.

                                                AAT NQ64850.

NOTE: This work is listed in earlier Gay Canada editions with a

spelling error.  In the title, the second word should be “Voices”

(in the plural, as given above). The record appears only once in the

bibliography, in the SOCIOLOGY – AGING section.

 

Auger, Jeanette A.

      “Living in the Margins: Lesbian Aging.”  Canadian Woman Studies 12(2)

      (Winter 1992): 80-84.

 

Auger, Jeanette A., 1945-

                        Passing Through: The End-of-life Decisions of Lesbians and Gay Men.

                        Halifax, N.S.: Fernwood, 2003.

              (111 p.; ISBN 1552661172)

 

Bielski, Zosia.

      “Gay Retirees: The Next Big Untapped Target Market?” Globe and Mail,

      June 19, 2009, p. L3.

                  Mention of CARP, Vivat Group, and Maison Urbaine/Urban Home; etc.

 

Brotman, Shari, and Ryan, Bill, principal investigators.

The Health and Social Service Needs of Gay and Lesbian Seniors and Their

Families: An Exploration in Three Canadian Cities = Les Besoins en santé et

services sociaux des aîné(e)s gais et lesbiennes et de leurs familles : un regard sur

trois villes canadiennes. Montreal : McGill Project Interaction, Gay & Lesbian

Aging Research Project, [2006?].

See Web site: http://www.mcgill.ca/interaction/aging/ (viewed Oct. 14,

2008).

Follow English and French links to the Executive Summary (or

Rapport synthèse) and other hyperlinks.

                                                Gulliver, below in this section, refers to the study in her Xtra! news report.

                                                Project Interaction is an initiative of the McGill University School of

                                                Social Work.

                                                SEE ALSO the AMICUS record no. 32927331, following, under Brotman,

Shari L., et al., which would appear to be a print version of the French-

language Rapport synthèse.

User might also see Brotman, Shari, et al., “Coming Out to Care,” in

Gerontologist, referenced below.

 

Brotman, Shari L., et al.

                        Les besoins en santé et services sociaux des aînés gais et lesbiennes et de leurs

                        familles au Canada : rapport synthèse.  Montréal : Université McGill, École de

                        service social, 2006.

              (19 p.)                                  

                                                Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32927331, which notes:

                                                “Publ. aussi en version électronique.”

SEE ALSO electronic reference entry, above in this section at

heading: Brotman, Shari, and Ryan, Bill, principal investigators.

 

Brotman, Shari, et al.

                        “Coming Out to Care: Caregivers of Gay and Lesbian Seniors in Canada.”

                        Gerontologist 47(4)(August 2007): 490-503.

                                                Methodology involved “open-ended interviews…with 17 caregivers

                                                living in three different cities across Canada….”

                                                Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 774999.

                                                See also the Brotman and Ryan electronic reference, The Health and

Social Service Needs…,  above.

 

Brotman, Shari, et al.

                 “Health and Social Service Needs of Gay and Lesbian Elders and Their Families

                 in Canada.”  Gerontologist 43(2)(April 2003): 192-202.

 

Cassidy, David, and Willey, Lorna.

      “Lesbians and Gay Men over 60: Where Are They?”  Intervention [Montréal]

      87 (Jan. 1991): 72-79.

 

Chamberland, Line.

                        “L’Adaptation des services liés à l’hébergement et/ou au maintien à domicile

                        aux besoins et aux réalites des lesbiennes âgées : rapport préliminaire.”

                        Par Line Chamberland avec la collaboration avec Louise Brossard et Diane

                        Heffernan.  Décembre 2001. (34p.)

                                                Viewed in PDF on April 03, 2007 at:

http://bv.cdeacf.ca/documents/PDF/2002_04_0019.pdf

Note: extensive bibliography of French and English works in Annexe 1,

pp. 24-31.

 

Chamberland, Line.

                        “ ‘Plus on vieillit, moins ça paraît’ : femmes agées, lesbiennes invisibles.”

                        Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 22(2) (Fall 2003) : 85-103.

                                                Ref.: CBCA index.

 

Chamberland, Line, et Paquin, Johanne.

                        Le défi de l’adaptation des services résidentiels aux besoins des lesbiennes

âgées. Montréal : ARIR : UQAM : Réseau des lesbiennes du Québec, [2005?].

(116 p.)

                                    Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32937911, which notes the following

                                    on cover: “Vieillir en étant soi-même. ”

                                    SEE ALSO their article “Vieillir en étant soi-même” in

                                    Canadian Woman Studies 24 (2-3) (Winter-Spring 2005): 57-58.

 

Darra, Irene.

              “Caring for Gay Oldsters.”  Xtra! [Toronto], January 27, 2000, pagination not

                 known.

                             Electronic version of article viewed May 9, 2005.  Discussion around

                             Mosaic Midtown gay/lesbian retirement residences in Toronto.

                             Because of dearth of Canadian material on gay aging, an exception

                             was made in including here a citation to a gay periodical article.

 

Gai Écoute (Association).

                        Commission de la culture: mémoire présenté par Gai Écoute et la Fondation

                        Émergence : Rapport sur la mise en œuvre de la Loi sur les aînés 1999-2004.

                        Montréal : Gai Écoute : Fondation Émergence, [2006].

              (10 p.)                      

                                                Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33415856.

 

Gallagher, Karen A.

                        “Centering the Margins: What Can Be Learned from Listening to the Voices

                        of Lesbians over 55?”  M.S.W. thesis, University of British Columbia, 1996.

                        (microfiche)

                                                Ref.: University of British Columbia Library catalogue.

                                                Also cited in Chamberland, L’adaptation…, listed above in this section.

 

Grube, John.

                        “Natives & Settlers: An Ethnographic Note on Early Interaction of Older

                        Homosexual Men with Younger Gay Liberationists.”  Journal of

                        Homosexuality 20 (3/4) (1990): pagination not known.

                                                Article with same author and title in:

                                                Gay Midlife and Maturity, pp. 119-135.  Edited by John A. Lee.

                                                Binghamton, NY: Harrington Press, 1991.

                                                Concerns, at least in part, intergenerational issues in Toronto.

 

Gulliver, Tanya.

                        “Speaking from Experience: 519 [Community Centre, Toronto] Gets Funding

                        for Queer Seniors Speakers Bureau.”  Xtra! [Toronto], October 9, 2008, p. 11.

                                                Article notes that “[t]he 519 has received $25,000 from the federal

                                                New Horizons for Seniors Program to recruit and train a group of 10 to 15

                                                older queers to form Speaking Out with Pride” and that studies

                                                indicate “older queer adults face discrimination in both housing and

                                                healthcare.”

 

Kemsley, Hillary.

                 “Aging Homosexual Couples Face Special Problems.”  Ottawa Citizen,

                 February 15, 1993, p. B2.

 

“Kick-Starting Retirement Homes for Crones & Old Boys; You Want It, You

      Gotta Pay for It.”  Xtra!, March 8, 2001, p. 13.

 

Lee, John A.

    “Invisible Men: Canada’s Aging Homosexuals: Can They Be Assimilated into

      Canada’s ‘Liberated’ Gay Communities?”  Canadian Journal on Aging 8(1)

      (Spring 1989): 79-97.

 

Lee, John A.

       “What Can Homosexual Aging Studies Contribute to Theories of Aging?”

         Journal of Homosexuality 13(4) (1987): 43-71.

 

Lee, John Alan, ed.

         Gay Midlife and Maturity.  New York: Harrington Park Press, c1991.

         (233 p.; ISBN 1560240288; 0918393809)

                     “Was simultaneously issued by Haworth Press, Inc., under the same

                     title, as a special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality, volume 20,

                     numbers 3 / 4, 1990” – Toronto Public Library catalogue note.

                     Several of Lee’s earlier works are listed in the earlier Homosexuality

                     in Canada bibliographies.

                

McGeough, Kristina.

                        “The Experience of Long-term Care for Gay and Lesbian Elders.”

                        M.Sw. research report, School of Social Work, McGill University, [2005?].

                        (ca. 48 p.)

                                                Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 34096482.

 

McKee, Virginia.

         “Seniors Survey Identifies Double Discrimination for Senior Lesbians.”

         Herizons 13(1) (Spring 1999): 9  (464 words).

                     Persons mentioned as subject: Sandi Kirby, Heidi Streu.

                

McPherson, Barry D.

                        Aging as a Social Process: Canadian Perspectives.  4th ed.; Don Mills, Ont.:

                        Oxford University Press, 2004.

                                                Note that a 5th ed. (2008) has been issued.

                                                Ref: PsycINFO index provides a review of the 4th edition, noting that

                                                the work is “Canada’s first textbook on aging” and that “gay and lesbian

relationships [and other matters]…are but a few of the topics added or

significantly supplemented in this new [4th] edition….”

 

“New Group Will Help Aging Ottawa Gays Fight Loneliness and Poverty.”

         Vancouver Sun, March 14, 1992, p. A4.

 

Norvell, Wiley.

       “Those Golden Gays.” Fab [Toronto], no. 247,  July 29, 2004,

         pp. [13]-18, 21.

                     At head of title: “Ontario has a gay Health Minister. Out boomers will soon

                     be seniors. Gay rights have never come so far. Queer seniors should be

                     getting their due. So why are they being left behind?”

                     Compiler note: Gay press articles are generally excluded from this

                             bibliography, but an exception was made here because of the dearth of

                             material concerning older gays and lesbians and the substantial nature

                             of the article.

                

Patterson, Serena.

                        “Better One’s Own Path: The Experience of Lesbian Grandmothers in

                        Canada.”  Canadian Woman Studies 24(2-3) (Winter/Spring 2005): 118-122.

 

Schneider, Claire M.

       “Lesbian Aging: An Exploratory Study.”  MA thesis, Dalhousie University, 1998.

         (111 p.)

                

Sum Quod Sum Foundation.

                        A Report on the Needs Assessment Survey of Senior Gays and Lesbians.

                        Winnipeg, Man.: Sum Quod Sum Foundation, 1997.

                                                Concerns needs in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

                                                Ref.: bibliography in Chamberland, L’Adaptation… paper, listed

                                                above in this section.

                                                Note also a reference to the results of the survey in a fictional piece

                                                by Gail Ellis, titled “Old and Gay,” viewed August 07, 2008 at

                                                http://www.mun.ca/the/research/oldandgay.html . Ellis says that this

                                                survey of Winnipeg needs was conducted by the Foundation, which “is

                                                mandated to provide facilities, services and educational programming for

                                                older gay men and lesbians. Gay men and lesbians 55 years of age and

                                                over were surveyed….They found most senior lesbians and gay men were

                                                living alone, at incomes below the poverty line, and isolated from siblings,

                                                children, and extended families.  Many are also isolated from the larger

                                                gay and lesbian community, and are seriously at risk. Their plight is

                                                accentuated by the reluctance of existing senior’s [sic] organizations to

                                                address gay positive programming.”  The Ellis item carries a copyright

date of 2003, by The Heterosexism Enquirer, which bears a relationship to

Memorial University of Newfoundland.

 

Sweeney, Victoria Elizabeth.

         “The Social Support Networks of Older Lesbians: A Creative Response.”

         MA thesis, Acadia University, 1995.

         (157 p.)

                     Investigates situation “of older lesbians who live in Nova Scotia” –

                     abstract from Canadian Research Index.

 

Ubelacker, Sheryl.

         “Gays Forced Back into the Closet at Retirement Homes.”  Toronto Star,

         February 26, 2000, p. R4.

                     Presents several personal accounts; reference to reluctance of

                     nursing homes to talk of issue when asked.

 

Veilleux, Denise.

                        “ ‘Comme des soeurs’: l’invisibilité des lesbiennes âgées dans les services

                        sociaux et de santé.” In Adapter nos interventions aux réalités homosexuelles,

                        volet 2 intitulé “Les adultes, leurs couples et leurs proches.” Pp. 86-92.

                        Document préparé par Irène Demczuk, Michel Dorais, Lynda Peers et

                        Bill Ryan.  [S.l.] : Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère de la Santé et des

                        Services sociaux, Centre de coordination sur le sida, 1998.

                                                Ref.: bibliography of paper by Chamberland, L’Adaptation…, listed

                                                above in this section.

 

Veilleux, Denise.

         “Vieillir en marge, les réseaux informels et formels des lesbiennes âgées.”

         MA thesis, University of Ottawa, 1998.

         (233 p.)