News and Events => General News => Topic started by: stephaniec on June 09, 2016, 01:34:24 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Current Affairs ‘They thought we were sisters’: Dying LGBT people forced back
Post by: stephaniec on June 09, 2016, 01:34:24 PM
Post by: stephaniec on June 09, 2016, 01:34:24 PM
They thought we were sisters': Dying LGBT people forced back in the closet
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/06/09/they-thought-we-were-sisters-lgbt-people-forced-back-in-the-closet-at-the-end-of-their-lives/
Pink News/Meka Beresford 9th June 2016, 2:40 PM
"The reality of healthcare for LGBT people is something rarely addressed. In their final years, assistance is needed but so often negative experiences come hand in hand with the need for help.
For Margaret, she says "being a lesbian made an already traumatic experience worse."
78-year-old Margaret cared for her partner who suffered with dementia and cancer in her final years. Before her partner's decline in health, Margaret could be private about her life but when her partner was place in a public ward she felt forced to repeatedly come out."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/06/09/they-thought-we-were-sisters-lgbt-people-forced-back-in-the-closet-at-the-end-of-their-lives/
Pink News/Meka Beresford 9th June 2016, 2:40 PM
"The reality of healthcare for LGBT people is something rarely addressed. In their final years, assistance is needed but so often negative experiences come hand in hand with the need for help.
For Margaret, she says "being a lesbian made an already traumatic experience worse."
78-year-old Margaret cared for her partner who suffered with dementia and cancer in her final years. Before her partner's decline in health, Margaret could be private about her life but when her partner was place in a public ward she felt forced to repeatedly come out."