EVENTS: BIG RIB BBQ & BLUES FEST, PRIDE WEEKEND 18 RESTAURANT REVIEW: LEE’S VIETNAMESE SANDWICHES 11 FILM: “PAGE ONE,” “HORRIBLE BOSSES” 24 COMMENTARY: TAXES AND JOBS
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Lou Gramm Band • The Henrie Brothers • The Fleshtones • Devin Townsend Project • Davina and the Vagabonds • Spanish Harlem Orchestra • and more music, page 12
July 13-19, 2011 Free
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Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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Vol 40 No 44
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News. Music. Life.
I danced, took tickets, baked pies.” MUSIC FEATURE, PAGE 14
Testing fracking bans. NEWS, PAGE 6
Cobblestone School to move. NEWS, PAGE 4
DA race: what are Dems doing? NEWS, PAGE 6
Eastman House explores the process of an American master. ART REVIEW, PAGE 18
Nominations open for Rochester Theater Hall of Fame. DETAILS, PAGE 12
COVER STORY | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO | PAGE 8 | PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
The gay golden years Gay culture is sometimes criticized for an exaggerated emphasis on youth, but there is growing awareness about older members of the LGBT community — people who have reached their mid60’s, and are living into their 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. In some respects, LGBT seniors face the same issues that most seniors encounter: less mobility, limited incomes, and managing chronic illnesses. But LGBT seniors often confront those issues along with the injustices and abuses that accompany discrimination.
Elderly LGBT people frequently find themselves in an unusual predicament: while they may have lived through the liberating gay-rights movement, they often discover that some of those freedoms are lost in their golden years. Some LGBT seniors decide it’s better to go back into the closet. Others decide they are going to remain out, but it’s a struggle. The fear of entering a senior-living environment where LGBT seniors aren’t accepted for who they are can be overwhelming. Pictured are Pittsford residents Marvin Ritzenthaler, left, and Steven Jarose.