While many lesbians and gay men welcome the option of a same sex marriage, Prof Brian Heaphy warns this should not mean marginalising other non-traditional relationships. Same sex marriage has been introduced while many are still celebrating the tenth anniversary of Civil Partnership. There had been surprise that a Conservative-led government oversaw the legalisation of […]
Care home culture is forcing older people back into the closet
Encouraging an LGBT-friendly, or better still, an LGBT-inclusive environment needs to be higher on the agenda in care homes, argue Dr Paul Simpson and Dr Kathryn Almack. If homes were to function more along these lines, they could work more like communities than simply places to live. What if you had lived a life as […]