The (minority) stress of hiding: the effects of LGBT identities and social support on aging adults’ concern about housing

Savage, B.; Barringer, M. N.

doi:10.1080/02732173.2021.2010627

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“…LGBTQIA+ older adults face substantial challenges with preparation for end-of-life experiences, such as lack of LGBTQIA+-affirming care (Lampe et al, 2024), social isolation and poverty (Lampe, 2022), social rejection (Thomeer et al, 2017), and barriers to maintaining LGBTQIA+ identity and selfhood in residential aged care facilities (Wilson et al, 2018). Prior research also addresses how safe residential environments (Kortes-Miller et al, 2018), familial support (Savage & Barringer, 2021), and technology (Mock et al, 2020) enhance care services for LGBTQIA+ older communities. Advances in public policy, such as the US Supreme Court ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which legalised marriage equality (for people in dyadic partnerships) in the US, could also enhance legal protections for LGBTQIA+ couples in ageing and end-of-life preparation (Candrian & Cloyes, 2021).…”

Section: Lgbtqia+ Older Adult Carementioning

confidence: 99%

SATISFICING DEATH: Ageing and end‐of‐life preparation among transgender older Americans

Lampe

2023

Sociology Health & Illness

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A good death—a normative ideology of living and dying well that may allow an individual to gain awareness, acceptance, and preparation for death—has captured the attention of researchers, clinicians, and policymakers in recent years. Prior sociological research has uncovered nuanced perspectives of a good death, yet there has been minimal exploration into how marginalised communities reconstruct their own ideals of a good death in response to structural and institutional inequities. Utilising data from 47 in‐depth interviews, I examine how transgender older adults perceive and plan for ageing and end‐of‐life experiences through advance care planning. My analysis reveals transgender older adults’ reevaluated notions of a normatively desirable good death for themselves due to existing inequities. Consequently, they actively reconstruct a personalised ideology of death that is adequate enough to meet their end‐of‐life needs. I further offer the conceptualisation of SATISFICING DEATH, as a process of individuals from marginalised communities reevaluating and reconstructing their own ideologies of a good death that is adequate enough while using resourceful strategies to improve existing social conditions for themselves. These findings highlight the critical need to provide affirming end‐of‐life care, support, and resources to transgender communities.

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Section: Lgbtqia+ Older Adult Carementioning

confidence: 99%

SATISFICING DEATH: Ageing and end‐of‐life preparation among transgender older Americans

Lampe

2023

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…2005). A significant number of LGBT older adults are concerned about having to hide their LGBT identity and may “go back in the closet” as they become more dependent on others for LTC (Almack 2018; Grigorovich 2015; Löf and Olaison 2020; Savage and Barringer 2021; Simpson et al. 2015; Stein et al.…”

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“…Having lived their formative years in a period marked by the medical pathologizing of the LGBT population, LGBT older adults may feel the need to be "guarded" when interacting with healthcare providers (Foglia and Fredriksen-Goldsen 2014;Johnson et al 2005). A significant number of LGBT older adults are concerned about having to hide their LGBT identity and may "go back in the closet" as they become more dependent on others for LTC (Almack 2018;Grigorovich 2015;L€ of and Olaison 2020;Savage and Barringer 2021;Simpson et al 2015;Stein et al 2010). Conversely, LGBT older adults might be concerned about the potential of being "outed" by staff or residents in healthcare facilities, which could put them at increased risk for ostracization and mistreatment (Ahrendt et al 2017;Hinrichs and Vacha-Haase 2010).…”

Section: Disparities Facing Lgbt Adultsmentioning

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The Stress of Expectation: The Significance of Gender on Concerns About Long‐Term Care Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults

Savage

Barringer

2023

Sociological Forum

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Given a history of discrimination in healthcare, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults may expect they could be subject to discrimination when seeking long‐term care (LTC). The expectation of mistreatment in LTC, which can contribute to minority stress, might vary, however, according to gender identity. In the current study, we use a nationwide survey to examine the impact of gender identity on the likelihood that LGBT older adults in the United States are concerned about the potential for (1) neglect, (2) abuse, (3) harassment, (4) denial of services, and/or (5) identity disclosure issues in LTC, should they or their spouse/partner need LTC in the future. We found significant differences in the likelihood of concern for cisgender females and gender‐expansive respondents, compared with cisgender males. More pointedly, we found that LGBT older adults who were gender‐expansive had a significant likelihood of concern across four of the five models, likely reflecting a history of discrimination in a cisnormative society. Our findings highlight the need for policies and practices that specifically aim to ameliorate the concerns LGBT aging adults who are gender‐expansive might feel when anticipating they or their spouse/partner might need LTC.

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“…The views of older lesbian, gay and bisexual people raise a number of shared concerns about mainstream care and housing provision in the UK: the invisibility of LGB identities and organizational silence surrounding non-heterosexual lives; the risk of being visible and targeted for abuse or mistreatment; marginalizing environments that restrict spaces available for LGB residents to express and display same-sex affection and intimacy; and, the anxiety of occupying residential spaces with heterosexual residents, especially for older lesbians who have lived a significant period of their lives in primarily women-majority spaces and networks (Westwood, 2016 ; Willis et al, 2019 ). A recent US survey study highlighted higher levels of worry and anxiety about future housing provision amongst older lesbians and gender-expansive people when compared to older gay men (Savage and Barringer, 2021 ). Differences in gender, power and social status overlapping with heteronormative arrangements compound concerns for both sub-groups.…”

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“There isn't anybody else like me around here”: the insider-outsider status of LGBT residents in housing with care schemes for older people

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The intersections between aging, social minority status and housing needs in later life is a neglected area of sociological exploration, even more so for older people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT). Recent sociological findings indicate that older LGBT people in housing schemes stress the importance of bonding social capital and look to other people in their social networks who reflect their identities and experiences as sources of support. In this paper, we examine the insider-outsider status occupied by older LGBT residents living in housing schemes that provide some form of care and support, for example extra care and independent living schemes. We present qualitative findings generated from a mixed-methods study of social inclusion practices in housing with care in England and Wales (UK) (2019-22). In this study 15 LGBT residents participated in semi-structured interviews (55–79 years of age) across a total of 31 interviews. Through a queer gerontological lens we examine how older LGBT people are socially situated within mainstream housing schemes in which they experience partial visibility while also encountering exclusionary pressures that locate them as “the other.” This insider-outsider status undermines the premise of housing with care schemes to provide safe, secure spaces to grow old. We discuss three core themes: (1) how LGBT residents navigate their outsider status in scheme life and how the intersection of disability and minority status amplifies this social location; (2) the exclusionary practices exercised by other residents that reinforce boundaries of sexual and gender normalcy; and, (3) the heightened importance of maintaining external social connections among LGBT residents. We conclude by introducing an alternative notion of marginal aging and expanding on the implications for housing providers, reflecting on their responsibilities for promoting and maintaining queer-friendly environments.

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The (minority) stress of hiding: the effects of LGBT identities and social support on aging adults’ concern about housing

Cited by 12 publications

References 74 publications

SATISFICING DEATH: Ageing and end‐of‐life preparation among transgender older Americans

SATISFICING DEATH: Ageing and end‐of‐life preparation among transgender older Americans

The Stress of Expectation: The Significance of Gender on Concerns About Long‐Term Care Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults

“There isn't anybody else like me around here”: the insider-outsider status of LGBT residents in housing with care schemes for older people

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