Primary Education Topic:
LGBTQ Aging
This is an effort to share an understanding of issues and challenges transgender elders may face. We hope that those who are successfully providing services for this population group will make more information available to those with whom they interact. This in turn should help us understand how to be more inclusive as we deliver services.
By Maria C. Hernandez-Peck
I am grateful to have been asked to serve as guest editor for our collection of blog posts on transgender elders. Since 1987 when I developed a class on GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) issues for social workers and counselors at the School of Social Work at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., I have tried to sensitize students to the needs of this population.