Workshops

Coming Out after 65: Health Implications for Gay Male Elders

Ken South, Washington DC

This experiential workshop will help participants to accomplish several things within the 75 minute workshop, including:

• Understanding the psycho-social realities of the differences between the various generations of older gay men and its implications for their health care.
• Looking at their own issues and attitudes around ageism using individual and small group exercises.
• Examining a cohort of older gay men who participated in a survey by Prime Timers to see how coming out or not affects relationships with their health care providers.
• Participating in a brainstorming session about HIV prevention efforts with gay men over 60.

About Ken South: Ken South, Hartford Gay & Lesbian Health Collective, Presidential Commission on AIDS, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force & co-author of "Outing Age: Public Policy Issues for GLBT Elders", President, Prime Timers of DC since 2000, ED: AID Atlanta, Credentialing Director, American Academy of HIV Medicine, Senior Health Resources, DC (Services for GLBT elders), Executive Committee of SAGE-Metro DC, The LGBT Aging Issues Network of the American Society on Aging