PALS Seminar: How do you feel? LGBTQ+ Perspectives on Aging

Do you dread getting older? You're not alone. The changes in how we look, feel, and what we can/cannot do can be difficult to accept. We live out our lives in a culture that values and prizes youth, external beauty and wealth above everything else. When not bombarded by highway billboards touting specialists who can sculpt away expanding mid-sections, tighten and lift sagging underarms, or on-line ads promoting lotions and potions promising to turn back the clock against those (gasp!) pesky lines and wrinkles around our eyes and mouth, we’re told—in no uncertain terms—that once we reach a certain birthday, we’ll start losing our vitality and be more prone to illness, injury and disability.  So how can we embrace the inevitable — i.e., what does it mean to age “gracefully” when, as LGBTQ+ seniors, we are often regarded with some measure of disdain, disconnection and discrimination—not only by society at large, but also by our younger LGBTQ+ counterparts?

Join us on Saturday, November 16th from 9:30 to 11:00 AM for PALS Seminar: “How Do You Feel? LGBTQ+ Perspectives on Aging” when 4 members of PALS Steering Committee will take us on an interactive journey designed to: (a) identify and investigate our internal-external ageist and ableist beliefs around aging and becoming differently-abled; (b) reframe growing old within its many positive aspects; (c) introduce flexibility in how we adapt to changes in physical and mental abilities as we age; (d) provide tangible steps for how to face and embrace our golden years with kindness and compassion.