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LGBTQIA+ Ageing: Listening to professionals in an institutional context

Abstract:

Aging issues are increasingly becoming a focus of study in the social sciences field. However, the topic of older people’s sexuality remains socially silenced, due to the ageist dominant perspectives. As a result, institutional reality forces an adaptation of the behavior of older people, particularly challenging for LGBTQIA+ older people, realizing that, in most cases, they feel obliged to hide their identity. Therefore, this study is aimed at understanding, through semi-structured interviews with professionals from residential institutions for older people, how sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sexual characteristics influence the lives of institutionalized older people.

Keywords:
LGBTQIA+; Aging; Sexuality; Institutionalization

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