Transgender adults say they are worried about finding welcoming spaces to live - not just in the present, but in their later years when they may require more health care. Their concern has grown as a wave of anti-trans legislation is enacted across the United States.
Life is already difficult for Rajee Narinesingh.
The limits have prompted some trans adults to leave their state for care - but for many trans seniors, such a move isn't as easy. "Ageing as a trans person is much more complicated than as a cisgender heterosexual person. Why? Because we have the same exact issues and then some. When a trans senior goes into nursing care, they have to out themselves as trans. How many nursing facilities are actually trans competent??
"Among the challenges that we see facing transgender elders and older adults are discrimination and lack of access to welcoming health care and welcoming elder services. We see discrimination at – high levels of discrimination in - housing, we see higher levels of poverty, higher levels of health challenges and health conditions, all of which creates a greater need for support, services and care."He says the push for equality has been led in many respects by the trans community.
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