“They Just Don’t Have a Clue”: Transgender Aging and Implications for Social Work

Siverskog, Anna

doi:10.1080/01634372.2014.895472

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“…Participants younger than 50 years were included in 21.1% of the studies, which incorporated age-based comparisons. While the majority of the studies reported on a USA sample (73.2%), 4 studies reported on international samples [22-25]; 21.1% had samples exclusively from outside the USA, including Australia [26, 27], Canada [28, 29], Hong Kong [30], Israel [31], the Netherlands [32, 33], New Zealand [34, 35], Sweden [36], and the UK [18, 37-39]. …”

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“…In a population-based study, sexual-minority older women were more likely than heterosexual women to experience financial barriers to health care [20]. Additional barriers included difficulty locating needed services [78], past negative experiences in care settings [57, 78], and fears of discrimination [24, 36, 63, 79]. Despite barriers to care, compared to heterosexuals, sexual minorities reported higher service use in some areas.…”

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“…Stress-related theories, most often the minority stress model [52, 53], were used to assess experiences such as loneliness, poor mental health, and service needs [33, 54-56]. A life course perspective was explicitly applied in 2 articles examining life span and life course development [40, 57], with several others referencing the “life course” as a key concept, but not as an overarching framework [16, 20, 24, 36, 58-61]. …”

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“…Grounded theory was used in 10.6% ( n = 7) of the articles to assess the meaning and generation of theory through the analysis of qualitative data [36, 38, 50, 61, 65-67]. Narrative gerontology was used to explore the experiences of older lesbians in attaining sobriety [60].…”

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Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

2019

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Background: LGBTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer) older adults are demographically diverse and growing populations. In an earlier 25-year review of the literature on sexual orientation and aging, we identified four waves of research that addressed dispelling negative stereotypes, psychosocial adjustment to aging, identity development, and social and community-based support in the lives of LGBTQ older adults. Objectives: The current review was designed to develop an evidence base for the field of LGBTQ aging as well as to assess the strengths and limitations of the existing research and to articulate a blueprint for future research. Methods: Using a life course framework, we applied a systematic narrative analysis of research on LGBTQ aging. The review included 66 empirical peer-reviewed journal articles (2009–2016) focusing on LGBTQ adults aged 50 years and older, as well as age-based comparisons (50 years and older with those younger). Results: A recent wave of research on the health and well-being of LGBTQ older adults was identified. Since the prior review, the field has grown rapidly. Several findings were salient, including the increased application of theory (with critical theories most often used) and more varied research designs and methods. While existing life course theory provided a structure for the investigation of the social dimensions of LGBTQ aging, it was limited in its attention to intersectionality and the psychological, behavioral, and biological work emerging in the field. There were few studies addressing the oldest in these communities, bisexuals, gender non-binary older adults, intersex, older adults of color, and those living in poverty. Conclusions: The Iridescent Life Course framework highlights the interplay of light and environment, creating dynamic and fluid colors as perceived from different angles and perspectives over time. Such an approach incorporates both queering and trans-forming the life course, capturing intersectionality, fluidity over time, and the psychological, behavioral, and biological as well as social dimensions of LGBTQ aging. Work is needed that investigates trauma, differing configurations of risks and resources over the life course, inequities and opportunities in representation and capital as LGBTQ adults age, and greater attention to subgroups that remain largely invisible in existing research. More depth than breadth is imperative for the field, and multilevel, longitudinal, and global initiatives are needed.

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“…However both bodies of literature are predominantly based on the experiences of older gay men and, to a lesser extent, older lesbians, meaning that little can be deduced about the distinctive experiences of transgender and bisexual people (Barker et al, 2012). Transgender people's later life experiences are beginning to be addressed empirically (Fredriksen-Goldsen, Cook-Daniels, et al, 2014;Siverskog, 2014;Witten, 2016) but much is still not known.…”

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Older bisexual people: Implications for social work from the ‘Looking Both Ways’ study

Jones

Almack

Scicluna³

2018

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank all the participants in the research for so generously sharing their experiences. They would also like to thank the two anonymous peer reviewers. AbstractThere is a growing social work literature about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older people. However, research and guidance are predominantly based on the experiences of older gay men and, to a lesser extent, older lesbians. There is little to help practitioners work with older bisexual people. The Looking Both Ways study aimed to contribute to this gap in knowledge. We undertook in-depth purposely-sampled qualitative interviews with 12 people aged over 50, all of whom have bisexual relationship histories and half of whom also currently identify as bisexual. There were three main findings. Firstly, biphobia (prejudice against bisexual people) impacts on older people with bisexual histories in ways that may affect their wellbeing in later life. Secondly, concerns around receiving care are similar in some ways and different in others from the concerns of lesbians and gay men.Thirdly, people with bisexual relationship histories may have developed strong support networks and resilience, factors that may be very beneficial in later life. Three recommendations for social work professionals were identified: 1) understand biphobia, 2) recognise the legitimacy of concerns about receiving care, and 3) ask about support networks rather than assuming family support.

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The Intersection of Identities of LGBT Elders: Race, Age, Sexuality, and Care Network

Otis

Harley

2015

Handbook of LGBT Elders

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“They Just Don’t Have a Clue”: Transgender Aging and Implications for Social Work

Cited by 58 publications

References 20 publications

Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future – A Systematic Review

Older bisexual people: Implications for social work from the ‘Looking Both Ways’ study

The Intersection of Identities of LGBT Elders: Race, Age, Sexuality, and Care Network

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