Oct 13, 2008 8:31 am US/Eastern
Portraits Of Gay Seniors To Adorn Subways & Buses
Radical Idea Is Just Latest In Series Of Off-Beat Campaigns
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ―
Portraits of gay and lesbian seniors will soon adorn New York City subways and buses as part of an advocacy organization's campaign.
The $350,000 campaign is backed by Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders.
The organization's executive director, Michael Adams, says that elderly people in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community are "invisible."
The organization is holding a conference this week co-sponsored with AARP to look at the challenges facing an aging GLBT population.
Sixty-one-year-old Gregory Terry says he hopes the ad campaign will change the perception of gay seniors as an "oddity."
The English and Spanish ads feature the motto, "There's no expiration date on a full, active life."
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