Age Concern - Opening Doors Project

Older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals face many issues in respect of ageing in common with older heterosexuals. However they are also likely to face other issues and injustices because of: isolation and institutionalisationa given the greater likelihood of their being singles without children and living alone; invisibility and the assumption that all older people are heterosexual (if they are believed to have a sexuality at all); and the double discrimination of ageism and homophobia.