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		<title>Dean Atkinson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean Atkinson is a serious man. He started being serious very young. Born into a military family, his father was an alcoholic who drank up the family&#8217;s money. Dean began working at eight years of age.  “I collected newspaper subscriptions at the naval air station where we lived, it was $20.00 a week. That allowed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Midgett</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 75, Mary Midgett aka Midgett, is ebulliently, happily and wildly in love. “I’ve been in love for a little over a week and I’m not sure if I’m on the planet right now! We have 97% of things in common,” said Midgett. “She has the look. She’s just so cute and handsome, and I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ted Lyles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An early riser all his life, Ted Lyles is usually up by six in the morning. Then he makes his coffee and calls his 96-year old mother in Natchitoches, Louisiana for their daily chat. “It was great when they changed all the phone service rates” he told me, “it meant I could spend a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patty Woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born into an Irish-Italian catholic family in Brooklyn, NY, Patty Woods,  67, is still working and having a good time.  Although she only has one sister, Patty grew up with many cousins. “Luckily,” she said, “we grew up with the Italian side that meant lots of laughter and since my mother had eight sisters and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Prag</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Prag is well known throughout the San Francisco gay community. An active member of the Advisory Council to the San Francisco Department on Aging, Openhouse and some 14 other LGBT organizations, he is most often seen out and about with his partner of nearly 25 years, Steve Collins, “We must go to at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Felicia Elizondo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Felicia Elizondo will be celebrating her 65th birthday on July 23rd. She is not a woman who worries about revealing her age. Born in San Angelo, Texas to a family of four siblings, she knew early that “I was different. I was very feminine and loved to prance around. Other people knew and called me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year has been extraordinary for Openhouse. We are helping more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors than ever, which is why I am writing to ask for your support in sustaining the incredible growth Openhouse has experienced in 2010. We need your help to ensure LGBT seniors will continue to receive the critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement Regarding Closure of New Leaf</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the announced closing of New Leaf Services for Our Community, Openhouse Executive Director, Seth Kilbourn, made the following statement: The closure of New Leaf Services for Our Community is a devastating loss for the LGBT community.  For over 30 years New Leaf has provided critical mental health services to middle and low-income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Too Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you heard “She’s too old to understand” or “I can’t go out with him, he’s too old”. Ageism is not a new topic, and LGBT seniors regularly face this kind of discrimination in the dating pool, and in society in general. This week, Bilerico Project contributor, Andrew Belonki’s shares his perspective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma County Settles Gay Elders Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, July 23, Sonoma County agreed to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of Clay Greene who was forcibly separated from his partner of 20 years, Harold Scull, after Harold suffered a fall.  Having lost their home and all of their belongings, Harold died three months later without Clay by his side.  Sonoma County will pay Clay and Harold’s estate $600,000 for its role in their ordeal.  The nursing home where the County sent Clay against his will is to pay $53,000.  Thanks to the incredible work of the National Center for Lesbian Rights which represented Clay in the lawsuit, a measure of justice was achieved.  But this egregious case of LGBT elder abuse and discrimination is a chilling example of why LGBT seniors remain reluctant to reach out for the help they need as they age. 
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