LGBT Seniors are Forgotten Victims of Affordable Housing Crisis

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LGBT Seniors are Forgotten Victims of Affordable Housing Crisis

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The explosive growth in our nation's aging population coupled
with the recent housing market crash has set the stage for a major
crisis. No one has addressed how this issue is impacting gay and
lesbian seniors, individuals who have long been denied fundamental
human rights and often struggle to make ends meet. No one has sought to
give these individuals a voice, until now...

Join us in the
making of A Place to Live, a historic documentary that will chronicle
the journey of seven brave individuals as they attempt to secure a home
in Triangle Square, the nation's first affordable housing facility for
LGBT seniors. Your financial contribution is critical in helping us
complete the film and ensure that their story is told.

For the
seniors featured in the documentary, their future is anything but
certain. Each participant faces a number of personal challenges:

• Margo must work two jobs in order to pay her rent, but with her failing health she won't be able to keep it up.
•
Art is HIV positive. He is lonely and isolated in his Section 8 Housing
unit in east L.A. and yearns to live in a community of his peers.
•
On the verge of homelessness, Karen's only option is to move to a
rundown trailer park in El Monte. It's the best her sons can afford for
her.
• Don's house is old and falling apart, but he can't afford to
fix it. The roof is already leaking and the raining season has just
begun.

Although each senior applied for an apartment in Triangle
Square, they are not guaranteed a unit. Since demand far exceeds the
number of available apartments, a lottery system was set up to
determine who would be selected. A Place to Live is an exploration of
the applicants' personal stories and the journey that brought them to
the lottery. If they are chosen, the building is a dream come true - a
beautiful, safe place to grow old, in the company of their peers. If
not, many seniors will be forced to remain on the fringe of our
community hoping for another lifeline to appear.

We need your
support in order to share these intimate, thought provoking stories
with our community. Please act now by going to the link below and
making an on-line tax-deductible donation to the project. Donations can
also be sent to the Center for Independent Documentary at the address
below. Any amount of money will make a significant difference in our
efforts. If we can raise $42,000 by the end of April, we can finish the
offline edit, graphics and obtain archival footage.

Together, we
can make certain that those who fought for many of the rights we enjoy
today are guaranteed a voice in the struggle for non-discriminatory
affordable housing. The documentary, A Place to Live is that voice.

"If I were to get a space in the building, I would think that all the things that
I've worked so hard for would be fulfilled; that it would be a very fulfilling way to go to the end of my life." Karen Dickinson

To
donate online, follow the link below to The Center for Independent
Documentary and select "A Place To Live" from the drop down menu that
asks for the, "Purpose of your donation":

https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=10065

Or send your tax-deductible check to:

Center for Independent Documentary
680 South Main Street
Sharon, MA 02067

*Please note "A Place to Live" in the memo section of your check.


We thank you.

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