Drag Queens Sashay for Seniors!
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Drag Queens Help Ailing Seniors Stay in Their Homes
Click your heels three times and say, “there’s no place like home”. Too many seniors and adults with disabilities wish staying at home or even returning home after acute bouts of illness were so easy. However, due to a lack of resources, family or friends, they often remain hospitalized and face eviction from their homes. This summer the original drag queens of San Francisco are joining forces with the Institute on Aging (IOA) to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month and, like Glenda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz, help aging adults realize there’s no place like home.
These iconic stage performers will appear on IOA’s float, a rolling lounge revue, at the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade. They will also click and kick up their high heels at the city’s first LGBTQ Senior Prom, an intergenerational dance for seniors in life and in high school, at IOA’s San Francisco headquarters. And on August 7, drag performers at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge in San Francisco are hosting a charity show benefiting IOA programs and services.
“These legendary performers brought drag out of a subcultural shadow and into the spotlight of popular culture, so the Institute on Aging is proud to honor their contributions and partner with them in support of seniors and adults with disabilities,” said Karyn Skultety, PhD, Vice President of Health Services at IOA. “Our theme this year is ‘Life’s a Stage…Age On!’ and I believe our special guests epitomize that slogan in their art and in their lives.”
These drag divas, still strutting their stuff at the Bay area’s oldest gay nightclubs, will be making appearances to support IOA services for low-income and culturally diverse older adults, including LGBTQ clients, some living with HIV/AIDS.
The Institute on Aging is widely recognized for its innovative and comprehensive services for seniors and adults with disabilities, as well as families and caregivers. A one-stop resource for physical, psychological and social services, IOA is one of Northern California’s largest community-based nonprofit organizations currently serving 20,000 clients and family members.
Click your heels three times and say, “there’s no place like home”. Too many seniors and adults with disabilities wish staying at home or even returning home after acute bouts of illness were so easy. However, due to a lack of resources, family or friends, they often remain hospitalized and face eviction from their homes. This summer the original drag queens of San Francisco are joining forces with the Institute on Aging (IOA) to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month and, like Glenda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz, help aging adults realize there’s no place like home.
These iconic stage performers will appear on IOA’s float, a rolling lounge revue, at the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade. They will also click and kick up their high heels at the city’s first LGBTQ Senior Prom, an intergenerational dance for seniors in life and in high school, at IOA’s San Francisco headquarters. And on August 7, drag performers at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge in San Francisco are hosting a charity show benefiting IOA programs and services.
“These legendary performers brought drag out of a subcultural shadow and into the spotlight of popular culture, so the Institute on Aging is proud to honor their contributions and partner with them in support of seniors and adults with disabilities,” said Karyn Skultety, PhD, Vice President of Health Services at IOA. “Our theme this year is ‘Life’s a Stage…Age On!’ and I believe our special guests epitomize that slogan in their art and in their lives.”
These drag divas, still strutting their stuff at the Bay area’s oldest gay nightclubs, will be making appearances to support IOA services for low-income and culturally diverse older adults, including LGBTQ clients, some living with HIV/AIDS.
The Institute on Aging is widely recognized for its innovative and comprehensive services for seniors and adults with disabilities, as well as families and caregivers. A one-stop resource for physical, psychological and social services, IOA is one of Northern California’s largest community-based nonprofit organizations currently serving 20,000 clients and family members.
Organizer and beneficiary
Janet Geary
Organizer
San Francisco, CA
Roxana Blades
Beneficiary
