LGBTQIA2+ Wellness

Learn how Carolina Aging Alliance reduces social isolation for LGBTQIA2+ older adults through education, advocacy, and community engagement in Central North Carolina.

LGBTQIA2+ older adults do not age in the same way—and their identities matter. Intersectionality shapes how race, gender identity, disability, income, and geography impact access to care, community, and dignity in later life.

Carolina Aging Alliance is proud to feature guest contributors who bring insight, compassion, and expertise to the lives of LGBTQIA2+ older adults across the Carolinas. Today, we’re honored to share the insight of Joel G. Anderson, PhD, CHTP, FGSA.  Joel is the Joan L. Creasia Endowed Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing  and a member of the Carolina Aging Alliance Board of Directors. Compared with their straight, cisgender peers, LGBTQIA2+ older adults