New York, N.Y. A United Nations independent expert today called on Member States to do more to protect older people affected by dementia from stigmatization, discrimination, victimization, and neglect. “The voices of older people and those who look after them need to be heard in a meaningful way,” said Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, the U.N. Independent Expert on the […]
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Film on the Life & Times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie
“If we turn our back, she will die.” – Sam Bassett New York, N.Y. Storme, a documentary by Sam Bassett based on the life and times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie screened last week to a receptive audience in Manhattan. Storme’s story has recently been featured by the New York Times and Huffington Post. She is the Rosa Parks of […]
Gay Community’s Rosa Parks Faces Death, Impoverished, Alone
New York, NY. I know dementia. My father and grandmother both died with it. But they had both resources and families to protect them – and neither were living cultural and historical treasures. None of which can be said for the civil rights activist who probably threw the first punch in the Stonewall Riot that […]
