Senior housing in Houston
I am very interested in this article as I have been dealing with some of these issues here in Houston. As a 75-year-old gay male who lost a partner to AIDS back in 1995, and then lost my business in 2004, I have had great difficulty in surviving. Only recently, through the help of some fellow gay seniors, I was able to move into the Allen Parkway Village, run by the Houston Housing Authority. I have a quite comfortable small apartment, with my faithful basset hound, for a very low rent with all bills included. I contacted thutpublisher of a local gay magazine, OutSmart, suggesting they do an article on this resource for seniors, but never received a response. And a few years ago I attended a weekly support group called SPRY at the Montrose Counseling Center and curiously this resource for living was never mentioned.
Larry Lingle, Houston
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Gay marriage: Healthy and easy
My husband and I recently discovered how relatively easy it is to get married in New York. After doing our online application, once we got to the City Clerk office, we were married within three hours, including time to go across the street to get a judicial waiver for the 24-hour waiting period. EVERYONE was very helpful and they obviously think it’s really cool that people come from all over the country to get married there. The Officiant in the City Clerk Office was very professional.
Stan Guy, , via Instant tea
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This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 23, 2011.
