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Welcome to Rainbow Elders Calgary!
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Rainbow Elders Calgary is an enthusiastic
group of LGBTQ+ senior folk.

We are all proud volunteers dedicated
to strengthening the ties and
connections between different
generations of LGBTQ+ citizens
in Calgary while also being
advocates for LGBTQ+ seniors.

We have a powerful vision and believe
passionately that our work is essential.

Watch for us being very active in
Calgary's queer community!

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Updated - November 6, 2019 - Thank you to our donors for your amazing support!

If you want to help us with our Fall Fundraiser, just click here!






  Our Lois on Global TV - August 30, 2019


Lois Szabo is the only surviving member of Calgary’s first underground gay club. It was March 1970 when Szabo, now 83 years old, and a group of friends were pioneering a path to the gay rights movement. They called it Club Carousel.

Click here for a link to the full report and video from Global TV.
     
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Survey Results

Rainbow Elders Calgary was an important partner in a community-led project: Housing and Support Needs for Aging in the LGBTQ+ Community.

The study, published by the SHARP Foundation in partnership with MRU, suggests seniors across the city are worried about being an open member of the LGBTQ community if they have to move to a long-term care or assisted-living facility.

Click here for the results.

Click here for a summary and video from Global News.
     
  Well, Look Who It Is!

Our Rowena and Donna were interviewed by the Calgary Herald!

Here is an adapted copy of the article.

Here's the link to the Calgary Herald online version, in case you want to forward the article or post it on Facebook or twitter.
     
  In the News

That would be the Kerby News. Since Spring 2019 we have had an article published in the Kerby News.

Click here for an adaptation of the article in the September 2019 edition.
     

 

 

Watch out for our Rocky!


Historic Moment: Within just a few months of being created, Rainbow Elders Calgary
members proudly march through downtown Calgary in the city's Pride Parade, September 2, 2018.
 
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In the spirit of respect, truth and reconciliation, Rainbow Elders Calgary would like to acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). This land is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.


Click here for Treaty 7 information.



 
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