Sage senior action in a gay environment

SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) of South Florida is a social and support team of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders, of all ages, dedicated to serving the needs of the maturing community.

Our goals are to enrich the lives of members of the LGBT senior community. This is accomplished by volunteering and sponsoring various social and educational activities to deal with the unique needs of aging. SAGE provides opportunities to interact with members of our LGBT community.

About SAGE

SAGE activities include: luncheons, dinners, movies, dances, workshops, picnics, theatre, concerts, discussion groups, volunteer opportunities and more.

Our monthly activities include (see our Monthly Calendar):

• A monthly luncheon (Lunch & Learn) provides an opportunity to produce new friends. Lunch is preceded by a program of interest.
• A Women&#;s Luncheon is held the second Thursday at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Tamarac.
• Book discussion (sometimes with the author) is held the second Saturday at the Stonewall Library/Archives in Fort Lauderdale.
• Men&#;s Darkness Out m
  
  

  
  Serving Broward & Palm Beach Counties

  SAGE Mission Statement

  SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) of South Florida is a nonprofit nonprofit that enriches the lives of the LGBT senior community through membership inclusive of age, gender, race, nationality, and religion. We accomplish this by sponsoring social alternatives providing personal interaction, offering educational opportunities to deal with the special needs of aging, and promoting contact with the isolated and homebound persons of our society. SAGE is also an advocate for the concerns and needs of the senior LGBT community at large, providing referral knowledge to community resources and promoting inter-generational communication in the LGBT community.

  We achieve our Mission by providing:

  • Educational Programs of Interest
  • Social Events and Activities
  • Contact with the Homebound and Isolated

  SAGE was founded in as a Florida &#;not for profit&#; corporation.

  (Federal tax-exempt status &#; (c)3 &#; allows for tax-deductible donations as permitted by law and IRS regulations)
  
  

   

  In , the Cream City Foundation gave Eldon Murray a grant to attend a SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) conference in New York. It was money well spent. Eldon came back to Milwaukee and, in , founded "SAGE/Milwaukee", Wisconsin's first organization devoted to issues surrounding aging in the LGBT community.

  By , the group had around active members. Speaking of the problems faced by Male lover Seniors, Eldon Murray once said, "The major problem is that there are all kinds of programs out there. Gay people don't choose to participate in them. They either don't understand about them or they are in the closet."

  As of initial , SAGE/Milwaukee has at least events each month, many held in its offices on the East Side, and is coordinated by Executive Director Bill Serpe, reporting to the Board of Directors.

  The following basic information of SAGE is from the Group's web site.

  SAGE/Milwaukee is a self-help advocacy group established for mature gay, lesbian and bi-sexual citizens of Southeast Wisconsin. Its goals are:

  • To provide support to mature gays, lesbians, and bi-sexuals who ar

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