Solidarity in #Black Lives Matter
Tacoma Older LGBT (TOLGBT) are in solidarity with the Black community here in Pierce County, our home state of Washington, and nationwide. Our community understands discrimination, violence and the fight for equity and TOLGBT acknowledges the brutality and racism perpetrated against people of color. We are deeply saddened by the murder of black people, including George Floyd, Manuel Ellis, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and many others, at the hands of law enforcement. And disheartened by the pervasive race-based injustices occurring locally and across the nation. We are called to be in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and all struggles to fight racism, to ensure that the killing of every black person receives an impartial and thorough investigation, and to call attention to the systemic culture of hate and discrimination in the United States.
TOLGBT believes in the importance of this issue, to support work already being done in our community we will make a donation to the Tacoma Urban League. Their mission is to assist African Americans and other under-served urban residents in the achievement of social equality and economic independence.
TOLGBT believes in the importance of this issue, to support work already being done in our community we will make a donation to the Tacoma Urban League. Their mission is to assist African Americans and other under-served urban residents in the achievement of social equality and economic independence.
Welcome to Tacoma Older LGBT
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!" --George Bernard Shaw |
Thank you for stopping by Tacoma Older LGBT. We are here to serve older lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults, living, working and playing in Tacoma, Pierce County and surrounding areas. If you want to know more about Tacoma Older LGBT, check out our About page, we have specific pages you can click on to read about our Mission and Vision, our Leadership Team and the history of Tacoma Older LGBT. If you are an older (50+) LGBT adult, as you look at our website, check out our social Events page, we have a main events page and then specific pages for the men, the women, the Transgender community and the whole LGBT community. We have a section for "Special Events" too. Be sure to check all events some are open to the entire LGBT community even though they may be geared toward a specific gender. Join us for the good times! If you are a health care provider or an organization that serves aging adults, you will want to check out our Training page. We would love the opportunity to meet with you and discuss how we could help increase you and your staff's cultural fluency and competency on aging LGBT adults. If you are one of our individual supporters and want to get the latest on Tacoma Older LGBT,join our Email List for the latest announcements and update or if you want to help support us with tax free donations check out our Support page. Community Partners are what helps to make us great. Working together to support each others missions and visions serves to strengthen our entire community. |
