The "Living with you" project provides shelter for LGTBI older people at risk of exclusion
GAYLES.TV.- The solidarity housing initiative "Living with you" of the 26 Foundation of December is unique in Spain. This foundation, chaired by Federico Armenteros has five homes shared by people at risk of exclusion among 50 and 75 years. Four of them were loaned by the Municipal Housing and Land Company of Madrid City Council.
«Living with you»Is one of the many projects in which this foundation is involved, which has been working since 2010«With the intention of providing specialized care to people gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals«. Coexistence is extremely important in this initiative since people at risk of exclusion share space, experiences and expenses.
Back to the closet
The generation of our elders lives a constant discrimination. First for your orientation or identity, then for his edad. They were persecuted for their sexuality during Francoism. And they suffered in the first person the weight of religion and guilt. Many managed to break free and come out of the closet, but now in old age, they fear returning to it. Society has not yet standardized nor has it made our seniors visible LGTBI. That is why the project of the December 26 Foundation It offers these people a safe place to live with freedom and without questioning looks as they often do if they end up in residences where the issue of sexual diversity is a taboo. Avoid this return to the closet and equip care resources to these people is a priority for the foundation.
So far there was no organization in Madrid to be specifically dedicated to this segment of the population. «The name of the foundation responds to a very important date, but that has gone unnoticed by the collective", Explain Federico Armenteros. "ANDs the date on which a law against homosexuality was repealed for the first time. The day that the Francoist law of 1970 of dangerousness and social rehabilitation that Franco put in motion is partially repealed ». The headquarters is located in the neighborhood of Lavapies, In the Aurora street number 27 of Madrid.
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Sources: 26 Foundation of December, La Vanguardia
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