?I don't want to go back into the closet” – what happens when gender identity and sexual orientation meet old age?

Amongst some older people, the topic of sex is taboo and heterosexuality is taken for granted; in some minds, there's no such thing as elderly gay or transgender people. Such stereotypes persist, even in countries committed to equality and with advanced legislation on LGBTI rights. This is the case in Spain, one of the European countries most in favour of same-sex marriage, where elderly LGBTI people are forgotten by the collective imagination and become invisible. Although in many ways (…)