Gay Senior Lives less openly in care facility

This article from The Chicago Tribune tells the life story of 85 year old Victor Engandela who is gay and living in a long-term care facility.  Victor feels isolated from the other residents because he is a homosexual.

Engandela has been to the seniors program at the Center on Halsted a couple of times, but it’s hard for him to arrange transportation. Once, another man from the nursing home took him, but when the man realized it was a gay organization he stormed off to the Center’s lobby, refusing to dine with Engandela and the other seniors.

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