I’m excited to share a FREE educational resource about Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and aging in our LGBTQIPA2+ communities! On the second Wednesday every month at 4-5pm PST via Zoom, the Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California hosts live webinars about Alzheimer’s Disease, brain health, and the unique experiences in our queer and trans communities.

In my work as a hospice grief counselor, patients would sometimes be reluctant to speak up to ask questions or voice what they need, even though patients, not the doctors or loved ones, are at the center of care.

It is time we increase the visibility of PD, squash the stigma of getting screened, and start talking about PD as an intergenerational behavioral health issue that queer and trans individuals and chosen families should prioritize.

I wanted to be in a field that squashes stigma of behavioral health, promotes life-long growth and learning, and shifts my social justice activism to providing anti-racist shoulder-to-shoulder healing spaces for (my) queer and trans communities.