Inside Sweden's first LGBT retirement home

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Tue, 8 Sep 2015 07:00 AM
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Regnbagen, or rainbow house, for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pensioners opened in the Swedish capital in 2013 and now has a waiting list of more than 100 people.

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Its founder, Christer Fallman, said that the idea to open a retirement home for LGBT community came from his experience of working with elderly people and worries about old age. Regnbagen is no different from any other retirement home, he said.

"We have the same activities, we live the same life and we love in the same way," said Fallman.

"The only thing that is different is that a small minority of people who are gay can get together to find security when they are aging."

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