Resources

Plain-language education and care-coordination resources specifically for people living with HIV who are over 50.

HIV and sexual health

Postcode search that maps nearby HIV and STD testing, PrEP and PEP providers, Ryan White clinics, plus housing, mental health and substance use services.

HIV and sexual health

Chicago LGBTQ+ health centre with a dedicated geriatric medicine and aging adult service, HIV care and PrEP, and a published sliding-scale fee policy.

Health and wellness

Free 24-hour warmline for people 60 and over — you can ring simply because you are lonely and want to talk to someone, not only in a crisis.

Crisis and warmlines

Legal advocacy group publishing free plain-English fact sheets and webinars on Medicaid, Medicare and benefits, including material specific to LGBTQ+ older adults.

Legal and elder law

Free intake service where you can describe an LGBTQ+ or HIV-related discrimination problem and get information about your rights and possible next steps.

Legal and elder law

Free peer support line staffed by LGBTQ+ volunteers specifically for older callers — coming out later in life, isolation, elder abuse, HIV worries, family estrangement. Monday to Friday 2–11pm ET, Saturday 12–5pm ET.

Crisis and warmlines

Free searchable directory of doctors, therapists and other clinicians who have identified themselves as knowledgeable and welcoming to LGBTQ+ patients.

Health and wellness

Free and low-cost programmes for LGBTQ+ people 50 and over including case management, meals, housing navigation, legal help and over 75 social events a month.

Aging and senior services

Postcode search that finds your local meal-delivery programme, which may also offer community dining, transport, pet food and a regular friendly visit. Cost varies by location — free, donation or sliding scale.

Aging and senior services

Free reports and state-by-state equality maps showing what legal protections LGBTQ+ older adults actually have where they live — useful before moving or choosing care.

Advocacy and civil rights

Free line staffed by people with lived experience who will talk through a mental health question and point you to local services. Monday to Friday, 10am–10pm ET. Not a crisis line.

Mental health and peer support