Aging in the next Decade: Issues of Ageism and LGBT Elders

Diversity Lecture Series:

Peg Cruikshank, women’s studies lecturer and author, will discuss current issues in aging and ageism, with particular focus on issues faced by LGBT elders. Cruikshank is the author of The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement, (1992) and an interdisciplinary book Learning to be Old: Gender Culture and Aging (2nd edition 2009). She has been teaching LGBT courses at various schools on the East and West Coasts since 1982.