This article from the NY Times sheds light on the unique experience aging members of the LGBTQ community face and the importance of mentorship...
Aging is a challenge for any population, but the L.G.B.T.Q. community faces a special set of obstacles. Gay and lesbian elders are less likely to have children who can care for them in older age, according to Ilan H. Meyer, a scholar at the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has spent decades studying the impacts of aging on the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/generations-of-mentorship-conversations-with-lgbtq-elders.html