Belonging, Connection, and Chosen Family: LGBTQ+ Newton Featured in Fig City News

Fig City News has recently explored nine local organizations and programs offering different ways for older adults to connect, learn, contribute, and find community. LGBTQ+ Newton was one of these ways! 

Journalist Annalise Vito writes, “For LGBTQ+ Newton, connections can offer older residents more than another event to attend. They can provide a place where people feel understood, supported and safe to be themselves. As one member previously told the organization, it can become a ‘chosen family.’” Read the full article.

Thank you Annalise for highlighting the group in your article and Ellen Simmons for being an integral and long time active member and supporter of the group, and for sharing your experiences.