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Gen Silent is a 2010 documentary film, directed and produced by Stu Maddux. The documentary follows the lives of six LGBT seniors living in the Boston area who must choose if they will hide their sexuality in order to survive in the long-term health care system.
Thousands are dying earlier than their straight counterparts because of added isolation and fear. The critically acclaimed documentary about LGBTQ older people going back into the closet to survive an often hostile care system.
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Jun 25, 2011 · Gen Silent: Directed by Stu Maddux. With Claire Barden, Lois Johnson. LGBT people who fought the earliest battles for equality now face so much fear about discrimination, or worse, in health care/long-term care that they hide their past lives, are afraid to ask for help, and die earlier.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Stu Maddux
- 2011-06-25
Gen Silent asks six LGBT seniors if they will hide their lives to survive. They put a face on what experts in the film call an epidemic: gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender seniors so afraid of discrimination, or worse, in long-term/health care that many go back into the closet.
Oct 16, 2009 · OFFICIAL TRAILER for the LGBT aging documentary, Gen Silent, Full and short versions of this film for libraries, schools, and institutions are available at gensilent.com.
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- Stewart Maddux
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Gen Silent Director Stu Maddux explores the issue of aging in the LGBT community by speaking with six homosexual seniors about the growing trend of going back into the closet in order to avoid discrimination and mistreatment in their golden years.