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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.62,0:00:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people believe that you just live happily ever after, and that just
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.71,0:00:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a myth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.71,0:00:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like ourselves older who are hiding in nursing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.98,0:00:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homes or whatever because they are scared to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.42,0:00:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's incredibly common to go back into the closet again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.83,0:00:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.38,0:00:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.30,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't want you there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.76,0:00:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've heard about homemakers going in,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.08,0:00:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking out a Bible, and having the elder pray and asking for forgiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to be cured.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.72,0:00:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not too late for you to be cured of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.88,0:00:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go back in the closet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.17,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She might mistreat me or abuse me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.21,0:01:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're so afraid of that they are resisting any kind of medical attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.25,0:01:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That person was in their mid-twenties during the McCarthy era.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.93,0:01:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The closet was the norm.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.53,0:01:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could lose their job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.61,0:01:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could lose,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.33,0:01:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.69,0:01:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.93,0:01:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.99,0:01:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.65,0:01:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were considered sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.29,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were involuntarily hospitalized in psychiatric facilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.85,0:01:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even electroshock.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.45,0:01:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The degradation of these people is so complete that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.17,0:01:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sex satisfaction come only in being tortured themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.01,0:01:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.25,0:01:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was on the route 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.49,0:01:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the nut farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.33,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's a real distrust of mainstream institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.37,0:01:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would never put myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.28,0:01:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.76,0:01:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.79,0:01:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became much more fearful of people knowing that he was gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.35,0:01:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not leaving now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you? Not right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.61,0:01:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LGBT elders are more likely than the general population to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.69,0:02:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,age alone because many gay elders never had children,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.05,0:02:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not had great relationships with their families of origin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.29,0:02:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There would be a higher degree of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.65,0:02:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of alienation and isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.04,0:02:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family was the reason I existed, and I lost them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they ever choose to catch up before I die,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.92,0:02:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.28,0:02:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.46,0:02:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The LGBT aging issues are an epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.37,0:02:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a small and growing group of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.00,0:02:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're trying to go into the existing network until they become more inclusive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.33,0:02:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most common lines we get it's like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.53,0:02:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have any gay elders here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.24,0:02:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I wasn't the only person responsible for Alexander,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.80,0:02:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have ended my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.60,0:02:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.33,0:02:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good to see ya.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.30,0:03:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I build this hell and paradise with a new step every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.91,0:03:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a whole generation of people who don't know who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.25,0:03:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really sad because you're missing out on a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.10,0:03:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.34,0:03:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did a lot for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.62,0:03:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn't be here if it weren't for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.06,0:03:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at how scrawny they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.10,0:03:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too bad I don't have an open casket.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.86,0:03:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.06,0:03:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there'll be no open casket.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.82,0:03:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There won't be anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.90,0:03:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.31,0:03:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are saying come out and and be filled with pride,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.30,0:03:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's our responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.27,0:03:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that continues right through their last day.