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Village Hearth: America's first LGBTQ cohousing community for seniors offers mutual care and belonging

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Tina Vasquez

29d ago· 14 min readenNews
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Summary

The article profiles Village Hearth in Durham, North Carolina, the first LGBTQ cohousing community in the nation for people aged 55 and over. Founded by Pat McAulay, the community was born from a decades-old dream among older lesbians to live together and care for one another. The piece explores how this intentional community provides mutual support, belonging, and aging-in-community for LGBTQ seniors who often face isolation or discrimination in traditional retirement settings.

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Any older lesbian you speak to has this dream of living together or living in close proximity and taking care of one another.
Because people from our generation...
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For Pride month, The Flytrap visited Durham, North Carolina’s Village Hearth, the first LGBTQ cohousing community in the nation for people 55 and over.

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