Month: April 2016

Real estate agents in the Bay Area have people asking about moving to San Francisco all the time. They have certain ideas of what it would mean to live in what’s often thought of as the gay capital of the U.S. But as any Realtor will point out, the reality of San Francisco is a far cry from how the city is often portrayed in films. Some people take a closer look at SF and realize it’s actually not the […]

When state legislatures start considering bills that many find to be anti-LGBT, no matter what their authors may claim, gay and lesbian real estate agents begin to get nervous.  If these bills pass, LGBT people and their supporters often boycott the state and certainly won’t consider a move there.  But it’s important for the LGBT community to know about these bills, even if they do mean a loss of business for Realtors.  Let’s take a look at some of the […]

While it’s becoming easier to find nursing homes and assisted living facilities that are very welcoming to LGBT seniors, in some areas, it’s still difficult for the elderly to find places where they’re comfortable living out their golden years.  But a number of cities are seeing new properties going up that are aimed specifically for LGBT seniors.  One such project was recently approved in Sacramento, California. Senior housing properties should have amenities like wheelchair ramps, Stairlift Comfort Features and other […]

Louisiana is a melting pot of many different cultures and communities, so it should come as no surprise that the LGBT community in the state is fairly large.  They have worked hard to gain legal rights and protections, including the right to adopt, protections from discrimination in some cities (and at times the state, depending on the statue of the gubernatorial executive order), and is one of only a handful of Southern states to actually have hate crime laws that […]