tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331361569911408612.post8007404343332307043..comments2024-03-27T17:21:24.219-04:00Comments on OUTTAKE BLOG™: Gay Elderly Housing Planned For SpainCharlotte Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13409719695261294226noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331361569911408612.post-38978445706174890402011-10-03T09:45:24.710-04:002011-10-03T09:45:24.710-04:00Gay old people have to go back in the closet when ...Gay old people have to go back in the closet when they enter retirement homes. We have established the December 26th Foundation to deal with this issue. It is named after the date in 1979 when the law used during Gen Franco's dictatorship to imprison homosexuals - or to send them for "cure" with electric shocks - was repealed. For many years, a lot of people believed that homosexuals were sick and sinners. That is more pronounced among older people and hard to change. So the foundation has been working on a solution. It has formed a co-operative,recruited architects and designed a luxury, landscaped retirement complex - complete with 115 apartments, gym, spa and restaurant.<br /><br />Federico Armenteros runs the<br />December 26th Foundation in MadridFederico Armenterosnoreply@blogger.com