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Amid COVID crisis, two Philly LGBTQ nonprofits merge to form new initiative for seniors

The merger has been in the works for years, but organizers say a clearinghouse for LGBTQ elder advocacy, education, and care is needed now more than ever.

Chris Bartlett, executive director of the William Way LGBT Community Center, stands with an LGBTQ flag in 2019. William Way announced it is merging with the another organization, the LGBT Elder Initiative, to offer new programming to LGBTQ elders, a move he says is more essential now than ever before given the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the elderly.
Chris Bartlett, executive director of the William Way LGBT Community Center, stands with an LGBTQ flag in 2019. William Way announced it is merging with the another organization, the LGBT Elder Initiative, to offer new programming to LGBTQ elders, a move he says is more essential now than ever before given the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the elderly.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
    by Anna Orso
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