Jan 17, 2008
Quickie Link: Europe's First Gay Nursing Home Opens
By vanrozenheim
(Germany) - Europe's first gay nursing home has opened in Berlin, with out-and-proud Gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit publicly supporting the ground-breaking project, which culminates years of planning and fund-raising. The newly built, four-storey nursing facility in the Pankow district of the German capital can accommodate 28 patients in state- of-the-art rooms with private bathrooms and enough space for some of their own furnishings. Many Gay Germans, who have lived openly as homosexuals well into middle age, are now worried that discrimination will have them retreating into secrecy if they enter retirement communities or nursing homes.