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Gays often discriminated against while grieving partner's death
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The discrimination many gay men and women face while grieving the death of their partner was the subject of the keynote address Thursday at the annual Hospice and Palliative Care Manitoba Conference.
More than 500 health-care workers, funeral professionals and social workers were expected to attend the two-day event.
Chad Smith, a Men's Resource Centre social worker, said the story of two gay Winnipeg men in their 70s and what happened when one of them died illustrates the problem.
Although they had been together more than half of their lives, after one partner died, his relatives descended upon the couple's residence and started taking their belongings.
The surviving man lost almost everything, Smith said.
"Lots of older men come from a generation where they were used to hiding their relationship and who they are," Smith said.
He said he's had clients in situations where hospital staff have allowed the dying person's family into the hospital room -- even though the family has disowned them and treated them horribly -- but not the partner.
Smith said problems around palliative care can be particularly acute for older gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in their 60s to 80s, who may not have disclosed their relationship to family or friends.
He said some seniors have even been barred from their partner's funerals or had trouble taking time off work.
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