A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square

Documentary- All

83 minutes
Tampa Theater
711 Franklin Street, downtown Tampa
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The strides made in the gay community have been great, and we owe much of our good fortune today to the brave activists and LGBT folks who paved the way for us. Prevail- ing through bar raids, job discrimination and hostile families, our gay and lesbian elders have helped build the world we live in today. Across the country, these LGBT seniors are staring down another challenge – the search for a retirement community in which they will not be discriminated against, isolated and forced back into the closet.

In Hollywood, CA, one property development group decided to dedicate a new building in Triangle Square to create housing for low-income members of the LGBT community.

This documentary chronicles the touching, and often tragic, stories of a group of seven gay and lesbian senior citizens desperate to win a chance to live in the new housing development. Because demand for apartments far exceeded the number of available spaces in the build- ing, the developers decided to use a lottery system. The documentary follows several of the lottery winners and losers on their quest for a place to live where they can be themselves and re-engage with other members of their community. In the process, we learn about the different types of challenges faced by the elderly LGBT community living in America today.

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