Elderly lesbian woman abused by retirement home ...
Elderly lesbian woman abused by retirement home residents for being gay, staff 'ignores' pleas.
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on July 28 against a senior housing facility for allowing alleged discrimination and verbal abuse from other residents against one of its LGBT residents.
Marsha Marie Wetzel lives at the for-profit Glen St. Andrew Living Community in Niles, IL., where she says her fellow tenants have sought her out taunting her, calling her names and even becoming physical because she is a lesbian.
Wetzel’s story is told through a video released by Lambda Legal (included in link). In it she says the love of her life, Judy, died from cancer after being together for 30 years.
Judy’s family, unsympathetic to the women’s relationship, seized all of their daughter’s assets including her home, and subsequently evicted Wetzel.
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http://sdgln.com/news/2016/08/02/elderly-lesbian-woman-abused-retirement-home-residents-being-gay-staff-ignores-pleas
