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Cuban-Canadian Director Rodrigo Barriuso Highlights Challenges Facing LGBTQ+ Residents in Long-Term Care Homes
The film highlights gaps in gender-affirming care and the risk that dementia can force transgender residents back into the closet.
- Director Rodrigo Barriuso's film Neverman screened at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, dramatizing transgender activist Lucia Neverman's fear of losing her identity to Alzheimer's disease.
- Barriuso researched at Toronto's Rekai Centres' Wellesley Central Place, which features a designated 'Rainbow Wing' and staff trained in LGBTQ+ affirming care, to ground the film's narrative.
- Expert Allison Sekuler warns that ministry standards often lack effective implementation, noting caregivers must avoid assumptions about residents' bodies because needs vary.
- The film, a finalist for the $25,000 Windsor International Film Festival prize, illustrates why some LGBTQ+ seniors return to the 'proverbial closet' and depicts mental regression fears during dementia.
- Agencies published a guide in August to help staff navigate needs like hormone access and gender-affirming grooming, while experts advocate embedding personal histories into care plans.
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The Toronto Star+5 Reposted by 5 other sources
‘I’d rather not moonwalk back into the closet’: ‘Neverman’ spotlights transgender people’s dementia fears
TORONTO - Cuban-Canadian director Rodrigo Barriuso says he decided years ago he needed to draw attention to the difficulties some LGBTQ+ residents face as they enter long-term care homes, including
·Toronto, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press+15 Reposted by 15 other sources
'I'd rather not moonwalk back into the closet': 'Neverman' spotlights transgender people's dementia fears
TORONTO - Cuban-Canadian director Rodrigo Barriuso says he decided years ago he needed to draw attention to the difficulties some LGBTQ+ residents face as they enter long-term care homes, including examples he found
·Winnipeg, Canada
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