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HoCo Community Chat
HoCo Community Chat provides Howard County (MD) residents with fresh and timely content about how to live their best lives in Howard County.
Hosted by Jackie Scott, Director, Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services (DCRS), HoCo Community Chat is a new and entertaining way for DCRS to communicate with residents and present them with great conversations on how to grow and thrive and live with dignity in Howard County.
HoCo Community Chat
HoCo Community Chat August 2023 - Living your best LGBTQIA+ life in HoCo
Segment 1: Being part of LGBTQIA+ in Howard County
DCRS' Director Jackie Scott discusses the LGBTQIA+ experience in our community with Byron MacFarlane, Howard County’s Register of Wills; and Jumel Howard, Howard County chapter president, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and the founder of Howard County's first LGBTQIA+ Pride Festival.
Segment 2: Older adults and LGBTQIA+
This segment features Ofelia Ross Ott, administrator, Howard County Office on Aging & Independence on how the LGBTQIA+ experience effects older members of our community.
Segment 3: Resources for LGBTQIA+
This episode finishes off by discussing resources and new laws that are available to benefit Howard County’s growing LGBTQIA+ community.
Key topics:
Disclaimer [0:00]
Topic #1 - Welcome from Jackie Scott [1:10]
Topic #2 - Guest introduction [2:00]
Topic #3 - LGBTQIA+ life in Howard County [3:20]
Topic #4 - Being privileged and a member of the LGBTQIA+ community [9:12]
Topic #5 - Older adults as members of the LGBTQIA+ community [15:40]
Topic #6 - LGBTQIA+ estate planning and marriage equality [18:30]
Topic #7 - New Maryland partnership laws passing in October [22:50]
Topic #8 - PFLAG and Pride in Howard County [27:13]
Topic #9 - Resources for members of both the LGBTQIA+ and 50+ communities [31:20]
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