Voices of Music Therapy

The "Nonqueer" Generation

Voices of Music Therapy

Show Notes

On this episode of VOMT, we sit down with Cassidy Nooner to discuss the nuances of facilitating as a queer music therapist in a geriatric setting. We discuss the research behind LGBT+ representation in geriatrics and how to facilitate it in a professional and authentic manner.

Guest

Cassidy Nooner

Episode Playlist:

Hound Dog - Big Momma Thorton (Original Artist)

Cherry - FLETCHER, Hayley Kiyoko

Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley

Loving Her - Katie Pruitt

Ashville Blues - Adeem the Artist

Reference Links

- Cassidy Nooner

Instagram | @cassidy_nooner_music

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxp-oLtXMQnRHH-X8shEmbg

- Article Referenced

The facts on LGBT aging - Sage | https://www.sageusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sageusa-the-facts-on-lgbt-aging.pdf

- Additional LGBT+ Older Adult Articles

Maintaining Dignity: A Survey of LGBT Adults Age 45 and Older - Angela Houghton | https://www.aarp.org/research/topics/life/info-2018/maintaining-dignity-lgbt.html

Invisible Individuals — LGBT Elders - Florence Gelo, DMin, NCPsyA | https://www.todaysgeriatricmedicine.com/archive/071708p36.shtml

Staying Out of the Closet: LGBT Older Adults’ Hopes and Fears in Considering End-of-Life - Kimberley Wilson, Katherine Kortes-Miller and Arne Stinchcombe | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-on-aging-la-revue-canadienne-du-vieillissement/article/staying-out-of-the-closet-lgbt-older-adults-hopes-and-fears-in-considering-endoflife/C3DD0D6B5BD8C0E0368E04B11F67C029

- Movie about Geriatric LGBT+ Folx

Ten More Good Years | https://www.amazon.com/More-Good-Years-Mike-Jacoby/dp/B004W5NZH4

Created and Produced by Brian Locascio, MT-BC

Edited by Alec Henn

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