The Silver Boom: Growing Up Gay in RI

In less than 20 years, a quarter of the state’s population will be older than 60. Rhode Island Public Radio is looking at this growing demographic in a series we call “The Silver Boom: Aging in Rhode Island.”

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Ken Fish reading the names of people who died of AIDS for the Names Project in Washington.

Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bradley Campbell talked with Warwick’s, Ken Fish. He’s spent most of his life in Rhode Island, and is a leader for gay rights. They started their conversation examining how has life changed for the gay community over the decades.

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You can find all of the stories in this series here: The Silver Boom: Aging in Rhode Island

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