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We are pleased to present this supplemental issue of The Gerontologist dedicated to reporting on the 2014 data from Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study (NHAS), the largest national survey to date focused on the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults. The articles in this issue explore a breadth of topics critical to understanding the challenges, strengths, and needs of a growing and underserved segment of the older adult population. This introduction to the supplement provides foundational information to frame the papers that follow. We begin by reviewing population-based findings regarding the size and health status of the LGBT older adult population. Next, we summarize the Health Equity Promotion Model (HEPM; Fredriksen-Goldsen, Simoni, et al., 2014), the conceptual framework that guides our study. We then briefly review some of the key methodological challenges that exist in conducting research in this hard-to-reach population. Next, we present an overview of study design and methods as well as the study’s primary substantive and content areas. Lastly, we provide an overview of the articles in this issue, which cut across three major themes: risk and protective factors and life course events associated with health and quality of life among LGBT older adults; heterogeneity and subgroup differences in LGBT health and aging; and processes and mechanisms underlying health and quality of life of LGBT older adults.
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