Mary Anne Adams can’t wait to paint the front door purple at the 70-year old gray house that sits in Northwest Atlanta.
“Purple is symbolic of lesbian … lesbian life,” she says.
Adams is the executive director of the organization ZAMI NOBLA. It advocates for aging black lesbians. She calls this dwelling the ‘Biggers House.’ And she’s taking applications for an elderly couple on a fixed income to move into the two-bedroom home. Adams says social circumstances and stigma can leave some older lesbians financially unstable.
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