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In a review of 58 articles published between and , this article synthesizes the recent state of social research on older lesbian, gay male, and bisexual adults in order to summarize existing knowledge about these groups, to guide future research on aging, and to identify the substantive issues affecting their lives. Based on a life-course perspective, the primary research domains identified include the interplay of lives and historical times and linked and interdependent lives. After reviewing the literature in each of these areas, the article presents an examination of the strengths and limitations of the body of knowledge and an outline of a blueprint for future research. As the global population is aging dramatically, the number of older lesbian, gay, and bisexual LGB adults is likely increasing substantially. Given the ambiguities of defining sexual orientation, 1 the reluctance of individuals to openly self-identify, and the lack of population-based studies incorporating measures of sexual orientation, it has been difficult to estimate the proportion of the older adult population that is LGB.

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