Sarah Bahnson is currently the LGBTQ Community Liaison for Pima Council on Aging. They hold a BA in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Arizona. Sarah has worked for Wingspan, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network and has been educating southern Arizona on the LGBTQI+ community for 9 years.
At PCOA, Sarah’s work has focused on the unique needs and concerns of LGBTQI+ older adults. They have developed a series of trainings, Visibility Matters, to help service providers learn the tools needed to support LGBTQI+ older adults and their families. Visibility Matters offers a special focus on advance care planning and skill sets for serving LGBTQI+ people with dementia.