Six years ago I buried my mother. Last month I buried my father. Two weeks ago I buried my grandmother. Still in my thirties, I am relatively young to be an orphan. As a result, over the past few weeks I have found myself projecting thirty and forty years into the future and asking, "Who is going to take care of me in my old age?" Of course, it is my higher intention to live a fully active and highly functional, joyful life until the day I die. Nonetheless, I am aware of the fear and insecurity I experience in regards to this question.

Thom Bierdz plays Phillip Chancellor III on 'The Young And The Restless.' He is also an accomplished artist (considered the next Andy Warhol by IN magazine) and is the author of 'Forgiving Troy.' TheCelebrityCafe.com's Lawanda Johnson spoke with Thom about his life on and off screen, his art, and coping with the murder of his mother.

Around the world, LGBT people are deprived of the fundamental human right to adequate housing. Discrimination against LGBT people can result in inadequate living conditions and increases their vulnerability to physical and sexual violence, and consequently making them vulnerable to drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, and suicide. Without the right to housing, LGBT individuals cannot experience full and meaningful access to their fundamental human rights. Recent examples of these kinds of violations include:

Now 10 years old, the LGBT senior movement is young and vibrant. With years of grassroots and professional experience within its ranks, and some of the nation's largest gay rights organizations backing it up, it is about to burst into full bloom.

If Phillip Huebner stretched out his legs just right, he could get in a fitful snooze in his cramped Ford pickup. It wasn't that much fun, said the 64-year-old Desert Hot Springs resident who called his pickup home when he became homeless this year. It would have been terrible if it had been a long-term thing.

They were the riots that spawned a revolution, the nights of protest that led to the dawn of the gay rights movement.

A well written look at the policy and legal disparities affecting LGBT older adults.

An in depth retrospective on the historic Stonewall Riots.

Windows on the second floor of the Center on Halsted frame an ever-changing portrait of gay life in 2009: Same-sex couples walk hand in hand; cross-dressing young men strut with confidence; rainbow banners herald a neighborhood that embraces gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of any age.