PALS Mission is to create a community of seniors who look out for each other by informing and educating LGBTQ+ people and allies on all aspects of planning ahead before health or life-altering situations arise.
PALS accomplishes its mission by offering informational and educational programs year-round that include no cost seminars, workshops, resource materials and special events both in-person and online.
PALS Alert
PALS is sharing three timely publications with you:
- Equality California has just published the LGBTQ+ Housing Report
- SAGE and the Human Rights Campaign have put together an excellent guide titled ‘Facing the Future Together.’
- For transgender, gender expansive, intersex people and their allies, the Fact Sheet published by California LGBTQ+, Civil Rights, and Health Care Advocates informs about Your Rights in California in Response to Recent Executive Orders.
PALS 2025-2026 Seminars and Events*
All seminars are at The Center, Room 3, 9:30 – 11am
Richard Bass – A Celebration of Life
Join us as we celebrate and pay tribute to the incredible life of Richard Bass, founder of Uptown Gay and Lesbian Alliance, Planning Ahead For LGBTQ Seniors (PALS), and Triangle Care Management. Come share your stories while we remember and honor a one-of-a-kind visionary leader in the LGBTQ community.
Wednesday, November 12
4:30 to 6:30
EIGHT4NINE Restaurant and Lounge
4:30 to 6:30
EIGHT4NINE Restaurant and Lounge
849 N. Palm Canyon Dr.
Please register HERE.
Doing it Richard’s Way
Saturday, November 22
If you’ve been wondering why and how PALS founder, Richard Bass, was able to end his life through California’s End of Life Options Act (CA EOLOA), then join us for this special seminar. PALS panelists will cover the key provisions of California’s Medical Aid in Dying law; the criteria Richard had to meet in order for the medication to be prescribed; what it was like for him, family and friends during the weeks before he ingested the medication, and what those who were with him experienced when Richard courageously faced the reality of ending life on his own terms.
Register to attend in-person HERE, or on ZOOM
Holiday Party
Mid December – Date and time TBD
Healthy and Purposeful Aging as an LGBTQ+ Senior
Saturday, January 17
The Legacy that got Explosively delayed…
Saturday, February 21
Legal/Advanced Directives
Saturday, March 21
Emergency Planning, including technology
Saturday, April 18
Where We Age
Saturday, May 16
*Subject to Change
To view our Archive of selected past seminars, please click the RESOURCES menu tab at the top of the screen and select PALS PRESENTATION ARCHIVE.
PALS Full Day Trip to the Getty Center
PALS kicked off its 12th season by experiencing two provocative exhibitions celebrating LGBTQ+ art & photography at the Getty Center — Los Angeles:
• $3 Bill: Evidence of Queer Lives
• Queer Lens: A History of Photography
We were so happy to have been able to offer this day trip free of charge to our guests. It was a truly wonderful excursion and we’ll look forward to planning more day trips in the future!
Thank you to our Sponsors who so generously donated for our excursion: Brothers of the Desert, Cathedral City Senior Center, Compassion & Choices, The Center, and Wiefels!
PALS ongoing meetings online
Every Monday at 6PM: PALS Circle on Zoom Click here to attend.
Every FIRST Thursday of the month (Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, etc.): PALS Death Café, offers a safe place for facilitated free discussion on matters of mortality and planning ahead. Click here to attend.
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