Kathy Matheson is a reporter and occasional videographer for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She covers education, religion, spot news and everything in between.

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Advocates: More gay-friendly senior housing needed

At age 62, Donald Carter knows his arthritis and other age-related infirmities will not allow him to live indefinitely in his third-floor walk-up apartment in Philadelphia. But as a low-income renter, Carter has limited options. And as a gay black man, he’s concerned his choice of senior living facilities might be narrowed further by the possibility of intolerant residents or staff members.

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