The purpose of the current article is to inform nurses on the health disparities and needs of older adults who self-identify as LGBT and to diminish the negative effects of illness. For the purposes of the current article, older adult refers to individuals 55 and older. Literature from the past 5 years was reviewed from two databased, CINAHL and EBSCOhost. Keywords included in the search were older adults, LGBT, health disparities, elderly, and psychosocial.