A Rainbow in retirement.All her life Hilda Rush has looked for places where she could be herself. Now she's sure she has found one. "At 93," she said, "I need to be sensible about my future." With New Mexico's lieutenant governor lieutenant governor n. Abbr. Lt. Gov. 1. An elected official ranking just below the governor of a state in the United States. 2. The nonelective chief of government of a Canadian province. , Diane Denish Diane D. Denish (born March 3, 1949) is the Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, the first woman to hold that post. She was first elected in 2003, running on the same ticket as current Governor Bill Richardson. , by her side, Rush helped cut the ribbon at the October 31 opening of RainbowVision Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , which bills itself as the first full-service, gay-oriented retirement housing development in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "I know that I can be myself and live proudly here," said Rush, who is locally known and revered as "Santa Fe's oldest living lesbian." Born in Berlin in 1912, Rush was witness to Germany's Weimar and Nazi regimes before relocating to Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1935, in part to escape her family's antigay stance. She immigrated to the United States in the 1950s The 1950s are noted in United States history as a time of both compliance and conformity and also, to a lesser extent, of rebellion. Major U.S. events during the decade included:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of before moving to Florida and finally New Mexico. "Until recently, the concept of RainbowVision was unthinkable," she said. "Now it's a reality. I'm terribly thrilled to see this is happening in my lifetime and that I've been able to live long enough to experience it." The ceremony marked the opening of an initial 20 condo units. When complete, RainbowVision's 146 units will include independent and assisted-living apartments as well as condos. "We're thrilled that people like Hilda could see this," said RainbowVision president Joy Silver. "The mere fact that we could provide that space for them and for future generations of gay people is more than enough reason for us to do it." |
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