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Abstract
Despite the greater inclusion of women in the recent literature on aging, lesbians continue to remain invisible. This article presents the inquiries of two mid-life lesbian social work academics into the lives of lesbian women growing older, and the gaps revealed between the images of lesbians constructed in the public domain, and the lives of women who do not fit the mainstream or dominant images. The inquiry begins with the voices of the “experts”: women who are living their mid-life years as lesbians in a society which does not “see” or image them. Whether or not this invisibility in mid-life and old age can be overcome through access to a supportive community seems open to debate.