EDGE Philadelphia

The gay community is youth obsessed, and Hollywood is preoccupied with one’s image. So how does it fare for those LGBTs who are gay and gray and living in LA?

Founded in 1987 as a hospice for people dying of AIDS, Calcutta House now celebrates its 25th anniversary, helping vulnerable populations like the homeless, mentally ill and inveterate drug abusers.

Touched by the destruction of the Haiti earthquake, Seattle PrideFest organizer Egan Orion joined Habitat for Humanity to help build new homes for people devastated by disasters.

In November, Philadelphia broke ground on a new senior center with 56 housing units available for low-income, LGBT residents.

Nearly a thousand well-heeled and fashionable New Yorkers catwalked and promenaded through the Lexington Avenue Armory for the 24th annual Bailey House Auction & Party, helping to raise funds for those homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.

Check out the photos of all the fun and fashion at the 24th Annual Bailey House Auction & Party where nearly a thousand altruistic New Yorkers raised more than $500,000 to help those living with HIV/AIDS.

Members of the public are warmly invited to help Housing Works commemorate World AIDS Day, December 1, at Bookstore Cafe and the 12 thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn - as well as on Housing Works website.

For the past three years, one of "Design on a Dime’s" brightest design stars has been Tulsa-born interior designer Joshua Ingraham who has created rooms for the Housing Works benefit that have been as big and bold as Ingraham’s personality.

While most New Yorkers know about Barney’s Warehouse Sale, true-blooded fashionistas wait each year for Fashion for Action, Housing Works’ four-day sale with more than 150 brands of designer merchandise at charitable prices.

The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, according to new 2010 census figures.