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/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/unnamed8.jpg850375With the National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Conference starting tomorrow in Melbourne, one of its organisers writes about the legacy of Val Eastwood and why older LGBTI Australians must not be forgotten in the march towards equality.