September 29, 2015 - Mexico City, Mexico - Old photographs of Samantha, at age 40, with close friends and Mexican television personalities at the nightclub "La Cucaracha" in Mexico City. Samantha Flores is an 83-year-old transgender woman from Veracruz, Mexico. She is a prominent social activist for LGBTQI rights and is the founder of the non-profit organization “Laetus Vitae”, a day shelter for elderly gay people in Mexico City. Senior citizens in general are many times prone to neglect and abandonment by their families, leaving them all but invisible. Their plight can be even worse if they are homosexual. Photo credit: Bénédicte Desrus