Stockholm opens Europe's first retirement home for gays

Issued on: 09/01/2014 - 03:00

A group of seniors in Sweden spent the Christmas-New Year holidays in a new home. The Rainbow House, a retirement facility in Stockholm opened its doors for the first time a few weeks ago and it's already making history.

Rainbow flag Wikimedia commons/Tim Evanson

By: Jeff Semple

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