Jackson Alder
Senior Digital Strategist
PFLAG National to Honor Actor/Advocate George Takei With Betty De Generes Advocate Award
Kelly Brooks-Hailey
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair
Angelina Leon
Senior Partnerships and Communities Manager
Lindsey Pasquale
Susan Thronson
Board Chair
Gatekeeping
A broad term, not only used within the LGBTQ+ community, which describes the process by which an individual decides who does or does not belong to a certain community, group, or identity. For example, a gay man telling a questioning man that he has to have sex with another man before he can call himself gay is an example of gatekeeping. Gatekeeping, which can come from inside or outside the LGBTQ+ community should be avoided, as it is painful and invalidating to the recipient in either instance.