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This week's discussion topic is World AIDS Day.

The week's discusison topic is gendered language and colloquialisms.

The third Wednesday of October is International Pronouns Day and this year it falls on October 19. This annual event “seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace” and is a meaningful...

This week's discussion topic is LGBT History Month.

This week's discussion topic is queerbaiting and bi+ erasure in media.

This week's discusison topic is online safety.

This week's discussion topic is Monkeypox in the US in 2022.

This week's discussion topic is International Self-Care Day.

This week's discussion topic is International Drag Day.

This week's discusison topic is the intersection of reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ rights.

This week's discussion topic is celebrating Pride in 2022.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ history.

This week's discussion topic is global LGBTQ+ issues.

This week's discussion topic is the financial cost of conversion therapy in the US.

This week's discussion topic is the GLSEN National Day of Silence and supporting LGBTQ+ youth in schools.

This week's discussion topic is the significance of having reliable demographic data about sexual orientation and gender identity in the US.

This week's discussion topic is Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month.

This week's discussion topic is asexuality and aromanticism.

This weeks discussion topic is book banning in the US and the launch of PFLAG's #ReadWithLove campaign.

This week's discussion topic is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

This week's discussion topic is economic disparities faced by people who are LGBTQ+ in the United States.

This week's discussion topic is queer holiday traditions and creating joy at a time that can be difficult for some.

This week's discussion topic is culturally competent medical care for LGBTQ+ patients.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of LGBTQ+ veterans in the US.

This week's discussion topic is intersex inclusion.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ history.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of people who are LGBTQ+ and Hispanic in the US.

This week's discussion topic is the LGBTQ+ generational wealth gap.

This week's discussion topic is the experiences of LGBTQ+ elders in the US.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ coffee shops and other queer, sober spaces.

This week's discussion topic is the power and impact of queer hairstyles.

This week's discussion topic is anti-trans state legislation and the AMA's position on gender affirming care for children.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ comic book characters and creators.

This week's discussion topic is how to find an LGBTQ+ inclusive college or university.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of queer, femme fans of Star Trek.

This week's discussion topic is the lack of safe spaces for LGBTQ+ folks on social media.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ involvement and inclusion in the environmental justice movement.

This week's discussion topic is The Equality Act.

This week's discussion topic is the significance and impact of the FX show Pose.

This week's discussion topic is the disappearance of lesbian bars in the US.

This week's discussion topic is the lack of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ diversity in major media award nominations.

This week's discussion is black LGBTQ+ heroes throughout history.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of LGBTQ+ folks living with a disability.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of LGBTQ+ Wonder Woman fans.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of LGBTQ+ Jews in the US.

This week's discussion topic is PrEP, HIV/AIDS, and the decline of HIV-related deaths over the last eight years.

This week's discussion topic is the Transgender Day of Remembrance and anti-trans violence worldwide.

This week's discussion topic is self-care in the COVID-19 era.

This week's discussion topic is the history of "coming out" and the political significance it holds today.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of LGBTQ+ Republicans and conservatives in the US.

This week's discussion topic is the disappearance of LGBTQ+ newspapers, print media, and periodicals in the US.

This week's discussion topic is the disenfranchisement of transgender voters due to strict voter-ID laws.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ gamers.

This week's discussion topic is recent legal changes in Puerto Rico and the impact they will have on women and LGBTQ+ Puerto Ricans.

This week's discussion topic is LGBTQ+ inclusion in professional men's sports.

This week's discussion topic is the significance and impact of LGBTQ+ inclusive brands.

This week's discussion topic is the experience of people who are bi+ in LGBTQ+ and straight spaces.

This week's discussion topic is how to celebrate Pride if you aren't out to everyone in your life.

This week's discussion topic is essential LGBTQ+ pride songs.

This week's discussion topic is online safety for people who are LGBTQ+ and the responsibility of moderators to create safe online space.

This week's discussion topic is the ALA's banned book list - this week with author Lesléa Newman.

This week's discussion topic is changes in public opinion data about the right to religious refusal in the US.

This week's discussion topics is the shift of LGBTQ+ events to online formats in the COVID-19 era.

This week's discussion topic is how COVID-19 will impact Pride in 2020.

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ+ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality^TM program to create conversation about...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality^TM program to create conversation about...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality^TM...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality^TM program to create conversation about...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about...

PFLAG always looks forward to celebrating Coming Out Day alongside all of the amazing LGBTQ+ people in queer history, in our networks, and across the nation, who have had the strength and support to come out and live their truths....

With growing opposition and resistance to the current political realities in the US there have been new, inspiring examples of the impact that allies can have when they’re visible, vocal, and present. And that has the Straight for Equality team...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about...

For the past month, parades, marches, festivals, workshops, picnics, and parties have taken place around the world to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month, which honors the Stonewall riots which took place in 1969 in New York City. PFLAGers...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create...

Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About a monthly series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality...

PFLAGers – just like nearly everyone across the U.S. – are likely to still be recovering from the range of emotions they felt after this month’s election.

Regardless of who you supported and how you feel about the outcomes, there...

PFLAG Napa recently completed a project that is touching hearts, minds, and lives....reaching all the way to Orlando.

In 2019, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) announced that it was reversing its controversial 2015 policy that classified people in same-sex marriages as "apostates." The ruling had also barred the children of such marriages from blessing or baptism until age eighteen. Now, children of parents who identify themselves as LGBTQ+ may now be blessed as infants and baptized.

June has been a somber month for Pride. Our collective grief over Orlando is new territory for some, but in the days ahead our solidarity and unity will continue to be needed by so many who have been affected.

Whether you celebrate Pride in June or elsewhere on the calendar, community events are a key place to let people know what you do, the services you provide, your commitment to supporting all people, and how they can connect with...

The Holidays Are Here and Straight for Equality is Ready to Celebrate

Heading into the New Year is a great time to reflect on where we’ve been, all that we have to celebrate this year, and where we’re...

Today we hear from Georgia Noble of PFLAG Santa Barbara, who with her chapter helped to coordinate the first Interfaith Pride Celebration in the community.

We orchestrated the first Interfaith Pride Celebration here in Santa Barbara to take place in...

June has always been the busiest month for PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality® in the Workplace program and 2015 will be no different. PFLAG National staff members Jean-Marie Navetta and Jody Huckaby will spend the month on the road, traveling...