PFLAG In The News

The Door County Civility Project, PFLAG and Just Door County are working together to increase inclusion in our county in the belief that  fostering a culture of openness and inclusion is in the bes

Jamie also stresses the importance of community. "I think finding support is key for parents. This is a lot. It's not in the parenting book, no one prepares you for this.

"Family support makes a transformative difference in the lives of people who come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer," PFLAG — the largest organization for LGBTQ people, their fami

The Library worked closely with the Cedar Rapids chapter of PFLAG to make resources available for everyone. 

Thousands of Lubbockites flocked to Maxey Park in a show of celebration and support for the city’s LGBTQ community during Lubbock Pride’s annual festival.

Matthew Humphrey, president of Lafayette’s PFLAG organization, said the passage “felt right” and like a “massive” step toward inclusion for LGBTQ youth.

The New Orleans Chapter of PFLAG recently held its Sanda Pailet Memorial Champagne Scholarship Reception. This year, 24 students were each awarded at least $1,000, and several donors were honored for their many years of support. 

QueerSCV and PFLAG Santa Clarita joined together to host 'Picnic in the Park' as a part of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

“It’s truly beautiful and overwhelming to see the hundreds of thousands of people now building on the legacy started by PFLAG’s founder..."

Beaumont Pride Fest hosted by PFLAG Beaumont promises to be a full day of entertainment, celebration, and advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ community of Southeast Texas.

PFLAG Norman will host its fourth annual Pride Picnic. The PFLAG Picnic is a great chance for the LGBTQ+ community, family, and friends to get together and share in the joys of summer in a safe space sharing in food, laughter, and activities. It is a great event for the whole family.

A group of about 35 people representing PFLAG, a national family and ally organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and the LGBTQ+ community walked in the parade alongs

Jackson PFLAG is hosting the fifth annual Teton Pride Picnic. Last year, Jackson had nearly 100 people attend our Pride event.

Pendleton High School seniors Daphny Chen and Samuel Attridge are the 2019 recipients of the $1,000 Roberta Frasier Anderson Diversity Scholarship, presented by PFLAG Pendleton.

Northridge High School senior Rafael Duarte is the 2019 PFLAG Greeley Scholarship Award recipient.

Santa Clarita Valley chapter of PFLAG create and assemble 800 educational packets for local schools.

"Community outreach is one of PFLAG Hutchinson's primary goals for the Hutchinson area this year as they open a new LGBTQ center"

PFLAG National has signed on to the following statement,

“You can’t tell if a person is gay or straight,” Holden said. “We exist for support, education and advocacy.”

"Kevyn Aucoin helped start chapters of PFLAG and encouraged celebrities to offer positive messages to queer youth–a practice much less commonplace at the time."

"Those who were previously opposed or ambivalent about gay and lesbian people can change their hearts and minds," Owen said.

"Homophobic Facebook post incites fear and anxiety within the local LGBTQ community and anonymous individuals started a campaign to promote inclusiveness within Sedro-Woolley and Skagit Valley"

"The Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998."

"PFLAG Dillon has asked the City of Dillon to adopt a non-discrimination (otherwise known as expansion of the definition of protected persons) city ordinance."

"Some families are inadequately exposed and informed about the LGBTQ community. This is where organizations like PFLAG can play a vital role in family members’ relationships with one another."

"Local members of PFLAG Quincy, IL are very troubled by the denunciation and marginalization of members of our community who are LGBT"

"Linda Reeves, along with two other mothers of gay children — Cindy Byrne and Tina Sarafa — will soon launch the first Manhattan Beach and South Bay chapter"

"The international telecommunications company Verizon presented a check on Monday for $250,000 to PFLAG, which advocates for families and allies of LGBT people, at the group’s headquarters in Washi

"The picnic brought together representatives of the LGBTQ community, families and allies, welcoming them with an array of games, activities, a tie-dye station and lunch consisting of hot dogs, chip

"Family acceptance for LGBTQ youth who face homelessness and attempt suicide at tragic and unacceptable levels.

After a year of planning and intense work this spring, PFLAG National has granted chapter status to PFLAG Michigan City (MC) which will serve all La Porte County.

Oakland A's outfielder Matt Joyce was suspended by Major League Baseball for two games after calling an Angels fan an anti-LGBT slur in a heated exchange during a game in Anaheim.

Show up, help in shelters if you can, get involved in PFLAG, do what you can do to help in any way that you can. Consciousness is key.

PFLAG national spokesperson Shelley Argent said the findings were a sign that the government should “have a free vote [on marriage equality] and get this done”.

In the letter co-signed by the Human Rights Campaign, National Centre for Transgender Equality, Freedom for All Americans and PFLAG, among others, Lambda Legal argues that “the records of Mr.

Liz Owen, director of communications for PFLAG National, attended the Phoenix event and says it confirmed that LGBT acceptance is a value that r

On May 20, "Lover's Day" in China, a group of mothers, affiliated with the US-founded PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), caused a stir by appearing at a Shanghai park where

In a column addressing a woman struggling to understand gender fluidity, Dear Abby reccommended PFLAG's "Guide to Being a Trans Ally."

Since 2015, Subaru has partnered with PFLAG National and its network of chapters across the country to 

 The Bang Group — a percussive dance company created by Jeffrey Kazin and David Parker, hosted its first-ever “Snap, Crackle, BANG!” event at the Dance Complex over the weekend and awarded Greater

“To not include sexual orientation and gender identity in CDC reporting on violent death victims is to erase the high incidence of fatal violence that LGBTQ people experience,” Elizabeth Raymond Ko

Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar will donate his forfeited salary from a two-game suspension last month to two Toronto-area LGBTQ organizations.

"Kearney is actually very accepting. Most of the businesses. We have $2,000 worth of prizes from the city of Kearney. We're blessed,” PFLAG Kearney president Kimberly Ryan said.

Greater Boston PFLAG honored Josh Kraft at its annual Pride & Passion benefit at Boston Marriott Copley Place on April 27.

PFLAG National Interim Executive Director Elizabeth Kohm said, "Each one of us has an individual story about why access to health care is so important, deeply personal and, for too many, can involv

"I challenge you to start a conversation today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, with your friends: you can empower someone in your community by embracing the idea that transgender people are peop

"I have learned that to be in community is to experience a sense of belonging," Stratton said. "To belong is to be related to and to be a part of something greater than ourselves."

"Becoming an ally is not an overnight transition for most people," Navetta said. "The only way they can take this journey is if we take this journey along with them.

“My heart is racing, and I just couldn't hold it in anymore. I tried,” said Polk Pride board member and Polk County PFLAG president Kerri McCoy.

Peterson Toscano, a native of Stamford, underwent conversion therapy. His experience, written in a statement, was read by Donna Warren, an LGBTQ advocate and PFLAG mother.

"I was worried about him being picked on," said Meghan Howard, who turned to the education and advocacy group PFLAG for guidance. "He was angry and closed off.

Lisa Seelmann is the vice president of PFLAG Port Huron, a local chapter of a national organization that exists to support and advocate for those in the LGBTQ community, families, friends and allie

Contacting your representatives is imperative; as PFLAG, a nonprofit run by allies of the LGBTQ community, points out, you can contact your congressional representatives whether or not you have a s

And PFLAG executive director Elizabeth Kohm said, “PFLAG hearts everywhere are with the worried parents who will be kept awake tonight, and the kids who will be scared to go to school in the mornin

She is on the board of the It Gets Better Project and she’s very active in PFLAG NYC, volunteering regularly as a speaker for its Safe Schools Program.

This is a national support and advocacy group primarily for parents of LGBT people that has hundreds of local chapters, so there is likely to be one near you. 

A family's negative reaction sends a strong message.

Patti Maxwell, a member of PFLAG in Longview, said the act would do more harm than good.

Show support and acceptance of your child even if you are struggling with your feelings...You can join your local chapter of PFLAG to find groups and activities that support gay, lesbian, bisexual

When Kay Holladay’s son David came out to his family at age 16, there were no tears or confusion and there was no teeth-gnashing or condemnation.

Think for a minute of how we would be different if our focus was directed to the least among us: those individuals or groups who have been marginalized, demonized, ignored, and maligned.

Patrick Burke, a legislator in New York's Erie County, proposed a bill this week that would ban conversion therapy for minors.

As a result, in what is being seen as a growing need to fight this discrimination, support groups like PFLAG Korea are starting to form in the country.

Though many children go through periods of being “gender-expansive”—for example, a preschool boy who prefers princess outfits—parents should pay attention if kids consistently, persistently and ins

Caregiving and advocating for family members or friends is a challenging and sometimes heart-rending labor of love.

A Virginia mother says her views on LGBT people were transformed when her teenager came out as transgender. Hope Christina Hernandez said she was not raised to accept LGBT people.

“We are pleased that this legislation will provide invaluable data about the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, and help PFLAG NYC, as well as city agencies and other indepen

The day is celebrated by schools, celebrities, companies and media outlets by wearing purple to show that they support the LGBT community and are taking a stand against bullying. See Michelle Visag

More than 100 representatives of employers and organizations from across Michigan gathered at Saginaw Valley State University this week for the second annual Great Lakes Bay Region LGBT Workplace S

Now known as PFLAG, the grassroots network born that day is still standing strong, with chapters across the country, including here in Atlanta.

"To help overcome these and other challenges, we train volunteers to meet the individual where they are and, as a critical piece of our philosophy, do not push them to walk too quickly but walk with them in their journey."

Parental support in any child’s life is key. But what do you do when your parents turn their backs on you, all because you want to be happy?

With more and more families and schools grappling with how to respond to gender diversity among children and with gender issues increasingly in the news, a Berkeley, California mom has reached into

Parents are wonderful, especially those who stand by their children who come out as LGBT, an action that not all parents across the world choose to take.

The Michigan Employee Resource Group, or MERGE, has been meeting once a month for the past ten years to discuss topics ranging from how to increase LGBT ERG membership to social and judicial issues that impact the community. The networking organization is made up of LGBT ERGs from major corporations in southeast Michigan.

“In an effort to connect LGBT+ folks in need with appropriate resources, TransAAction Maryland has organized Image-In, a free clothing exchange/giveaway for all youth and adults, with great fashions, stylists, shoes, accessories, clothing,” says Sue Garner, the chapter’s president.

Most of those entering Great Pacific in search of a latte or a microbrew didn’t seem to notice the new sticker, but it sent a message to those who glanced its way. The establishment is an early adopter of PFLAG Pendleton’s effort to place the window clings.

The Anne Arundel County and Annapolis chapter of PFLAG, a national nonprofit organization, celebrated its launch at a picnic at Crofton Park on Sunday. The group starting meeting in May and obtained its nonprofit status this summer.

“The collaboration between Nashville PFLAG and the Tennessee Health Care Campaign,” Davis said, “seeks to inform LGBTQI Tennesseans of their health insurance options but also to find out if their rights are being observed.”

"I believe that transgender citizens deserve basic human rights and should not be discriminated against. I also believe that women deserve to be treated with respect, have control over their own bodies, and be free to live without fear of sexual and physical violence. These two issues are not mutually exclusive, and I urge you to lend your support to both..."

Today, Thomasson has a wife of 35 years. She’s a retired school teacher and retired U.S. Army Reservist. She’s happy and at peace with herself, but having suffered, having been in the closet, Thomasson wants to help others who might now be suffering. To that end, she joined PFLAG.

As the Observation Point fire winds down, one support worker at Darby’s fire camp next to the high school was excited to be the first recipient of PFLAG’s Start-up Grant.

"Affirmations asked me if I wanted to start a support group for transgender people and I said yes," she says. "That's when I came out of the closet and began identifying as trans."

We are so pleased to share our new website! Anyone who visited the former pflag.org can attest to the fact that we were long overdue for a new website.

Right on the heels of  Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) has just announced the launc

Producers Fox Theatricals and Barbara Whitman have announced that Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has partnered with PFLAG, the nation’s largest organization of famil