Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Simple, right? Not for everyone. As allies become more engaged in LGBTQ+ spaces and advocacy, they often have questions about “the plus.” Please join PFLAG...
Training Toolkit: What the +?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online's "What the +?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities"! One of our key goals is to help you take the...
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Something to Talk About Live: April 29, 2021
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 series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about LGBTQ+...
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Something to Talk About Live: March 25, 2021
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 series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for Equality program to create conversation about LGBTQ+...
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Training Toolkit: Supporting Our Trans & Nonbinary Loved Ones: What Would You Do?
Thanks for participating in PFLAG Academy Online! One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make...
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Something to Talk About Live: November 19, 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 program to create conversation about...
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Something to Talk About Live: September 10, 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 program to create conversation about LGBTQ+...
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Something to Talk About Live: August 20, 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 program to create conversation about LGBTQ+...
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Something to Talk About Live: June 25, 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 program to create conversation about...
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February 27, 2019
Transgender Day of Visibility
The International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an annual day of recognition, celebrated around the world on March 31st, which is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and victories of transgender and gender-expansive people, while simultaneously raising awareness of the...
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Training Toolkit: Our Trans and Nonbinary Loved Ones: Owning Your Role in Creating More Inclusive PFLAG Chapters
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Our Trans and Nonbinary Loved Ones: Owning Your Role in Creating More Inclusive PFLAG Chapters webinar or in-person training. One of our key goals is...
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October 31, 2020
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
Please join us, along with our friends from Waves Ahead, on Friday, November 20th for a special virtual vigil in honor of TDOR.
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October 20, 2018
Won't Be Erased: PFLAG National Statement on Transgender Erasure by the Administration
Today, PFLAG National released the following statement from board member Stephanie Battaglino:
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Something to Talk About: January 2018
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 Learning & Inclusion through the Straight for Equality...
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Keeping Siblings Seen and Supported with Dr. Anderson and Mr. Doherty
Gender diversity impacts everyone in a family. When a family stands out for any reason, each member is likely to handle this differently. In the community, siblings of gender...
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Nuestros Seres Queridos Trans: Una Nueva Traducción al Español
Estamos muy orgullosos de anunciar el primero de nuestras nuevas traducciones actualizadas en Español de todas nuestras publicaciones nacionales de PFLAG. La miembro de la junta Isolda Atayde lidera el...
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Coming Out Day: Creating the Safety and Extended Family Support System Our LGBTQ+ Loved Ones Need
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....
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Gender Basics for Parents with Joel Baum
Discussions of gender are everywhere these days. Unfortunately, these discussions can leave us more confused than ever. Whether for your own information, or to help you support parents of...
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Gender Basics for Parents with Gender Spectrum and PFLAG
As you work with families in the PFLAG community, you may be encountering new and changing understandings of gender. PFLAG is hearing from more and more parents whose children are transgender, nonbinary or otherwise gender-expansive, and our leaders need the...
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Health Risk Behaviors among Gender Expansive Students with Alison Gill
In addition to transgender youth, gender expansive (also called gender nonconforming or nonbinary) youth are receiving a great deal of attention in the media and among educators and policymakers. However,...
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Welcome, 20/20 Viewers!
Tonight's episode of 20/20, which included focus on families of transgender kids, helped elevate the conversation going on across the country regarding gender identity and gender expression. For some, it may have answered questions, while for others it may have...
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March 29, 2017
PFLAG National on North Carolina Legislature’s So-Called HB2 Repeal; it’s not a repeal.
WASHINGTON—PFLAG National—the nation's largest organization uniting families, allies, and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)—issued the following statement from Di
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FAQs: Rescission of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students
Answers to your most pressing questions.
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January 5, 2017
Dear Abby Suggests PFLAG Approach to Family
A family's negative reaction sends a strong message.
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December 18, 2016
PFLAG National Joins Call for Immediate Full Repeal of North Carolina’s HB2
WASHINGTON, DC—PFLAG National—the nation's largest organization uniting families, allies, and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)—has called for th
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November 1, 2016
PFLAG Provides Support for Families with Trans Kids
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
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Films on Gender
While transgender representation has too often tended to range from nonexistent to dismal, this isn’t and hasn’t always been the case. The films below include both narrative and documentaries...
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Transgender Reading List for Young Adults
While there's no road map to the young adult years (much to some people's dismay), that doesn't mean that it's completely uncharted territory. If you are, or think you...
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Our Children
OUR CHILDREN offers a fresh eye for families and others about what to do when a loved ones comes out.
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NCLR Transgender Youth Project
National Center for Lesbian Rights
NCLR has launched the Transgender Youth Project to make it easier for transgender youth to live authentically—and with respect—in all aspects of their lives. Building on more than 20 years of advocacy on behalf of the transgender community, the project takes on precedent-setting cases to expand legal protections for youth, advocates for inclusive, affirming, and welcoming policies at all levels of government, and furthers equality through public education.
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Our Trans & Nonbinary Loved Ones: Owning Your Role in Creating More Inclusive PFLAG Chapters
PFLAG is dedicated to providing support to trans and non-binary folks and their families, educating the community about the issues that trans and non-binary people face, and advocating for fully...
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An Inclusive Pride
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...
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Our Trans Loved Ones
Written by PFLAG staff members, and created with the help of content experts, reviewers, and PFLAGers with experience to share, OUR TRANS LOVED ONES is full of information, first-person stories,...
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Transgender Reading List for Children
Parents looking for age-appropriate reading material for younger children who are transgender, gender expansive, or simply have a lot of questions, might think that their options are limited. Happily, that’s...
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Camps for Youth
What do you get when you combine s’mores, archery, arts, wilderness skills, and bug juice with a safe space for LGBTQ youth and families? The camps below all fit the...
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Recommended Reading: Coming Out
The reading list below is an excellent starting point in your coming-out journey ahead, since many of the titles listed cover the process both for those who are navigating a...
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A birthday note from PFLAG mom Joe Elle to her child...
Nine years ago I gave birth to a beautiful, perfect baby girl.
But this story begins even before...
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Being Transgender for Our Child
Six months ago, our ten year old began to identify as transgender. This after spending years trying to explain it and find a way to fit in at school and...
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Do Unto Others: An Open Letter from Violet About Her Gender Nonconforming Child
We're honored to share this open letter from Violet, the mom of a gender nonconforming child. Her words are powerful, moving...and we thank her for letting us share them here.
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From RAISING MY RAINBOW: This Is How A Father Should Love
Normally we don't share other blog posts here at A Note to My Kid. But this was such a special post, from one special parent to another, we couldn't resist. We hear so often about the mothers...this Father's Day post was just to gorgeous to ignore.
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