PFLAG NATIONAL CELEBRATES HISTORIC VICTORIES FOR EQUALITY
Today, November 7, 2012, PFLAG National—the nation's original family and ally organization, and the largest grassroots-based non-profit for families, friends, and allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people—issued the following statement today from Executive Director Jody M. Huckaby...
Click here to read the full statement.
PFLAG National Mourns the Death of Former President Elinor Lewallen
PFLAG Then & Now...40 Years of Family and Ally Voices
40 years ago, Queens, New York schoolteacher Jeanne Manford marched with her gay son, Morty, in New York’s Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade carrying a sign that read “Parents of Gays Unite in Support for Our Children." She took this historic step after learning of an assault on his life due to his sexual orientation, while police stood by and did nothing to help him. The response to Manford's public support of her son was overwhelming and she was begged by parade participants to speak to other parents and families. Through the next year, this grassroots family and ally movement spread like wildfire and in 1973 Manford, along with a small group of dedicated parents, founded PFLAG, an organization for parents, families, friends, and straight allies to unite with LGBT people in a shared mission of support, education, and advocacy. That this movement spread so quickly—long before the age of the Internet and mobile phones—was clear evidence of the need for this organization, the first and only of its kind.
Over the next 12 months, we will celebrate PFLAG's 40th Anniversary by looking back at where we were, where we are now, and how far we still must go in our fight for the health and wellbeing of our LGBT loved ones.
Click here to take an historic look back: PFLAG Then & Now...40 Years of Family and Ally Voices
Press Coverage of PFLAG's 40th Anniversary Kick-Off
"A 40-Year Family Affair," Huffington Post Gay Voices
"Thank You, Jeanne Manford," Ms. Magazine Blog
"Happy 40th Birthday, PFLAG," AfterEllen.com
"PFLAG Kicks Off Its 40th Anniversary With A Year-Long Look Back at LGBT Equality," LGBTQ Nation
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This first-of-its-kind initiative—in partnership with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies and Walgreens Family of Companies—will raise awareness about bullying, and elevate the important work that PFLAG and its hundreds of chapters are doing in communities all over the country, forming partnerships to expand the circle of support to make schools safe for all children.
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To learn more about PFLAG’s
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www.pflag.org/safeschools.
For each coupon redeemed, $1.00 will be donated to PFLAG for its work up to $300,000. So please tell all the parents, families, friends and allies who support us and want to make schools safe about this campaign.
