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  PFLAG Denton County, Texas — Keeping Families Together
PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, is a national organization and support group that provides support, education, and opportunities for advocacy on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) persons.
PFLAG Denton is part of the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Inc., a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to offer a support group structure for our members.
As a support group, PFLAG provides the support we need to overcome these initial reactions, which are normal, and to move towards a deeper understanding and acceptance of your loved one's homosexuality, bisexuality or transgenderism.
www.pflagdenton.org   (895 words)

  
 PFLAG Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
PFLAG provides opportunities for dialog about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG (p-flag) is a worldwide, non-profit, volunteer and community-based organization of parents, family and friends of sexual minorities.
PFLAG affiliates are located in over 485 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and eleven other countries.
www.pflaghouston.org   (467 words)

  
 PFLAG
PFLAG was founded in 1973 by mothers and fathers of gays and lesbians.
These cherished members of the PFLAG family are an integral stripe in the multi-cultural flag of diversity that is the backbone of this nation.
PFLAG knows how to educate a misinformed society because many of us were once misinformed ourselves.
www.siouxlandpride.net /PFLAG.htm   (862 words)

  
 STAY CLOSE :: PFLAG
PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends, of Lesbians and Gays) encourages families and friends to stay close to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people in their lives.
PFLAG is a primarily heterosexual organization that provides a place where parents, siblings and friends of gay people can deal with their stresses and fears, learn from knowledgeable and accepting families, and ultimately build stronger, closer relationships with their gay loved ones.
PFLAG has over 500 affiliates in the US, who work to provide opportunities for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and act to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
www.stayclose.org   (481 words)

  
 PFLAG Placerville/El Dorado County: Home page
PFLAG is a national organization that started in 1972, and has since opened affiliate chapters in more than 460 communities across America.
PFLAG's mission is to promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons (referred to on this site as the GLBT community), and their families and friends.
PFLAG provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual/affectional orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
www.pflagplacerville.org   (131 words)

  
 PFLAG - Jackson, Michigan Chapter Website
PFLAG provides the opportunity for confidential dialogue about sexual orientation, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG Jackson meets the Second Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, at the Immanuel Luthern Church on the corner of W. Michigan and Brown Street.
PFLAG would like to hear from organizations, schools, and groups who offer support and services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth.
www.webspawner.com /users/pflagjackson   (946 words)

  
 PFLAG Montgomery, Alabama
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through:
PFLAG provides opportunity for dialog about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG welcomes participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize, this vision.
www.pflagmontgomery.homestead.com   (158 words)

  
 Seattle PFLAG: Volunteer
Our PFLAG Speakers Bureau consists of volunteers who go out into the community to share their own personal stories to help others understand what PFLAG is all about.
PFLAG Seattle makes a great effort to be visible in the Seattle GLBT community and beyond by participating in local functions and community and cultural events.
PFLAG Seattle wouldn't be where it is today without the kindness of its members and donors.
www.seattle-pflag.org /volunteer.php   (772 words)

  
 Winchester PFLAG
PFLAG: We are parents, family and friends of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered persons (GLBT), along with members of the gay community, who believe ALL our loved ones are worthy of respect, caring and full civil rights.
We are a volunteer, non-profit organization, a local chapter of PFLAG, INC., a broad-based national organization, which now has over 490 chapters and contacts across the country and a membership of 75,000 households.
PFLAG provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
www.pflagwinchester.org   (727 words)

  
 Outwilmington.com
PFLAG affiliates uphold PFLAG’s mission by providing local support, education and advocacy for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, their families and friends.
PFLAG chapters educate their communities through a variety of local projects and nationally PFLAG continues to provide fair and accurate information about GLBT people and their loved ones.
PFLAG's top priorities also include working for safe schools for all students and working to build and support models of inclusion to make PFLAG and our work relevant for all diverse communities.
outwilmington.com /PFLAGofWilmington.htm   (1673 words)

  
 Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to PFLAG's mission statement, the organization "promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights." [1]
Stay Close[2] is a national campaign started in 2006 by PFLAG that encourages the family and friends of a LGBT persons to give them support.
The PFLAG Northeast Regional Conference[3] for family, friends, and allies from across the region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PFLAG   (264 words)

  
 PFLAG Cornhusker - PFLAG Membership
PFLAG is the only non-gay organization dedicated solely to the purpose of healing family relationships through peer support; education to our members and to the public; and advocacy for the full civil rights of our gay, lesbian, and bisexual family members and friends.
Neither PFLAG Cornhusker or the Federation ever sells, trades or rents their mailing lists to any other organization or company.
PFLAG relies on membership dues and newsletter subscriptions for most of our income.
www.pflag-cornhusker.org /members.html   (332 words)

  
 PFLAG Ottawa
PFLAG Ottawa provides a comfortable open atmosphere where families, friends, spouses, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and trans persons can share their feelings and experiences.
PFLAG provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender expression,and acts to ensure a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG is committed to helping others learn what we have learned and to help change attitudes to ensure an environment of understanding so our gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans loved ones can live with dignity, pride and self-respect.
www.gaycanada.com /pflag-ottawa   (1089 words)

  
 PFLAG
PFLAG - The nation's largest family-based group of its kind - began in 1972, when a courageous mother marched with her gay son in New York City's gay pride parade.
PFLAG affiliates nationwide, including our Princeton Chapter, provide support and information to counter myths and misinformation about sexual orientation and gender identity.
PFLAG knows how to educate a misinformed society because many of us were once misinformed ourselves.
www.pflagprinceton.org   (407 words)

  
 TRIANGLE PFLAG - North Carolina
PFLAG is an all volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping parents and their gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (lgbtq) children understand each other.
Although many members of PFLAG are parents of lgbtq sons and daughters, other relatives, friends, straight spouses and lgbtq individuals are also active members of PFLAG.
PFLAG works tirelessly to change public policies and affect attitudes in order to create a tolerant, healthy society that is respectful of diversity.
www.pflagtriangle.org   (386 words)

  
 PFLAG Portland, Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Indeed, our mission at PFLAG is to embrace our children and to challenge the notion that there is anything “wrong” with them.
We attend PFLAG meetings, lobby days in Salem, and committees at organizations around the area to make sure that the needs of our gay sons, daughters, friends and family members are represented.
He will speak at the Portland PFLAG April meeting and talk about his life and what it's like to be an openly gay politician.
www.pflagpdx.org   (610 words)

  
 STAY CLOSE :: PFLAG
So in 2002, PFLAG NY took the lead in developing an awareness campaign to get the word out about the PFLAG organization to parents, families, teachers, clergy, politicians, GLBT people, and the general public.
The goal was to reach people who would most benefit from PFLAG's services and, ultimately, to increase acceptance, reduce bigotry, and change hearts and minds.
PFLAG NY recruited talented individuals from various fields (advertising, PR, law, media) to work pro bono on the awareness effort, which became known as the "Stay Close" campaign.
www.stayclose.org /campaign/default.asp   (227 words)

  
 Welcome to PFLAG of North Jersey
PFLAG was founded in 1981 by 25 parents concerned with society's attitude toward their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered children.
PFLAG North Jersey publishes a monthly newsletter, PFLAG Waver, for members and subscribers, provides topical speakers and discussions at meetings and staffs a telephone helpline, (973-267-8414) to provide information about and referral to relevant community services.
PFLAG North Jersey is part of the International Parents' FLAG Federation, Visit Pflag National website with chapters in fifty states and many foreign countries, all working for civil rights for gay people and for true family values for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people and their loved ones.
www.pflagnorthjersey.org   (418 words)

  
 Idaho PFLAG - Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Home Page
Founded in 1981, PFLAG has become one of the most respected and effective grassroots organizations in the United States.
PFLAG speaks for those of us who are concerned about society's attitudes toward our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered loved ones.
As well as offering opportunities for dialogue about sexual orientation, PFLAG works tirelessly to change public policies and affect attitudes in order to create a tolerant, healthy society that is respectful of diversity.
www.idahopflag.org   (436 words)

  
 PFLAG Tucson Home Page
PFLAG provides opportunity to dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identify, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
PFLAG support meetings are held on the first Wednesday evening of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the offices of Residence Life on the University of Arizona Campus.
PFLAG Tucson is now registered with Network for Good so that we can receive donations on-line.
www.pflagtucson.org   (365 words)

  
 P-FLAG MACON GEORGIA CHAPTER
PFLAG is a national organization of over 400 active chapters serving the needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgendered people.
The content of PFLAG meetings are confidential and our members are understanding and respectful.
Members of PFLAG are available for speaking appearances and discussion groups for issues relevant to the Gay community.
www.pflagmacon.org   (273 words)

  
 Seymour PFLAG Home
Seymour PFLAG was founded in January of 1995 because there was a local need for support and education and the existing PFLAG chapters were not close enough to our community.
PFLAG is a national non-profit organization organized in more than 440 communities in all 50 states, and represents more than 80,000 member households, donors and supporters.
PFLAG is best known for local support groups, and they remain the heart of PFLAG’s work in communities.
www.seymour.org /Community/pflag   (638 words)

  
 PFLAG San Francisco
Welcome to PFLAG San Francisco, the local chapter of a national organization.
PFLAG (pronounced "P"-Flag) is a non-profit group that has more than 500 members and supporters from at least 500 affiliates.
We're a group of volunteers who promote the well-being of GLBT people, their families and friends through support, education and advocacy.
www.pflagsf.org   (232 words)

  
 Pflag Akron - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is an all volunteer, nonprofit organization founded in 1981, largely through the efforts of one Akron mother and a gay professor at Kent State University.
PFLAG Akron-oldest of 20 Ohio chapters-is a member of the National Federation of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays founded in 1981 in Los Angeles.
The National PFLAG office is located in Washington DC.
www.pflagakron.org   (215 words)

  
 PFLAG-NH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
New Hampshire is home to seven PFLAG chapters, so there's probably one closer to home than you might think.
We provide support to parents, children, and friends who are coming to terms with their gay, lesbian, bisexual, trangender, intersex, and questioning loved ones.
PFLAG NH has been actively involved in the debate for civil unions recently at the NH State House.
www.pflagnh.org   (241 words)

  
 PFLAG Cincinnati
The Greater Cincinnati chapter of PFLAG is happy to provide a speaker or panel for your group, organization, business, school, or church.
PFLAG's policy of confidentiality is observed at all meetings.
The 2007 PFLAG Scholarship Banquet was held on March 3, 2007, at The Madison in Covington.
www.geocities.com /pflagcinci   (266 words)

  
 PFLAG Pensacola
PFLAG is a non-profit organization that promotes communication, health, well being and acceptance of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people within their families and friends.
In fact, PFLAG itself stands for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
We here in Pensacola invite you to attend one of our monthly meetings for an informal and informational look on issues, concerns, joys, and problems that gay people, along with their families and friends, wrestle with every day.
www.pflagpensacola.org   (104 words)

  
 PFLAG - Olympia, WA
PFLAG - Olympia, WA Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is the nation's foremost family-based organization committed to the civil rights of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons.
PFLAG was founded in 1972 by Jeanne Manford, whose son had been beaten at a gay rights protest two months before while police did nothing.
She carried a sign at the Pride march that said, "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support of Our Children." She was joined to form PFLAG by other mothers and fathers, and now PFLAG has 200,000 members and supporters in more than 500 chapters throughout the United States.
www.pflag-olympia.org   (551 words)

  
 Asian Pacific PFLAG
PFLAG, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, is a nationwide organization with over 442 chapters in the US.
For Asian friends and families (such as ours) the silence bred ignorance in our lives, and so the shock of our friends (and our daughter) coming out to us was quite difficult to deal with.
That is why with a group of other Asian parents, we are planning to start the API PFLAG project in Los Angeles.
www.pflag.gapsn.org /resources/pflag.asp   (848 words)

  
 TGS-PFLAG Frequently Asked Questions
PFLAG is a national organization with over 380 local chapters which provides support, education and advocacy.
In 1995 Ellie Altman established a PFLAG chapter in Northbrook, Ill. dedicated to the support of parents of transgenders.
A mother of a gay son and vice president of Brooklyn PFLAG, Emily became interested in transgender issues at the 1995 PFLAG Convention.
www.critpath.org /pflag-talk/tgsfaq.html   (2007 words)

  
 PFLAG :|: Saint Paul/Minneapolis Chapter
With local affiliates in more than 460 communities across the United States and abroad, PFLAG is the largest grassroots-based family organization of its kind.
PFLAG is a nonprofit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institutions.
PFLAG is funded entirely by members' dues and donations from concerned individuals, corporations, and foundations.
www.pflagtc.org   (418 words)

  
 Central Dakota PFLAG
entral Dakota PFLAG is a non-profit, tax exempt organization of parents, families, and friends of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons.
Central Dakota PFLAG is funded entirely by member's dues and donations from concerned individuals.
One or possibly two pastors from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be there to talk about their efforts to reach out the members of the GLBT community.
pflagcd.tripod.com   (291 words)

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