PFLAG—Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays.
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(All information was taken from the PFLAG website. http://www.pflag.org/)
“In 1972, Jeanne Manford started an international movement when she marched with her son Mortie in New York’s Gay Pride Parade. Enraged that her 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.’” During the parade many gays and lesbians begged Jeanne to talk to their parents about gay support. Upon these many requests Jeanne decided to begin a support group. This support group started out as a group of 20 meeting in a local church and evolved into what we know as PFLAG today.
Vision. PLAG allows parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, to celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize this vision.
Mission. PFLAG 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.
PGLAG has five strategic goals.
1. Build the capacity of our organization at every level so that we may have all the resources, in the form of information, people and funding, necessary to move forward in our work with the greatest possible effect.
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2. Create a world in which our young people may grow up and be educated with freedom from fear of violence, bullying and other forms of discrimination, regardless of their real or perceived gender identity or sexual orientation or that of their families.
3. Make our vision and our message accessible to the broadest range of ethnic and cultural communities, ending the isolation of families with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender family members within those communities.
4. Create a society in which all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons may enjoy, in every aspect of their lives, full civil and legal equality and may participate fully in all the rights, privileges and obligations of full citizenship in this country.
5. Work toward full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons within their chosen communities of faith. )))
