GLPCI - Gay and Lbian Parents Coaln Internatnal (now the Fay Pri Coaln) | AcronymFr

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• GAY AND LBIAN PARENTS COALN INTERNATNAL

GAY AND LBIAN PARENTS COALN INTERNATNAL

PFLAG, full Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays, formerly lled Parents FLAG, Amerin anizatn reprentg the terts of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny. Its missn is to brg tolerance and awarens of LGBTQ issu to the larger society through support, programmg, and legislatn and to fend human rights of LGBTQ ia for PFLAG was nceived 1972 when s founr, Jeanne Manford, walked wh her openly gay son, Morty, the Christopher Street Liberatn Day Para. Angered by the fact that the police had done nothg to help her son after he had been beaten at a gay rights prott two months before, she rried a sign that read “Parents of gays: une support of our children.

” Sce she was one of the first parents the Uned Stat to openly support her gay child, many gays and lbians approached her, askg if she uld speak wh their parents. C., at the Natnal March for Gay and Lbian Rights and cid to jo together as one anizatn. They were among the first anizatns to distribute accurate, posive rmatn about gay people to tnal stutns and muni of fah.

In the followg weeks, PFLAG received more than 7, 000 letters requtg rmatn and was also one of the first to take ncerns to Congrs and state legislators about gay civil rights. The anizatn also opposed sger Ana Bryant’s antigay csa and lobbied to end the U. Ary’s practice of dischargg gays and lbians bee of their sexual inti.

They tablishg succsful chapters nservative areas of the untry, long before gay rights issu beme popular the late 1990s. They even gaed support om first lady Barbara Bh, whose gay-posive ments were among the first to e out of the Whe Hoe. In 1993 PFLAG broaned s visn to clu bisexuals, and did so aga 1998 to clu transgenr has expand s missn not only to be a source of support for parents of gay children but also to support the siblgs, children, and iends of LGBTQ people.

PFLAG provis support groups and rourc as well as prehensive programs such as Our Hoe to the Courthoe program, which foc on pro-gay legislatn, and Youth and Schools, which giv tools and rourc to schools to promote a safe environment for LGBTQ stunts.

This llectn nsists of the rerds of Fay Equaly Council, a natnal advocy anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) parents, guardians, and alli. The issu that arise lbian- and gay-parented fai are a functn of two.

created by this suatn generat unique needs for the approximately 5 ln gay. and gay-parented fai are largely que different om the heterosexually-parented.

This is a mol, however, which appli to no lbian and gay parented fai.