Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered 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. 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.
As amended by the PFLAG membership, September 12, 1998.
We Have Learned:
Our gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning (GLBTQ) daughters and sons come from all kinds of families. There is NO Pattern.
We Have Learned:
Our GLBTQ sons and daughters are the only child, the youngest/middle/ oldest child, one of twins. In some families one child is GLBTQ, in other families, two or more. There is NO Pattern.
We Have Learned:
To be free from the burden of guilt for our children’s natural, normal sexual orientation.
We Have Learned:
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To recognize our children’s expression of love as honest and moral.
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One day society will accept all of its members as equals regardless of sexual orientation.
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One day our daughters and sons, brothers and sisters, spouses and friends, will be accepted as the valuable human beings they are, respected for their intelligence, talents, and skills.
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