PFLAG contingent at San Francisco Pride 2004.

PFLAG - Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is a group of friends and family members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people that seeks to improve the well-being of LGBT people and their families through support, education, and advocacy as well as "to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights." Download high resolution version (2008x1418, 475 KB)PFLAG contingent at San Francisco Pride 2004. ... Download high resolution version (2008x1418, 475 KB)PFLAG contingent at San Francisco Pride 2004. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Gay Pride in San Francisco The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of what they are, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An interpersonal relationship is some relationship or connection between two people. ... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups, typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and in some cases ownership (as was the case in the Roman... Lesbian describes a homosexual woman. ... Look up gay on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bisexuality in human sexual behavior refers to one or more of aesthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire without regard to gender. ... Transgender is generally used as an overarching, general term for a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups centered around the full or partial reversal of gender roles; however, compare other definitions below. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an initialism used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... To discriminate is to make a distinction. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

The idea for the organization arose out of the New York Gay Pride Parade in 1972, in which Jeanne Manford marched alongside her gay son Morty, carrying a sign saying: "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support of Our Children." Many people came up to Manford during and after the parade, lauding her actions and inspiring her to form a support group for gays, which turned into PFLAG.

PFLAG has continued to grow since then, and now comprises 500 chapters and 250,000 members nationwide.

External link

• PFLAG
• International PFLAG Groups
• USA PFLAG Groups
• PFLAG Queens chapter (NYC USA)