I am still hearing about folks using Salvation Army kettle “dollars” to let the Salvation Army know of their disapproval regarding the organization’s homophobic/transphobic policies. The first Salvation Army kettle protest “dollars” that I know of were created in November 2001 by Mary Scholl, then President of the PFLAG Genesee County, MI chapter. The graphic …
The beginning of Bill’s Story was a single page with photo of Bill and a simple statement about him committing suicide after a gay bashing. I had a request to people to help end the hate, and I mentioned being a member of PFLAG. A man in Los Angeles was searching for information about that …
Steve Schalchlin is coming to Olympia to do a very special Mother’s Day concert for PFLAG-Olympia! WooHoo! Can you tell I’m really happy about this?! In his Friday, April 03, 2009 blogging: Personal Appearances. Steve wrote: This whole new wave of personal appearances, culminating in the creation and design of a new live solo concert, …
I wanted to share this, which was written by Lance Helms who is the Gulf Regional Director for PFLAG: Subject: another view of the Inauguration plans As a native Atlantan, I’m somewhat sorry to see the choice of Rev. Warren overshadow the choice of Rev. Joseph Lowery, who will give the benediction — which is …
PFLAG-Olympia meets on Sunday. See you there? Yay! Noel is coming home for a couple of days on Monday which will be cool. Here’s a good article on coming out, which I commented on at the Bilerico site: I’m Not Out. But, Ya know, They Knowby Eric Leven ~ May 8, 2008 ~ The Bilerico …
Yes its another anniversary. Bill died thirteen years ago. Thank you to all of you who remembered and to all of you who are out there doing things to turn hate to love, acceptance and celebration. Every thing we do counts. I’ve just helped put two new blogs are online and I wanted to mention …
Sunday, February 10, 2-4:30 pmPFLAG-Olympia The Not-So-Straight Truth About Our Schools!What’s really going on in our schools for GLBTQ kids? A candid conversation about the school environment for GLBTQ youth,with local School District Representatives talking with us about diversity. There is a small change in the format of our meeting for this event. This meeting …
Fear and Loathing on the (Trans-Inclusive) ENDA Trailby Katrina C. Rose here in pdf format. Katrina C. Rose is a transgender legal historian and is licensed to practice law in Texas and Minnesota. She is the author of “Three Names in Ohio: In re Bicknell, In re Maloney and Hope For Recognition That The Gay-Transgender …
I received an email today that led me to this article: When he was in eighth grade, Ari Beighley told his closest friends at school he was gay. But he kept his silence at home for two more years, his homosexuality hidden in the midst of his conservative evangelical Christian family. “Then I just didn’t …