We have lots of ways to connect this week, through our pillars of Support, Education, and Advocacy; check them out below!
Support Meet Virtually Through PFLAG Connects
Nearly 150 PFLAG Chapters have signed up to deliver their support, education, and advocacy services through the PFLAG Connects system. Are you online yet?
If you're a PFLAG chapter and you haven't taken advantage of your free access to PFLAG Connects, there's still time to sign up! We've created a quick 12-minute video to show you the features of the system, along with where to find all the technical support you'll need for success. Click here to access the new video introduction to get started.
Education Three Steps to Being...a Better Healthcare Advocate
Just because you’re staying in doesn’t mean doesn’t mean your ally skills should slow down! So, stay safe and take these steps to engage:
Learn: Check out straightforequality.org/healthcare to learn more about PFLAG National’s efforts to create more inclusive healthcare settings and to improve culturally competent care for people who identify as LGBTQ+.
Watch: From Transilient and PFLAG National, Climbing Every Mountain is a 5-episode series that documents the crucial need for behavioral and medical health care for transgender, gender-expansive, and nonbinary people living in the Appalachia region.
Share: Did you know that GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality has a provider directory, created to help you locate LGBTQ+-inclusive healthcare providers? Share a link to their resource with people today.
Advocacy Make Good Trouble to Honor Representative John Lewis
As PFLAGers everywhere mourn the death of Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) it is our responsibility to honor him with action.
Rest in power, Congressman Lewis. (Read PFLAG National's full statement here.)
Something to Talk About...Live!
Join PFLAG National live this Thursday, July 23rd at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT for Something to Talk About Live, where this week we'll be discussing the article "LGBTQ+ Populations Experience Newfound Anxiety and Depression in COVID-19 Pandemic" by Scott Maier for UCSF.edu. You can watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter.
