Support

We Are the Change--are you? Register now!

We're just a little over two weeks away from We Are the Change, and we've got details available on all of our workshops! Check out great sessions like:

• Gender-Critical Rhetoric: The Language Fueling the Anti-Trans Fire
• Beyond the Binary: Supporting People with Expansive Identities
• How Do You Really Support LGBTQ+ Youth Today?
• What's The Good News?: Progress in Faith Communities

and so much more. 

Check out the agenda, and register now. We are the change - and we can't change things without YOU! 

Education

Three Steps to Being Ready for LGBTQ+ History Month

October is LGBTQ+ History Month! Be sure to brush up on your LGBTQ+ history so that you’re ready to go all month long.

1. Learn: Check out pflag.org/lgbthistoryrecording to take a look at some websites, films, books, and other resources that will help you learn more about LGBTQ+ history, no matter where you are on your learning journey. Be sure to visit the official LGBT History Month website to learn more about the month as a whole and some of the icons that will be celebrated.
2. Watch: PFLAG Academy On-Demand includes multiple sessions for those who would like to learn more about LGBTQ+ history and culture in the United States. Check out sessions like, “Don't Know Much About LGBTQ History?: The Ultimate LGBTQ History and Culture Extravaganza” and “When LGBTQ Past and Present Collide! How LGBTQ History Can Illuminate Today’s Challenges.” For some compelling listening, check out the Making Gay History podcast, with episodes featuring PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford and her son, activist Morty Manford, and past PFLAG National president Paulette Goodman.
3. Share: Share PFLAG’s LGBTQ+ History Month campaign on social media. Follow LGBTQ+ history accounts on social media, such as Making Gay History, The History Project and Queer History.

Advocacy

The new PFLAG National Advocacy hub: pflag.org/advocacy

Something to Talk About...Live!

Join PFLAG National live this Thursday, October 7 at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM for Something to Talk About Live! This week, we’ll be discussing "The LGBTQ+ History Exhibit That (Unfortunately) Made History," from Advocate, by Rodney Wilson.

We're also very excited to welcome two notable guests to the show this week: 

Journalist and author Eric Marcus is the founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast, which mines his decades-old audio archive of rare interviews to bring LGBTQ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it. Dr. Eric Cervini is an award-winning historian of LGBTQ+ politics, a NYT bestselling author, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his first book, THE DEVIANT’S WAR: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America. 

You can watch live on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

For more information--and to check out our discussion questions in advance--visit straightforequality.org/something-talk-about-live-october-7-2021.