| Dear John: We hope you had a meaningful holiday weekend, however you chose to spend it. The PFLAG National team is back and recharged, ready for another jam-packed week. There is no shortage of events happening and we have some great opportunities for you to get involved this week—showing up for World AIDS Day and protecting reproductive health, to name just a couple. Check out all the ways below to stay connected! |
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| | Support Join us for the next PFLAG Connects: Communities Latino Meeting We’ve had such a wonderful time during our first two PFLAG Connects: Communities Latino community meetings. We have been lucky enough to be joined by folks from within our PFLAG chapter network and outside the organization, and we hope that you’ll consider joining us for our next meeting! If you’re a Latino person who is the family member of an LGBTQ+ person or you’re a Latino LGBTQ+ person yourself, please join us this Thursday, December 2nd at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT for an hour-long meeting to talk about Latinidad and the LGBTQ+ community. REGISTER NOW ** ** ** Hemos tenido dos reuniones de PFLAG Connects: Comunidades para nuestra comunidad Latina excelentes. Hemos tenido la suerte de ser acompañados por personas afiliadas con PFLAG y también por personas fuera de la organización, y queremos que usted nos acompañe para la próxima. Si usted es una persona Latino con un miembro de familia LGBTQ+ or si usted es una persona LGBTQ+, por favor únase a nuestra reunión del jueves, 2 de diciembre a las 9pm tiempo este / 8pm tiempo central / 6pm tiempo del pacifico para una discusión sobre la Latinidad y la comunidad LGBTQ+. REGÍSTRESE |
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| | Education Three Steps to Being a Better World AIDS Day Advocate - Learn: Learn about the U.S. theme for World AIDS Day, Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone's Voice, and the newly updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Look at how LGBTQ+ and other communities are affected disproportionately in the U.S. Brush up on PFLAG’s policy positions, which include details about our board-approved policy statements on the FDA blood donation ban, inclusive sexuality education, HIV and STD prevention, and safe and welcoming schools. Finally, take a look at our recommendations for culturally competent healthcare for people who are LGBTQ+ or same-gender loving, including those who have HIV and AIDS.
- Watch: Watch our PFLAG Academy Online session about LGBTQ+ inclusive sexual education to stay mindful of safer sex practices. Additionally, register for an upcoming webinar hosted by HIV.gov to learn how the new Strategy can be used in communities to end the HIV epidemic, as well as how federal officials plan to use the Strategy within their own departments.
- Share: Post on social media to further educate and to share your support for World AIDS Day. You can also share HIV Basics and remind friends to know their status and get tested.
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| | Advocacy There has never been a time when PFLAG has not strongly supported a person’s right to bodily autonomy, privacy, and healthcare that is safe, affordable, and accessible. PFLAGers advocate for privacy in healthcare and personal relationships, the right to build families, access to reproductive health products like period products, condoms, IUDs, hormone therapies, and more, and for accurate and inclusive sexual health education. This fight has long extended to our antiracism work, as lack of access to safe and affirming healthcare disproportionately affects people of color, especially transgender people of color. The PFLAG National Board of Directors has unanimously affirmed a reproductive health policy. This Wednesday, December 1st, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization goes to the Supreme Court. There are a variety of meaningful actions you can take: |
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| | |  | Remember: We're here to help. Find us all at pflag.org/about/our-people. Let’s stay safe, stay healthy--and stay connected. We're here for you,
Team PFLAG National |
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