Support

Join us for our next PFLAG Connects: Communities Black/African-American Meeting

Huge thanks to everyone who attended our inaugural PFLAG Connects: Communities Black/African-American meeting. We had great conversations led by our three amazing facilitators.

If you’re Black/African-American and looking for a space to talk about your own experience as an LGBTQ+ person or looking to support your LGBTQ+ loved one, please consider joining us for our next meeting tomorrow night. We’ll be meeting on Zoom at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT. We look forward to seeing you there!

Register now to join us.

Education

Three Steps to Being a Better Faith Ally

The holiday season is a time where people from a variety of faiths come together as communities of loved ones. Take a look at some ways to be mindful of being a better faith ally for others.

1. Learn: Read PFLAG’s publications Faith In Our Families (newly updated and now available in Spanish!) and be not afraid - help is on the way! straight for equality in faith communities to help you learn more about what you can do to be a better ally to individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ in your faith community.
2. Watch: Check out classic documentaries such as A Jihad for Love and Trembling Before G-d, which may be available on streaming services in your area or available to check-out virtually at your local library. Take a look at some episodes of Something To Talk About Live! that talk about faith, including one about being LGBTQ+ and Muslim, one about being LGBTQ+ and Christian, and one about being LGBTQ+ and Jewish.
3. Share: Follow organizations for LGBTQ+ people of faith, including Keshet, Muslims For Progressive Values, Affirmation, Q Christian Fellowship, and more, which can be found on PFLAG National's faith resource page on our website. And, as always, be sure to stay connected with PFLAG through the holiday season!

Advocacy

Let's Build Back Better

PFLAG National supports the Build Back Better Act, which will help all families thrive. The bill would expand pre-K for all 3- and 4-year old children; expand childcare subsidies, ensuring families pay no more than 7% of their income in childcare costs; and expand the ACA to include health insurance to people in states without expanded Medicaid, covering low-income people, seniors, and people with disabilities, including LGBTQ+ people, who might not otherwise be covered. The bill also includes benefits for same-sex couples, with a provision allowing those legally married before 2010 to amend previous tax returns and claim benefits denied to them during those years due to inequity in existing tax laws.

It’s important that Build Back Better is brought to the Senate floor and then supported by the House if changed from the House-passed version before going home for the holidays. 

Contact your Representative and two Senators--don’t forget to give them your address and tell them PFLAG sent you--and ask them to vote in favor of this important bill before going home.

Something to Talk About...Live!

May Your Holidays Be Merry and Gay

The holidays can be a difficult time for some LGBTQ+ folks, but we can all help to create and find happiness this winter. Join PFLAG National this Thursday, December 16th at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT for Something to Talk About Live! This will be our final live show of the year, and we'll be discussing "11 ways to spark queer joy this holiday season," from LGBTQ Nation, by Emily Bashforth. 

You can watch live on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

For more information--and to check out our discussion questions in advance--visit pflagnation.al/STTALive-121621.