Support

PFLAG Connects: Communities--Upcoming Meetings

PFLAG Connects: Communities provides a safe, virtual, facilitated space where people with shared experiences can connect each month. Our current communities gather people of Latino, Black/African American, and Asian American and Pacific Islander backgrounds to gain support, ask questions, and learn from others who have been through similar experiences. 

Our Latino and Black/African American communities have meetings coming up in July, and our next AAPI meeting is coming up in early August.

Learn more and encourage others to join by registering at pflag.org/connects/communities.

Education

Three Steps to Being a Better Disability Rights Advocate

July has been an important month in the history of disability rights ever since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. You can help celebrate Disability Pride Month throughout July with our tips below! 

1. Learn: Refresh your education on the Americans with Disabilities Act and its history. Visit websites for numerous disability rights organizations, including The Arc, RespectAbility, and TASH. Check out research about the experiences of LGBTQ+ people living with a disability in the US from the Movement Advancement Project.
2. Watch: Check out this episode of Something to Talk About Live! focused on the experiences of people who are LGBTQ+ and also living with a disability throughout history. Look for media that includes LGBTQ+ people with disabilities, such as the Netflix show Special or Amazon Prime's As We See It.
3. Share: Use social media to elevate the voices and stories of LGBTQ+ and disability rights advocates in their own words. Find an Arc chapter in your area and support them on social media.

Advocacy

Take Back Our Reproductive Freedom

Last week, the Supreme Court overturned five decades of settled precedent and took away the constitutional federal right to an abortion.

We at PFLAG National know just how critical it is to protect the right to reproductive health, including the right to abortion. Studies indicate that when people don’t have access to abortion they can experience educational decline, greater mental health problem rates, and economic loss. Reproductive healthcare must be available for everyone, whether you were assigned female at birth, are intersex, cisgender, or transgender.

It is critical that our elected leaders step up and take action. Call your Senators and tell them to advance legislation to protect reproductive rights by passing legislation like the Women's Health Protection Act, and the EACH Act.

Inaction is not an option. Tell your Senators to defend our rights NOW!

Something to Talk About...Live!

Legends of Drag

International Drag Day, an annual celebration of all things drag on July 16, was founded in 2009 by Adam Stewart to honor drag performers and thank them for their ongoing impact on queer culture. Commemorated with performances, educational events, and more International Drag day is an opportunity for us all to learn more about “all those fierce queens right through to the butch kings.” 

Join us this Thursday, July 7^th at 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT for Something to Talk About Live! where we will be discussing “Celebrating ‘Legends’ Who Catwalk Among Us", which appeared in the New York Times by Christopher Barnard. We're excited to welcome to the conversation Harry James Hanson, co-author of the book Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age.

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

To learn more--and to check out our discussion questions in advance--visit pflagnation.al/STTALive-070722.