PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays)
Advocacy - LGBTQ+
PFLAG - National Office
1625 K St NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC, 20006
Distance: 393 Miles
(202) 467-8180
love@pflag.org
https://pflag.org/resource/advocacy-101-resources
Service Details
Description
Program that works on behalf of individuals and/or groups to make sure that they receive the benefits and services for which they are eligible
Additional Information
Advocacy and support organization provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Promotes the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people, their families and friends by offering education and advocacy including:
* Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for All - Working with schools and stakeholders, providing support, resources, training, creative programs, and model policy to create an atmosphere of respect and make schools safer for all students
* PFLAG Academy Online - Monthly online learning sessions for members
* Finding a community after coming out
Features
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Area Served by County
- Aitkin County
- Anoka County
- Becker County
- Beltrami County
- Benton County
- Big Stone County
- Blue Earth County
- Brown County
- Carlton County
- Carver County
- Cass County
- Chippewa County
- Chisago County
- Clay County
- Clearwater County
- Cook County
- Cottonwood County
- Crow Wing County
- Dakota County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Faribault County
- Fillmore County
- Freeborn County
- Goodhue County
- Grant County
- Hennepin County
- Houston County
- Hubbard County
- Isanti County
- Itasca County
- Jackson County
- Kanabec County
- Kandiyohi County
- Kittson County
- Koochiching County
- Lac qui Parle County
- Lake County
- Lake of the Woods County
- Le Sueur County
- Lincoln County
- Lyon County
- Mahnomen County
- Marshall County
- Martin County
- McLeod County
- Meeker County
- Mille Lacs County
- Morrison County
- Mower County
- Murray County
- Nicollet County
- Nobles County
- Norman County
- Olmsted County
- Otter Tail County
- Pennington County
- Pine County
- Pipestone County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Ramsey County
- Red Lake County
- Redwood County
- Renville County
- Rice County
- Rock County
- Roseau County
- Scott County
- Sherburne County
- Sibley County
- St. Louis County
- Statewide
- Stearns County
- Steele County
- Stevens County
- Swift County
- Todd County
- Traverse County
- Wabasha County
- Wadena County
- Waseca County
- Washington County
- Watonwan County
- Wilkin County
- Winona County
- Wright County
- Yellow Medicine County
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Specialization
- Family
- LGBTQ Community
Eligibility
Friends, family members and professional allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
Fees
Many resources are available for free to all online. Local groups set their own membership structure.
Area Served
Nationwide
Websites
Last Update
12/5/2024
Other Locations
This provider does not offer this service at other locations.
Other Services or resources
Taxonomy Terms Used: Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.
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FP-0500.2500Group Advocacy Definition
Programs that intervene on behalf of groups of people who have a common grievance against a public or private service provider or who believe that their rights have been violated, and which attempt to reach an equitable settlement without resorting to litigation.
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YJ-5065Families/Friends of LGBTQ2+ Individuals Definition
The parents, children, heterosexual spouses or partners, friends or other relatives or significant others of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning.
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YS-8500Transgender Individuals Definition
An umbrella term for people whose gender identity is not in harmony with their birth assignment, or who experience their gender identity as radically different from what is expected of a "man" or "woman". It includes but is not limited to people who identify as transgender, trans woman, trans man, transsexual, gender non-conforming, gender variant, gender queer or pangender. Many communities live under this umbrella but there is no single or universal experience of what it means to be trans (a word used interchangeably with "transgender").
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YT-2400.1000Bisexuals Definition
Individuals who look to both men and women for sexual and emotional relationships.
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YT-2400.2500Gay Men Definition
Men who primarily look to other men for sexual and emotional relationships.
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YT-2400.4500Lesbians Definition
Women who primarily look to other women for sexual and emotional relationships.
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YT-2400.4550LGBTQ2+ Youth Definition
Adolescents and young adults who identify as part of the gender and sexually expansive community including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit or coming out or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.