East Texas PFLAG
PFLAG supports GLBT people, their families and friends through PFLAG chapter support group meetings.  PFLAG educates families and provides public education on sexual orientation, gender identity and GLBT issues.  PFLAG chapters educate their communities through a variety of local projects; and nationally, PFLAG continues to provide fair and accurate information about GLBT people and their loved ones.  PFLAG also advocates for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.

East Texas PFLAG
P.O. Box 130703
Tyler, Texas 75713
903-330-8901

You do not have to give your full name.
Any information that you do give is kept strictly confidential.
TYLER AFFILIATE

Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 7:15 p.m.

MEETING LOCATION:
Tyler Unity Center of Practical Christianity
14024 Hwy 155 South in Tyler
2.8 miles south of Loop 323



Call Rhonda at 903-714-2844 or
Troy at 903-330-8901 for more information.










Email:
etxpflag@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/easttexaspflag
http://www.tridd.com
2009 PFLAG Dues
$30 per household ($15 will stay in East Texas and $15 will be sent to our national office in Washington, D.C.) 
Make your check payable to East Texas PFLAG and mail to
P.O. Box 130703, Tyler, Texas 75713-0703
Mission of PFLAG

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families, and friends through: support to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy; to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.  PFLAG provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity; and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Vision of PFLAG

We, the parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgenderedpersons, celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.  Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively.  PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize, this vision.
History behind PFLAG

In 1972, Morton Manford was physically attacked at a gay rights protest demonstration in New York City.  Morty's parents, Jeanne and Jules Manford, saw the attack on a local newscast and witnessed the police's failure to intervene.  Their outrage turned them into activists.

Jeanne Manford later marched with her gay son in New York City's Pride Day Parade, carrying a sign that said, "We Love Our Gay Children."  Afterwards, many gay and lesbian people begged her to talk to their parents.  She decided to begin a support group where parents could meet in a safe and non-judgmental place and begin to understand that nothing was wrong with their kids.

The first support group met in March, 1973, with 20 people attending.  In response to the need, similar groups sprang up around the country and in 1979, the handful of support groups around the country met in Washington, D.C. to coincide with the first national march for gay rights.  Two years later, PFLAG was officially formed.