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Feb 6th – PFLAG First Monday Support Meeting 7:30pm
Monday Feb 06, 2012 ( 8 days left ) Link
Meeting Details
When : Monday Feb 6th, 2012
Time : 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Where: UUCA, 1911 Cliff Valley Way NE, Atlanta, GA 30329 (the entrance is situated on the I-85N access road between N. Druid Hills Rd and Clairmont Rd – see map below)
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You will find us in one of the rooms off the main lobby when you climb up the steps and enter through the main glass doors.
Feb 19th – 3rd Sunday Meeting – Vandy Beth Glenn
Sunday Feb 19, 2012 ( 21 days left ) Link
Vandy Beth Glenn will be speaking to PFLAG Atlanta on Sunday Feb 19th 2012 at First MCC.
From the GA Voice: Fired in 2007 by then-Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby for deciding to transition genders on the job, Glenn won her lawsuit against Brumby and the state this month when a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that Brumby, who retired in August, wrongly fired her. Glenn was represented by Lambda Legal. The courts ruled the state violated the Equal Protection Clause, a part of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In this case, the courts ruled Glenn was fired due to sex discrimination because she didn’t fit the gender norms that Brumby believed she should have.
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If I had to give a reason I think most LGBT people are afraid to come out, it would have to be judgment. No matter the family you come from or the religion you believe in, there is always a chance that someone important in your life will judge you. It’s this fear that stops many of us from admitting to who we are and living our life freely. Will Thomason, a senior in college, faced this fear boldly. Despite the sacrifice he had to make, he refused to back down and renounce who he is. Read the full post »
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You always have a home in PFLAG Atlanta!
Welcome to an organization that supports true family values. PFLAG (pronounced :”P-Flag”) is a worldwide, non-profit, volunteer and community-based organization of parents, family and friends of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered persons. PFLAG began in 1972, when one mother marched in the gay pride parade in New York supporting her gay son. Jeanne Manford carried a placard that said, “Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for our Children.” Our journey began there.
