PFLAG (other)
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is an American LGBTQ organization. PFLAG may also refer to: *PFLAG Canada * PFLAG China See also *Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (FFLAG) is a voluntary organisation and registered charity in the United Kingdom which offers support to parents and their lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgender children. They have a national telephone he ...

PFLAG
PFLAG is the United States' first and largest organization uniting parents, families, and allies with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+). PFLAG National is the national organization, which provides support to the PFLAG network of local chapters. PFLAG has over 400 chapters across the United States, with more than 200,000 members and supporters. ''PFLAG'' (pronounced ) is no longer an acronym, but just the name of the organization. Prior to 2014, the acronym stood for Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (later broadened to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). Until removal of the hyphen in 1993 the name was officially styled as P-FLAG. In 2014 the membership of the organization voted to officially change the name to PFLAG to reflect the decades of fully inclusive work it had been doing in the LGBTQ+ community. History In April 1972, Jeanne Manford, an elementary school teacher, and her husband were at home in Flushing, Q ...
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PFLAG Canada
PFLAG Canada is a national non-profit organization which brings together family and friends of LGBT people in Canada. It was begun separately and without knowledge of the American PFLAG which performs the same functions in the United States. As of November 2014 PFLAG Canada has over 70 chapters and/or contacts in nine Canadian provinces. The board of directors is responsible for six regions across Canada, and includes a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer among others. History In Toronto in the 1970s, meetings of non-LGBT but welcoming family members were held under the banner of Parents Of Gays (POG). Changes were accelerated by Rev. Brent Hawkes of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, who brought Betty Fairchild, co-author of ''Now That You Know'', to POG meetings. After POG was advertised in ''Chatelaine'', Anne Rutledge of Mississauga contacted June Tattle (a friend of Fairchild and parent of a gay child), after which POG was amalgamated with Families ...
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PFLAG China
{{infobox organization , name = PFLAG China , native_name = 同性恋亲友会 , native_name_lang = zh , logo = PFLAG China Logo.svg , abbreviation = 亲友会 , formation = 2008 , founder = Hu Zhijun, Wu Youjian , type = NGO , purpose = serve and support LGBT individuals in China , headquarters = Guangzhou, Guangdong, China , region_served = People's Republic of China , leader_title = Chief Executive Officer , leader_name = Hu Zhijun , website = http://www.pflag.org.cn PFLAG China (同性恋亲友会 in Chinese), founded in Guangzhou on June 28, 2008, is an NGO formed by LGBT individuals, their parents, friends and supporters to serve and support LGBT people. PFLAG China is an independent organization, named after the American organization called PFLAG. History * June 28, 2008 ** Founded in Guangzhou, China; * January 2009 ** Held 1st National LGBT Conference in Guangzhou, Chi ...
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