10 Simple Things You Can Do To Make A Difference: Fighting Homophobia Become a member of PFLAG and join with thousands of people from all walks of life, working to end discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people. Teach your children that being gay is simply another means...    [READ MORE]

10 Easy Things Anyone Can Do To Fight The Right Know Yourself Develop your own position regarding the Radical Right. Root your position in personal experience. How does the Radical Right affect you? Begin with that question and let your responses spiral out from there. Channel Surf Be aware. Educate...    [READ MORE]

PFLAG Transgender Network Newsletter offers some advice to parents of children expressing gender variance: Your child has every good chance of growing up to be an exceptional and successful person. If you feel overwhelmed, get support. You are not alone! It’s not important right now where your child...    [READ MORE]

A Father's Comments After Attending the 1997 San Francisco Pride Parade. Just before Christmas of 1979 I received a letter from my daughter Terry telling me she was a lesbian. That letter shook me like no other letter I have ever received. If someone would have told me that nearly 18 years later I would...    [READ MORE]

A Mother's Thoughts Upon Certification of the Lincoln Unitarian Church as a Welcoming Congregation One at a time they were born, and we fell in love with them: first John, then Maren, Topher, and Andy. Alan and I cherish vivid memories of each of them growing up. We remember the fun and the fatigue...    [READ MORE]

Conservative legislators use the argument that gays don't need legislation because they have high salaries and therefore aren't discriminated against. The following article refutes this argument. Certain marketing surveys are often cited to show they [gay and lesbian incomes] are higher. But these...    [READ MORE]

Sexual orientation can not be caught or taught. "Family fears of catching homosexuality, or of being recruited at school or elsewhere are utterly without scientific foundation." ~ Dr. Jack Weinberg, President American Psychiatric Association, October 6, 1977. Sexual orientation is not a choice. Sexual...    [READ MORE]

Written by a mother whose son attended Lincoln Public Schools. Dear Educators: I am the proud mother of a fifteen-year-old son. I have been asked to write to you in an effort to educate you in the needs of our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered children. By sharing our story with you, it is my...    [READ MORE]

A talk given by Andy, the son of PFLAG Lincoln-Cornhusker members, at the "All About Love" gay/lesbian church service at the Lincoln Unitarian Church on February 16, 1997. Andy's talk has been condensed. I am honored to be in Lincoln this Valentine weekend with my life-partner and members of my family,...    [READ MORE]

As clergy who care about our members' lives and the hospitality of our community, we were pleased to see the article "Same-sex climate a hot issue" in the Lincoln Journal Star on July 29. The writer provided poignant examples of how laws of intolerance affect peoples' lives. We were saddened, then,...    [READ MORE]

Are you sure about your sexual orientation? Don't raise the issue unless you're able to respond with confidence to the question, "Are you sure?" Confusion on your part will increase your parent's confusion and decrease their confidence in your judgment. Are you comfortable with your sexuality? If you...    [READ MORE]

PFLAG Member, Dr. Jim Kimberly, UNL Professor Emeritus of Sociology, was a featured speaker at the UNL Chancellor's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on January 21 in the Sheldon Art Gallery Auditorium. In the first part of Jim's speech, he spoke of growing up in the 1930's and 40's in segregated...    [READ MORE]

In February, 2007, my partner, Lisa Marie Pond, died from a brain aneurysm. Our family was dreaming of white sandy beaches and blue water as we were getting ready to set sail on the R Family Vacation cruise out of Miami to the Bahamas. Instead Lisa, who was very healthy, collapsed while watching our...    [READ MORE]