PFLAG

Pflag's second pillar of work and programmatic area is education, which is critical to better understanding, and serves a wide variety of pflag's members and supporters. Straight for equality is a program that provides interactive and engaging learning sessions, resources, and programs to assist pflag chapters, pflag members and supporters, and companies with creating diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible communities and workplaces. Straight for equality's workplace learning program is one of the nation's preeminent allyship programs, with sessions that provide education for lgbtq+ and allied employees, including human resources professionals, front-line and manufacturing workers, and corporate associates, including c-suite executives. We also provide direct guidance to companies and organizations across a variety of industries, including apparel manufacturers and designers, entertainment and media companies, and major food brands. Pflag academy online is a monthly online learning program with both live and on-demand sessions covering a diverse array of topics including allyship, lgbtq+ history, diverse identities, chapter operations, and more. Learning with love: the pflag national convention is a multi-day, biennial event with workshops, panels, and presentations from pflag national staffers, partners, and community leaders providing insight, expertise, training, strategies, and best practices so that pflag leaders, members, and supporters, and philanthropic partners can work together to fulfill our organizational mission. Pflag's third pillar of work and programmatic area is advocacy at the local, state, regional, and federal levels, both with legislators and with peers, friends, and community members. Pflag's sharing of personal stories is foundational to our work as we strive to soften hearts, change minds, and create lasting legislative and social change. Pflag members, with the support of pflag national staff, tools, and resources have organized at school board meetings; hosted book drives, testified in support of inclusive education and access to health care to state and federal legislators; urged businesses in small towns and big cities to be lgbtq+ inclusive in all they do; and created safe school climates. Pflag national, for the first time in the organization's 50+ year history, served as the plaintiff in multiple lawsuits challenging bans on medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth and to prevent affirming parents from being investigated for child abuse. Pflag votes is pflag national's voter engagement program rooted in getting out the vote and ensuring that voters understand the issues that are at stake.