Agency Details:
PFLAG Yuma
| Last updated on August 29, 2011 |
PFLAG Yuma promotes unity, safety, communication, health,& well-being of LGBT persons, their families & friends through:1)Support, to cope with an adverse society 2)Education, to enlighten a sometimes ill-informed public & 3)Advocacy, to end discrimination & secure equal civil rights
Description:
At PFLAG Yuma our vision is a vibrant & considerate Yuma County free of bias & respectful of human diversity. Toward that, as ambassadors to the community, PFLAG Yuma holds itself accountable to express behaviors we prefer to see in others & in the decisions we make.
PFLAG Yuma acknowledges & honors the fundamental value & dignity of all individuals. We pledge ourselves to creating & maintaining an environment respectful of diverse traditions, heritage, sexual orientation, gender identities & shared experiences.
History:
PFLAG stands for Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays & is an international grassroots non-profit organization originally started in San Francisco in 1973 by a young mother feeling alone & saddened by seeing her gay son discriminated against & bashed around.By 1979 PFLAG chapters had formed across the country. In 1982 PFLAG became incorporated as a national organization. Upon watching "the Amencio Project" a film about the murder of a young gay man here in Yuma in 2005 & the fact that one of my daughters is gay, it sparked the inspiration for starting a PFLAG here in Yuma(January 24th,2010) as I saw a need for awareness, understanding, love & tolerance & wanted to be available for parents, families & friends who may not know where to turn upon finding out their loved one is gay.
Contact people:
Languages Spoken: English
Address:
Web Site: http://www.pflagarizona.org/yuma
Directions:
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Head east down So Frontage Rd from new Walmart. Turn Rt on 9E & Lft on Silver. Its the 1st big peach colored double wide on the left back off the street. |
| Last updated on August 29, 2011 |
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