PFLAG is continuing our new meeting format. Instead of our formal meeting, with support group and program, we are going informal—coffee and conversation. We are hoping that this will be more welcoming and will allow us to more fully meet the needs of parents and other members of the LGBTQ community. When: Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 @ 7PM Where:  Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz Contact PFLAG: pflagscc@gmail.com, www.pflagscc.org or 831-427- 4016. … [Read more...]

“...Nearly 50 years later, in the very same vicinity, the events of June 27, 2016 will go down in history as the day when the President of the United States, the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, and individuals and organizations inside and outside the LGBTQ community together declared loudly and clearly that LGBTQ history is American history - and that at this place this story will be told…” Read the full article in The Huffington Post … [Read more...]

“Every year at the end of June, the San Francisco Pride Parade starts in the exact same way — with the cascading roar of several hundred women starting up their motorcycles at the exact same time. This year was no different. The San Francisco Dykes on Bikes: Women’s Motorcycle Contingent, or simply DOB, led the parade down Market Street for the 40th year in a row — the parade itself is only 6 years older...On parade day, the dykes’ main priority is safety — the safety of every rider and the safety of the entire parade that follows behind” Read … [Read more...]

“Educational Exclusion: Drop Out, Push Out, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline among LGBTQ Youth provides an in-depth look at the conditions that effectively push LGBTQ youth out of school and potentially into the criminal justice system. The report provides specific, real world guidance to address the hostile school climates and damaging policies and practices that contribute to pushing LGBTQ youth out of their schools.” Download the entire resource at GLSEN … [Read more...]

“The bar is an important landmark, but it wasn’t the only place where LGBT people fought for equality, nor the first time homophobia was challenged. Here are four other U.S. sites that tell of the struggle for LGBT rights.” Read the full article in National Geographic … [Read more...]

“LGBTQ youth, know that we, LGBTQ adults and allies, strive to create safer schools and communities for you and with you. Know that as hard as we try, we cannot 100% eradicate the recklessness and cruelty found in an often homophobic, racist, transphobic, anti-Black, anti-immigrant and pro-violence society. Know that we use our spirits, our bodies and our work in every way possible to build hope and community for all of you.” Read the full letter at GLSEN … [Read more...]