About PFLAG Pittsburgh

Welcome to PFLAG Pittsburgh!

Every day gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer children are born into this world. Some day these children, their parents, family and friends will eventually learn this fact. We at PFLAG Pittsburgh are here to support, educate and defend these children, their parents, families and friends.

You may be a parent struggling to accept your child who is a sexual minority. You may be a sexual minority yourself and are wondering how or even if, you can tell your parents about your sexuality. Wherever you are on this journey, PFLAG Pittsburgh can HELP!

PFLAG provides opportunities for dialog about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society

that is respectful of human diversity.

We meet at a very SAFE PLACE and MEETINGS are CONFIDENTIAL.

One day, our society will accept all its members are equals, regardless of their sexual orientation or their sexual identity. Until that day, there is PFLAG.

History

The Pittsburgh Chapter of PFLAG started in 1989. PFLAG – Pittsburgh is one of over 500 chapters that function under the umbrella of PFLAG – National.

Here of some of the highlights of the Pittsburgh Chapter:

1989 Birth of the Chapter

1990 Meeting Guidelines established

1994 Newsletter distributed monthly / Structured the sharing groups

1995 Initiated Facilitator Training / Adopted new Bylaws

1996 Began long-range planning

1996 New web site

1998 Expanded library

2001 Expanded Speaker’s Bureau

2005 Helped carry a 100-foot long rainbow flag at PrideFest 2005