Our Mission

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian and bisexual persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

The Everett Chapter

In early 1995, Chad Lupkes of Orion at Twilight realized that PFLAG was needed in Everett and Snohomish County. He contacted the National Office in Washington DC, and asked for local contacts.

At the same time, Pat Kurz was underway getting local contacts after making a promise to the local GLOBE Chapter that there would be a chapter of PFLAG going before the beginning of the 1995-1996 school year. It was just luck that these two people found each other and combined their efforts.

The results of this combination was the chapter that began in October of 1995. Our first meeting was attended by Marilyn Cass from Seattle, who brought up a lot of good information and assistance from the strong Seattle Chapter.

Currently, the chapter is lead by Thomas Blossom, and the chapter is growing strong under his leadership.

Meetings

PFLAG - Everett/Snohomish County:
Meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM;
First Congregational Church,
2624 Rockefeller Ave.
Everett, WA 98201.
Help line/Ph: 425-252-5927

Washington PFLAG e-mail list information:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PFLAG-WA-State

Links on the Web

• PFLAG Web Site - The official site for PFLAG Information on the Web.
• PFLAG Washington Council - Supporting the PFLAG chapters in Washington State.
• pflag-talk, the Internet Chapter of PFLAG
• Queer Resources Directory - A catalog of everything Queer on the Web.
• The Gay & Lesbian National Hotline - the only non-profit, nationwide, toll-free information, referral and peer-counseling line for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning people of all ages.
• Safe Schools of Washington - the Safe Schools Anti-Violence Documentation Project
• COLAGE: Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
• Chad's Perspective on some old Washington State legislation.

This page has been created by Chad Lupkes, and although I am no longer attending the meetings I still consider it important to maintain the page. If there are any updates that need to be made, please contact me.

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