Do you have any suggestions as to what programs you would like our chapter to offer at its monthly meetings? Do you have any ideas how we can better serve the community? At our July meeting, we will not have a formal program, but we will be happy to solicit feedback from you--the ones who attend our general meetings. We're open to all suggestions, so don't hold back!

Come socialize, meet old friends or make new ones and share your thoughts on how best our chapter can continue its excellent work. Our steering committee is looking forward to hearing from you.

What happens when a 10 year old boy wants to join his school's cheerleading team but is told that only girls need apply? Come join us and find out. This is a light-hearted, funny, tender, sensitive and ultimately uplifting comedy about changing the rules. Gender identity issues in our elementary and middle schools are a new challenge for our PFLAG chapter. This timely film will have you laughing and thinking at the same time.

Yes, we're showing another movie. But it's short (30 minutes) and we will just happen to have two of the "stars" of the movie with us. That's right! We will have gay pioneers Frank Kameny and Lilli Vincenz with us for the evening. You won't want to miss this meeting.

Rain or shine, this is the best picnic of the season. We're in our usual spot in Cedar Lane Park West, so scroll back up to the top of this page and click on the "Picnic 2009" link for details and directions. Mark this date on your calendars and don't miss it!

Our October meeting will feature two authors with very different audiences but both with strong appeal to the LGBT community, their families, and supporters.

Linda Goldman, whose book, Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society, describes the process of "coming in" to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen’s and the parents’ perspective.

Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school guidance counselor, child and adolescent therapist, parent and a member of the national group PFLAG to build a common language and a new paradigm for understanding sexual orientation and gender identity as a part of mainstream culture.

Linda authored a new book, Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Death: What Children Need to Know. Click on her picture to visit her website.

Josh Aterovis is a young author, but has written several award-winning novels in the Killian Kendall (a gay teen sleuth) mystery series, including Bleeding Hearts, Reap the Whirlwind, and his new book, All Lost Things, is expected to be released this summer. [See trailer here].

The Eastern Shore native also writes short stories and contributes to AfterElton.com, an entertainment news website owned by MTV's LOGO network for and about gay and bisexual men. Josh is a regular columnist and feature interviewer for Baltimore OUTloud. Click on Josh's picture to visit his website.

Both authors will discuss their careers and books, what inspired them, and will read select passages from their recent works. They will gladly entertain questions from the audience, and have copies of their books available for sale and to sign

This meeting will discuss the problem of homeless LGBT youth in the Baltimore metropolitan area. These kids dwell under the radar, and as a result, their plight is often ignored.

At any given time there are tens of thousands of homeless youth on the streets of U.S. cities--many of them are LGBT who are throwaways by their families for being gay. They live under bridges and on grates or they move from home to home (couch surfing) in search of a roof over their heads. As such, they are vulnerable to criminal activity--both as perpetrator or a victim--drugs, prostituion, HIV/AIDS and other health maladies. Unless ther eis intervention, which is all too often rejected, their futures are bleak.

Our meeting will feature a panel of experts who will discuss what can be done to save these kids and how this can be achieved with limited resources.

Music, food and friends - a classic holiday tradition. Mark this date on your calendars and plan to join us. Details here later.

Your PFLAG chapter is an all-volunteer organization. Everything we do is funded by membership fees and donations.