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Our Next Event - Tuesday July 14 at 7:30PM Our Summertime Social Evening. Come Tell Us What We Can Do For You
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June 9. Presentation of Our 3rd Annual Scholarship |
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Delegate Elizabeth Bobo (l.) presents a $1,000 scholarship check to Jake Williams. Jake, who is from Cheverly, MD is a straight ally and the son of two lesbian Moms, Jo Deutsch and Teresa Williams. They're the two ladies (l. to r.) beaming proudly in the picture. Jake will be attending New York University in the Fall.
Photo by Steve Charing all photos © 2009 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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June 13. We March in the D.C. Pride Parade |
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Our Rainbow Youth Alliance members carry our banner.
Photo by June Horner all photos © 2009 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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Our chapter's wonderful PFLAG parents: June, Judy, Nancy and Dan
Photo by Mark Patro all photos © 2009 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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July 4. We March in the River Hill July 4th Parade |
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Photo by Josh Sullivan all photos © 2009 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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Photo by Josh Sullivan all photos © 2009 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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PFLAG Columbia-Howard County is parents, kids, gay, straight, lesbian, transgender We are everyone! We are family! 
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all photos © 2009 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Good Old Summertime Social
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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.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Movie Night: Ready? OK!
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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.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Gay History Night, Featuring the Movie Gay Pioneers
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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.
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
9th Annual PFLAG Family Picnic - Noon until 5PM
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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!
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Gay Author Night, Featuring Linda Goldman and Josh Aterovis
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Our October meeting will feature two authors with very different audiences but both with strong appeal to the LGBT community, their families, and supporters.
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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.
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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
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Homelessness and LGBT Youth
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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.
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Annual Holiday Party
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Music, food and friends - a classic holiday tradition. Mark this date on your calendars and plan to join us. Details here later.
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Our Film - Under Pressure - Click on the DVD Cover, print the form and order! |
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| We Need Your Help! |
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Your PFLAG chapter is an all-volunteer organization. Everything we do is funded by membership fees and donations.
We advertise our presence in Howard County high school newspapers
We support a GLBT youth group with adult facilitators
We publish and mail a bi-monthly newsletter
We produce monthly meetings on a wide range of important topics
We staff tables at village fairs, expos, community events
We supply printed material to inform and enlighten the public
We host an annual family picnic
Won't you please consider becoming a member or making a donation, or both? Find out how here.
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| About
Us |
PFLAG
meetings are free and we welcome everyone. We provide a safe
and confidential space for everyone. Teens and young people are
invited to participate in our
Rainbow
Youth Alliance,
and new parents are welcomed to meet separately w/another parent for a
confidential discussion. We also have an active Parent Forum that meets regularly on another evening.
We have a great group of lesbian and gay members, as well as kids who have gay parents. We don't just celebrate diversity in our chapter...we are diversity!
Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month beginning
at 7:30 PM at the
Owen Brown Interfaith Center,
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD. Most meetings include a speaker and general discussion. There is also time allotted for people to share what
is happening in their lives.
See what our meetings are like.
For additional information please contact Colette Roberts 410-290-8292
or email: Robertscp@aol.com.
PFLAG Mission
Statement
To
promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through:
- SUPPORT
- to cope with an adverse society
- EDUCATION
- to enlighten an ill-informed public
- 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 gender identity, and acts
to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Our Chapter Mission
Statement
The mission of PFLAG Columbia/Howard County is to support parents of gay
children. We also welcome all people, gay,
straight, bisexual or
transgendered, as well as their families and friends. Together, we support
each other, educate the broader community, and advocate for equality.
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| Contacts |
EMAIL:
RobertsCP@aol.com
MAILING ADDRESS:
PFLAG/Columbia
7303 Swan Point Way
Columbia, MD 21045
PHONE:
(410) 290-8292
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