If you are a parent, family member or friend of a gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender person then it is likely you will
benefit from pflag.
Pflag is a volentary support group that offers emotional and
informative support to people who may or may not be handling
knowing someone that is from the glbt(gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender) community. If this sounds like you, then you may
need to receive support from people who truly understand how you
are feeling first hand. If you contact pflag (parents and
friends of lesbians and gays) you will be welcomed with open
arms by parents in particular that know what it is like to have
their son or daughter come out to them, they know the
heartbreak, confusion, guilt and worry that most parents go
through when they first discover this.
They can help you grieve and then learn and most often come to
terms with this situation. You will not have to worry about
confidentiallity because this a high priority. Pflag will be
able to offer you a safe and comforting haven for you to express
your feelings, have your questions answered and have the
opportunity to educate yourself.
This support group has chapters all around the U.S and around
the world including Australia, N.Z, U.K and many other
countries. The work of these people is absolutely invaluable to
a community in general that is homophobic and very unaccepting.
You will also find that these parents and families come from all
different walks of life. Different religions, faiths,
nationalities. People from different soci economical backgrounds
including poor, rich, educated and non educated. What will be
obvious is that every one of them will have something in common
and that is that they love someone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual
or transgender.
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