PFLAG: Our Children
Leading with Love: Celebrating & Affirming LGBTQ+ Young People
In this 75 - 90 minute workshop, participants will learn how to actively love and support their LGBTQ+ loved ones and why that support is so vital. They will also gain strategies needed to get it right and discover where opportunities to shift from support to affirmation exist. This session focuses on both sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Course Length
90 minutes (in-person or hybrid), 75 - 90 minutes (online only)
Who this course is for
General audiences with a focus on parents and caregivers, no prior knowledge of LGBTQ+ issues required.
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People’s lives outside of work follow them into the workplace, and this can be especially true for parents. Drawing on PFLAG’s 50+ years of experience working with parents and families, this workshop offers parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn how to be more active allies to their LGBTQ+ loved ones. This learning series will:
- Share key terminology and vocabulary used by LGBTQ+ youth to describe their identity, including deep dives into sexual orientation and gender identity
- Review the importance of being an ally and the vital (and life-saving) role that parent and caregiver support can have on LGBTQ+ young people
- Unpack some common concerns that parents and caregivers have for their LGBTQ+ children and consider advice for moving past them when concern becomes a barrier to active support
- Discuss helpful ally behaviors including how to apologize effectively, correct others, and advocate for change in order to show active support and love to LGBTQ+ youth
Participant Materials
Leading with Love for People Who Are LGBTQ+
Leading with Love for People Who Are LGBTQ+
PFLAG Glossary