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PFLAG National invites you to join the growing number of PFLAG members and supporters across the country who are using our Straight for Equality program to bring the message of PFLAG to new audiences in their communities. We all know people in our lives that support equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people but aren't sure how to express their support in a consistent and meaningful way. Through the Straight for Equality program PFLAGers have the ability to break down the barriers that keep people from getting involved in LGBTQ+ issues and to support them as they learn more.
We have some great tools to help you learn more about the Straight for Equality program, how you can use it in your work, and much more. We'll help you consider how the ways you approach support, education and advocacy, the language you use--and your expectations of new allies--can make a difference in engaging new people in the fight for equality. Our experience and research has taught us some things to avoid when working with allies that will help you to effectively invite, educate, and engage them in new and exciting ways.
This guide will help you understand how allies fit in the effort to achieve equality for all. Learn more about what it means to be a straight ally and get some great tips and tools to being more supportive of your LGBTQ+, friends, family, and colleagues.
You don’t need to know everything before you can take action as an ally to people who are LGBTQ+—and your work doesn’t stop when you feel like you’ve reached Super-Ally status. Consider incorporating these suggestions to build your ally skills and create a lasting difference.
This publication will help you learn more about what transgender and nonbinary mean, develop competency around talking about the issue, become better informed about the challenges that many trans and nonbinary people face, and know specific ways that you can be a strong ally to trans and nonbinary people.
In this session, participants will learn the power allies have to create change. We’ll also provide space to honestly discuss the barriers to expressing support in the workplace. Finally, participants will get strategies and tools needed to be part of creating real inclusion.
In this session, participants will find out how to transform the reason they’re an ally (or need one) into action, get effective strategies to create conversation about LGBTQ+ equality, and understand how to transform conflict into opportunity.
This customized, scenario-based session features opportunities for participants to apply what they’ve learned to real-world situations and share their unique strategies for transforming from good to great allies in the workplace.
In this session, we’ll spend time discussing what the + after “LGBTQ+” encompasses. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about intersex experiences, nonbinary gender identities, bisexual+ identities, asexuality and aromanticism.
Participants in this session will learn more about the bi+ community, why it’s so important to understand and respect bi+ people, and some tools to be a great bi+ ally.
Participants in this session will learn more about common myths and stereotypes about people who are bisexual+ discuss advanced bi+ ally behaviors, and continue the conversation about how organizations can grow to be even more inclusive of colleagues who are bi+.
In this session, participants will learn about what it means to come out today. They will also find out about some of the ways that living authentically positively impacts various aspects of the lives of people who are LGBTQ+ and the power of supportive families, schools, workplaces, and communities
In this session, participants will learn about what many LGBTQ+ symbols, events, and historical references mean—and the impact they continue to have on culture today.
