PFLAG NYC

Pretty sure we’re going to be riding the feel-good wave from this year’s NYC Pride March all the way to next June! Thank you so much to everyone who joined us on the pavement this year. What an incredible group. We loved seeing your signs, your style, and your spirit, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!

Today kicks off Nonbinary Awareness Week! 💛🤍💜🖤 Nonbinary folks have gender identities that fall outside the gender binary, meaning a nonbinary person's gender identity can't be described as exclusively man or woman. Beyond that, nonbinary people encompass an infinite number of experiences and expressions when it comes to style, pronouns, descriptive language, transition choices, gender euphoria/dysphoria, etc. Because being nonbinary is so diverse, there's no way to know if someone is nonbinary unless they're open with you about their identity. Just like it's important not to make assumptions about a person's sexuality, it's equally important not to make assumptions about their gender. We celebrate all the different ways to be nonbinary and advocate for a world where people of every gender are treated with the same level of respect and empathy! 🫶🏽 #NonbinaryAwarenessWeek

If you're looking for some support this summer, we've got you covered! Not sure which group is right for you? Read the descriptions below or reach out to us at info@pflagnyc.org for assistance.  🌈 General Support Meetings are open to all and cover all aspects of having a loved one who is LGBTQ+. 🌈 TransFamilies Project is for families with trans, nonbinary, & gender-nonconforming children and loved ones of all ages. 🌈API Rainbow Parents provides support for LGBTQ+ individuals and families of Asian-Pacific Islander heritage. 🌈Black Family Circle is dedicated to families and individuals who identify as Black and who have LGBTQ+ loved ones. 🌈 Dads Group provides a space for dads to connect around their child’s and their family’s coming out process. 🌈 El Amor Hace la Familia—Apoyo bilingüe provisto principalmente en español para familias latinas y personas LGBTQ. 🌈 LGBTQ Suicide Bereavement Circle is a peer support group for those who have lost an LGBTQ+ loved one to suicide. 🌈 Loving Elders Support Group is for grandparents & intergenerational influences in the life of an LGBTQ+ person. 🌈 The Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity Meeting is a group for parents of kids, teens, & adults who live at the intersection of trans-ness and neurodivergence. 🌈 Partners Group is dedicated to the needs of folks with LGBTQ+ partners who have recently come out or are transitioning. 🌈 SOGI (Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity) Tweens Group is a support group for parents/caregivers and supportive friends or family members of LGBTQIA+ young people entering/in early adolescence (~ages 9-15). 🌈 SOGI Tweens at QCH is an in-person support group for families with tween LGBTQ+ children. 🌈 Trans Empowerment Circle is a welcoming, safe, nonjudgmental space for adults who identify as transgender, nonbinary, or intersex. Learn more about this month's groups and register to join by going to the calendar of events on our website (also linked below in the comments). ID: Text reads, July Groups: Loving Elders - July 1 | LGBTQ Suicide Bereavement Circle - July 2 | SOGI Tweens - July 3 | Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity - July 8 | Dad Groups - July 10 | Trans Empowerment Circle - July 11 | API Parents & Caregivers - July 12 & 26 | El Amor Hace la Familia - July 13 | TransFamilies Project - July 14 & 23 | General Support - July 14 & 22 | API Rainbow Parents Tea - July 14 | SOGI Tweens at QCH - July 17 | Partners Group - July 18 | Black Family Circle - July 28

📣 Calling LGBTQ+ youth ages 18-24! We are partnering with @cambainc to launch a great workshop series this July with empowering wraparound career services. The programming for the first cohort will be as follows: 💼 Monday 7/8 – Introductory Zoom Session: Learn more about the series and get to know your group. 💼 Friday 7/12 – Being Queer in the Workforce Zoom Panel: Join us on Zoom for a panel discussion about being queer and having a career. We will also help you go over resumes and practice for an interview. 💼 Friday 7/19 – Queer in the Workforce Zoom Workshop: We will go over self-advocacy and workplace rights, and further discuss the previous week’s panel. 💼 Friday 7/26 – Graduation Day [Hybrid]: Celebrate what you learned with food and music, and receive your certificate! YMHP staff will be on site to answer further questions about services available through their program. The first cohort has only 20 slots available, and we are accepting participants on a first-come, first-served basis. If you want to join this cohort, please register through the link in the comments below.

Registration is officially open for our inaugural LGBTQ+ Interfaith Allyship Summit! ⛪️ 🌈 🕌 In the LGBTQ+ community, religion and faith can be painful topics, as LGBTQ+ people have often been excluded from religious spaces, ceremonies, and communities. We at PFLAG NYC want to let people know that they do not have to give up their LGBTQ+ or allied identity to feel belonging in and connection to their faith. But how does a faith community foster space to help LGBTQ+ people find that fullness in themselves? How can faith communities show up in affirming ways beyond baseline acceptance? Our LGBTQ+ Interfaith Allyship Summit seeks to begin answering those questions, and we hope you'll join us at Grace Church School on Saturday, August 24 to engage with them. To learn more about the Summit and register, please go to the 🔗 in the comments below. In consideration of different levels of financial privilege, we are offering three ticket tiers for the Summit on a sliding scale—a $10 ticket, a $25 ticket, and a $50 ticket. p.s. Workshop proposals and tabling submissions are still open for applications until June 28!

It's Pride Month, and our June events calendar has plenty of support groups for diverse intersections of LGBTQ+ identities and parents, loved ones, and allies to LGBTQ+ folks! 🌈 🗓️ Please note that two of our groups are not meeting at their regularly scheduled times this month: –The SOGI Tweens Group will be on *Tuesday, June 4,* from 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET instead of Wednesday, June 5. The group will resume its regular first Wednesday meeting time in July. –The Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity Meeting will be on *Tuesday, June 11,* from 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET instead of Monday, June 10. The group will resume its regular second Monday meeting time in July. Learn more about our support groups and register to attend by going to our Calendar of Events: https://lnkd.in/gcHKBzz2. ID: Text reads, Loving Elders - June 3 | LGBTQ Suicide Bereavement Circle - June 4 | SOGI Tweens - June 4 | El Amor Hace la Familia - June 8 | TransFamilies Project - June 9 & 25 | API Rainbow Parents Tea - June 9 | General Support - June 9 & 24 | Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity - June 11 | Dad Groups - June 12 | Trans Empowerment Circle - June 13 | API Parents & Caregivers - June 14 & 28 | SOGI Tweens at QCH - June 19 | Partners Group - June 20 | Black Family Circle - June 23

Happy Pride Month from PFLAG NYC! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We're proud to support the LGBTQ+ community every month of the year, but we'd be lying if we said things didn't feel a little ✨extra special✨ during Pride. Keep an eye out for us around the city all month long! We're excited to meet even more amazing LBGTQ+ folks, their families, and allies throughout this Pride season. And however you choose to celebrate, take a stand, and be in community this June, we hope it's everything you want and need. 💖

The PFLAG NYC 2024 Gala is less than two weeks away, and we have an exciting evening planned for you! 🪩⚡️ We are honored to introduce this year's host, journalist and reporter at NBC Jay Valle, and entertainment, actress and singer Christine Ebersole! You can read more about Jay and Christine and find out all of the gala details, including info about how to purchase tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the event, on our website: https://lnkd.in/gSBbb5XQ. All gala proceeds will go toward furthering our ongoing work of helping LGBTQ+ youth grow up in loving families, safe schools, and inclusive communities. We hope to see you there! 💃🏾 🕺🏻

We loved getting to be a part of Morgan Stanley's 2024 Strategy Challenge with this great team! 🏆

Hey PFLAGers! We want to bring *your* voice to our social media for Pride! We've put together a survey with a handful of prompts to respond to for you to share your pride as an LGBTQ+ community member or loved one. You can answer one prompt, a few, or all of them—it's entirely up to you. You'll also have the option to remain anonymous with your answers if you prefer not to be attributed by name. Check the comments below to access the survey. We've extended the deadline to May 26th for submissions, and we can't wait to hear from our community. 🌈💖