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PFLAG MISSION STATEMENT

PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through:

  • Support, to cope with an adverse society;
  • Education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and
  • Advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.

PFLAG provides opportunity to dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identify, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

If you need help, please call our hotline at (520) 360-3795 or e-mail us at pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org.  We will connect you with a PFLAG member who has been where you are and who understands.

SUPPORT MEETINGS

PFLAG support meetings are held on the first Wednesday evening of every month from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Ward VI City Council Offices at 3202 E. 1st Street.  Click here for more detailed directions and a location map.  For our schedule, see below.  Please call our help line (360-3795) or send us an e-mail message (pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org) if you want or need immediate support.

UPCOMING EVENTS AND NEWS

  • PFLAG Tucson/Tucson LGBTQ 2012 Scholarships.  This year PFLAG Tucson will award three $1,000 scholarships in the name of Gene Moore, PFLAG Tucson's past president, and one $1,000 scholarship in the name of Mark and Art Woodland, son and husband of long-time PFLAG member Elaine Woodland.  In addition, Tucson LGBTQ will award two $250 School Book Scholarships to deserving, economically challenged Tucson LGBT graduating high school seniors to attend Pima College.  Full information and application materials are available at this linkApplications are due March 31, 2012
     
  • 2012 Couples Celebration.  This year we have moved our annual Couples Celebration to Wednesday, February 15, from 6:30-8:30 pm.  We have decided to make this a stand-alone event separate from our monthly support meeting.  We have moved the celebration to the Fellowship Hall at Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ at 122 N. Craycroft Road, just north of Broadway on the east side of the street.  Join us to celebrate Tucson's LGBT couples with good food and story telling.  Each year this reminds us once again how long lasting and devoted these relationships can be and that these couples deserve the same recognition and rights as married couples.  Couples, singles, friends, allies - all are welcome!  Come and be inspired.  [top]



This coming February 17-19 and 24-26, the Southwest LGBT Film Society will host the 1st annual Tucson International LGBT Film Festival at the Screening Room, 127 E. congress.  PFLAG Tucson is a program sponsor.  A celebration of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender films, the festival will showcase the best features, documentaries, shorts and musical films exploring LGBT issues and/or created by members of the LGBT community.  All proceeds from the festival will go to Tucson Pride in support of Tucson's annual October Pride celebrations.  PFLAG needs a couple of  volunteers to help with the festival.  Please let us know if you're interested, pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org.

RAINBOW BUILD II

The official drive to raise money for the Rainbow Build II, the second Habitat for Humanity Tucson house, has started.  The house is schedule to be built in 2012.  To build such a home, LGBT groups and individuals (of any persuasion) contribute money for materials and then work together to construct it.  We were strong supporters of the first build, which was in 2005, and have been asked to contribute to this one.  This second house will be targeted for an eligible LGBT family. 

The 2005 Tucson Rainbow Build was the first LGBT build in the nation and was featured in the July 19, 2005, issue of The Advocate.  You can learn more about that venture by following this link (preserved online in Google Books).  Some 35 Tucson organizations joined together in that effort. 
 
As incentive, the Alliance Fund is giving $2,000 as a grant.  The total amount the community needs to raise is $22,000.  This should be doable if each organization that helped on the first build - such as PFLAG - comes up with $1000-$2000.  To contribute, you may make out checks to PFLAG Tucson with "Rainbow Build II" on the notation line and send them to P.O. Box 36264, Tucson, AZ 85740.  We will then submit a single check to Habitat for Humanity for the build.
 
For more information about Habitat for Humanity Tucson, visit http://www.habitattucson.org/.

OTHER INFORMATION

EON HOT MEALS
Every third Wednesday of each month, Wingspan hosts a hot meal for Eon youth.  Again, everyone is invited to bring food.  Those bringing food should plan to arrive by 4:15 pm.  If you cannot stay, however, non-perishable, clearly labeled food items can be dropped off before the meal or before 7:30 pm the night before.  For more information and to get on the contact list, contact Shelli Cohen at shellicohenaz@gmail.com The Eon Thanksgiving Dinner, held Friday, November 18, was a great success.  Approximately 50 people attended, with much good food to go around (and to go home!).  We look forward to another great event next year.

PHOTOS AND BIO'S OF 2011 PFLAG SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
This past year PFLAG Tucson awarded five $1,000 Gene Moore Memorial Scholarships as well as a $1,000 scholarship in the name of Mark Woodland, the son of long-time PFLAG members Art and Elaine Woodland.  In addition, Tucson LGBT awarded four $250 School Book Scholarships through the PFLAG application process to economically challenged students who are attending or plan to attend Pima Community College in Tucson.  Please take a look at these winners and read their impressive bio's at this link. [top]

DONATE TO PFLAG TUCSON ON-LINE
PFLAG Tucson is now registered with Network for Good so that we can receive donations on-line. You can specify a specific purpose for your gift, such as our Scholarship Fund, general expenses, etc.  Click here for more information and instructions.

SUPPORT MEETINGS

Wednesday, February 1
PFLAG Support Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 pm, at the Ward VI City Council Offices at 3202 E 1st. Street, one block east of Country Club Road and one block south of Speedway Boulevard.  Dr. Stephen Russell, Distinguished Professor, Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair at the University of Arizona, will talk to us about a new study that he is doing on LGBTQ youth and suicide risk.  Our normal support meeting will follow his presentation.

Wednesday, February 15
PFLAG Annual LGBT Couples Celebration, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Fellowship Hall, Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ, 122 N. Craycroft Road, just north of Broadway on the east side of the street.

Wednesday, March 2, 2012
PFLAG Support Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 pm, at the Ward VI City Council Offices at 3202 E 1st. Street, one block east of Country Club Road and one block south of Speedway Boulevard.  We are working on having a panel of four LGBT young people talk to us about coming out to their parents and how parents might best respond to their children when this happens.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address:   P.O. Box 36264, Tucson, AZ  85740
Cell Phone:   (520) 360-3795 (Tucson number)
E-mail Address: pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org

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