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8/9/2019 PFLAG Buffalo-Niagara Newsletter

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PFLAG Buffalo/ Niagara Parents, Families, Friends and Allies United with LGBTQ People

PO Box 617Buffalo, NY 14207

716-883-0384

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Februarys Meeting Focus: Love Stories

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We meet because we have learned that someone very close to us is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered. We try tohelp one another deal with this information in a positive manner. Although we do not agree at all times, we try to be

understanding. We offer help to those who see it, but do not force ourselves on others. We strive to maintain anonymity while sharing on a level that is comfortable for all of us. We encourage all to attend meetings for their own benefit as well as that of the group. !t is our hope that when each of us reaches a point of understanding and acceptance, we reali"e that

this is when others need us the most.


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(nter aith )oun!table: *he sharing ocus o +anuarys "eeting eature! lea!ers o welco"ing an! a ir"ing congregations# Fro" le t, )ev# octor .arbara /ulsing o 'oo! Shepher! o""unity o Faith,)ev# +anet /ubbar! o Orchar! $ar% 1nite! Metho!ist hurch, )abbi &le La arus 4lein o ongregationShir Shalo", haplain arol Speser, an! $astor 'erar! illia"s o 1nity Fellowship o hrist hurch#

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While the world offers many examples of persecution and injustice, there are reasons to expect the

next generation will be better off, and the next, and the next.

7. The Wisdom of YouthIt's all about the younger generation From this reporter's admittedly Ameri!an"!entri!,Generation # perspe!ti$e %illennials born between & () and *+++ are more !onne!ted,a!!epting and di$erse than any pre$ious generation in modern history

Unli e their !omparati$ely spoiled parents' generations, who grew up during times o-greater prosperity, %illennials ha$e !ome o- age during the Great .e!ession, a time o-unemployment and e!onomi! !hallenge o$ershadowed only by the Great /epression

Arguably, the Great .e!ession and the wars in Ira0 and A-ghanistan, -ought by members o- the %illennial generation, who ha$e by and large a!!epted LGB troops sin!e the -all o- the1don't as , don't tell1 poli!y, ha$e imbued this generation with greater !hara!ter andsubstan!e than my generation or the Baby Boomers

%illennials !ompare well to their great"grandparents' generation, !alled by Tom Bro aw1The Greatest Generation,1 whi!h o$er!ame the depression o- the & )+s and won 2orld2ar II %embers o- the se!ond"greatest generation 3 the %illennials 3 are in themsel$esreasons to hope -or a better tomorrow -or LGBT people, as well as other minorities and thepoor

6. Smarter, Stronger uman !ights "d#ocacyBe!ause their missions are always growing, non"go$ernmental human rights organi4ationsha$e be!ome in!redibly e--i!ient in terms o- how they spend their resour!es And they tooha$e been tempered by the e--e!ts o- the Great .e!ession 5whi!h te!hni!ally ended in 6une*++ , a!!ording to the U 7 Bureau o- 8!onomi! .esear!h, but whi!h still re$erberatestoday, a!!ording to the 8!onomi! Poli!y Institute9

Groups li e Amnesty International, the :uman .ights ;ampaign, :uman .ights First and:uman .ights 2at!h ha$e robust global LGBT ad$o!a!y programs Although :.;'s


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international operation late"!omer status was not without !ontro$ersy, the group's pro$entra! re!ord ma es it a powerhouse in all o- its endea$ors I say, as long as e$eryone's-o!us stays on the goal o- attaining basi! human rights -or gender and se


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2hat was radi!al yesterday is liberal today and will be !onser$ati$e tomorrow

I- the idea that all people are !reated e0ual was on!e !onsidered radi!al, but is !laimednow e$en by !onser$ati$e ideologues in many so!ieties, it -ollows then that the same willultimately be true o- notions su!h as -ull e0uality and a!!eptan!e o- gender and se


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person's internal sense o- gender identity 7e

2ind out where your local 1arents, 2amilies 5 2riends of +esbians and (ays12+"( meets. %any parents say that their !onne!tions with other parents o- GLBT ids

made a world o- di--eren!e in their progress toward understanding their young peopleFinding another person you !an trust to share your e


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school. /oes the s!hool andHor s!hool distri!t ha$e a non"dis!rimination poli!y Is a therea GLBTHstraight support group /o you now any 1out1 people, or their -riends and lo$edones, to whom you !an turn -or in-ormation 5Be-ore doing so, again re-er to tip number E,abo$e Ask your !hild i- it's o ay -or you to 1!ome out1 about the !hild 9

ducate yourself on local, state and national laws and polices regarding (+ Tpeople. =n the national le$el, GLBT people are still se!ond"!lass !iti4ens in regard tosome national poli!ies and their rights are not guaranteed by law ;onsider edu!atingyoursel- about this and -inding out what you !an do to wor toward eational Gay and LesbianTas For!e

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Shane +or!an

I grew"up in a home with both a mother and a -ather By all intents and purposes, it was atypi!al loo ing -amily And in the & E+s and & (+s, that was not unusual Typi!al was, well,typi!al Families were de-ined as a mother, -ather and their !hildren It o- !ourse, in!ludedgrandparents and eot only is it based on -alseassumptions, but it implies that being homose


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-uture !hildren would ne$er be li e them es, they would And -or the re!ord, I wouldn't Iwouldn't want my !hild to be a bigot But I digress 7tudies show that !hildren o- same"se us on Faceboo% an! rea!ingarticles all "onth long at www.!ace ook.com+p!la .nia ara
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