PFLAG Mission Statement:

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered 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 for dialogue about sexual orientation and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

PFLAG is a worldwide, non-profit, tax-exempt, volunteer, local community-based organization of parents, family and friends of lesbians and gays. Founded in 1981 by 25 parents, PFLAG now represents more than 80,000 members and speaks for thousands of others. PFLAG affiliates are located in 400 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 11 other countries. PFLAG is not affiliated with any ethnic, religious, economic or political group. Our purpose is to help families and friends confidentially to understand and accept homosexuality, while helping to raise awareness and acceptance in the community at large.

The primary objective is to help families & their lesbian & gay members understand & love one another.

"Those you have loved deeply become a part of you. The longer you live, there will always be more people to be loved by you and to become part of your inner community. The wider your inner community becomes, the more easily you will recognize your own brothers and sisters in the strangers around you."

Henri J. M. Nouwen