| | This November, Love Votes Check out the Love Votes page on our website where you’ll find tools and resources to help folks register to vote, educational tools like slide decks and flyers with voting rights info for all 50 states, and more resources to take action. PFLAG Academy Online: August 2024 Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
PFLAG Votes 2024: All You Need to Know To Vote—and Get Out the Vote—Like A PFLAGer PFLAG Academy Online brings free, monthly learning sessions right to your computer screen. From now until Election Day, every PFLAG Academy online will be focused on getting out the vote. Join this learning session to learn more about how you can energize and unify LGBTQ+ people and those who love them to get engaged in the upcoming election. Together we can motivate everyone to come together and be a PFLAG voter. Register today! For those in the Washington, DC area: Join us in celebrating the freedom to read! Everyone deserves the freedom to be themselves, to thrive—and to learn. All kids—including LGBTQ+ kids—deserve to see themselves in the books they read, to learn with and from people who are different from them, and to grow and thrive in our multiracial democracy. Join us for a Celebration of Reading on Saturday, August 31 from 10am – 2pm EDT at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, 5th Floor to celebrate the freedom to read and to ensure that accurate, honest, and inclusive books are available everywhere. There will be free books, food, live performances and readings, and lots of family friendly fun to celebrate books that represent all of us! RSVP today to attend. Together we’ll send a message that no matter who we are, what we look like, or who we love, we know our communities are stronger when we are free to be our authentic selves, work together, and read with love. |
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|  | | Self-care note: While some of the following stories celebrate and affirm LGBTQ+ people, many cover legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community, particularly trans and nonbinary youth. Please be kind to yourself and use your discretion while reading this section. Advisory: State news is representative but not exhaustive due to space constraints; feel free to forward news about your state to advocacy@pflag.org to consider for inclusion. District of Columbia - Two churches to join National Trans Visibility March. D.C.’s National City Christian Church and United Church of Christ announced that they will provide supportive religious services to participants in this year’s march as well as holding a press conference. The Trans visibility March is scheduled to take place in D.C. on Saturday, Aug. 24. Florida - State tourism website removes page for LGBTQ-friendly travel destinations. Florida’s official tourism website, VisitFlorida.com, had an “LGBTQ Travel” section as recently as April, but that page no longer exists. Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates lose elections. Candidates aligned with Moms for Liberty, known for its efforts to ban books nationwide, lost their elections on August 20th in Indian River County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, and other locations around the state. |
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| | | | Congressman Bill Pascrell dies at 87. Rep. Pascrell, a member of the Congressional Equality Caucus, represented the Paterson, New Jersey area in Congress for nearly 30 years. Representatives to introduce bill addressing elder abuse against LGBTQ+ people. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Angie Craig (MN-2) will introduce the Elder Pride Protection Act of 2024, which would establish a Justice Dept. task force to study and combat incidence of elder abuse against the LGBTQ+ community. Former Congressional staffer alleges workplace discrimination. Alex Chadwell, a former staffer for Rep. Troy Nehls (TX-22), is suing Congressman Nehls’ office, alleging he was subjected to homophobic remarks and lost responsibilities because he is gay. Former Congressman George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft. Santos, who is openly gay, pleaded guilty to felony wire fraud and identity theft charges. The former Congressman was expelled from the House of Representatives in December 2023, one of only five members of the body to be expelled in history. |
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| | | | Phil Donahue remembered for LGBTQ+ allyship. Donahue, who died on August 19th at 88, invited many people representing marginalized communities on his show, as well as addressing LGBTQ+ causes, including the AIDS crisis. Elliot Page plays trans man in new film. Page, who is a trans man himself, co-wrote and stars in Close to You, his first feature film appearance since transitioning. Famous gay penguin dies at Sydney aquarium. Sphen, a gentoo penguin, coupled with another male penguin, named Magic, with whom Sphen raised two adopted chicks. Their story became the subject of books and documentaries. After Sphen’s death, Magic began to sing, and was soon joined in song by the rest of the colony of penguins at the aquarium. |
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