PFLAG is the nation's foremost family-based organization committed to the civil rights of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons.

PFLAG-Olympia welcomes all allies - straight and GLBTQ.

Our Mission -- PFLAG 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 gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Our Vision -- We celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively. PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize this vision.

We are a community of and welcome LGBTIQQTSA* persons of all ages.   LGBTIQQTSA* = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, two spirit, and ally. 

PFLAG Olympia meets at 2:00 PM on the 2nd Sunday of each month in the Gathering Place room at First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE in Olympia, which is between Legion Way SE and 5th Avenue SE at Boundary Street SE. (See the map below.) It is handicap-accessible. Note: every August we have a picnic in place of our usual meeting, and that is held at a local park. 

Upcoming programs

Sunday, Sept. 12, 2-4:30 pm Candidate Forum - Join us for a politcal forum. All candidates for elected office in Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Thurston County have been invited to talk to us. Each candidate will have three minutes to speak, and after each has had their say PFLAG members and guests can ask them questions. We will dispense with out usual meeting format for this event.

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PFLAG-Olympia's Usual Meeting Format: 2:00-2:30 p.m. Introductions 2:30-2:40 p.m.   Announcements 2:40-3:15 p.m.   Support 3:15-3:30 p.m.  Social time/snacks 3:30-4:30 p.m.   Program (Note: Meeting format may change depending on programs or activities. August is our annual picnic at a local park from 1-4:30pm.)	Here is a map to the church where we meet: View Larger Map
Need more information?     Read:     What to expect at our PFLAG meetings     and     Frequently Asked Questions about PFLAG-Olympia Meetings.

 

Mailing Address:	PFLAG Olympia PO Box 12732 Olympia, WA 98508-2732	Email:	Contact us	contactus@pflag-olympia.org
			General information	info@pflag-olympia.org
			Chapter president	president@pflag-olympia.org
			Chapter treasurer	treasurer@pflag-olympia.org
			Website	webmaster@pflag-olympia.org
Phone:	Do you need to talk to someone from PFLAG-Olympia on the phone? See this page for numbers.		Newsletter	newsletter@pflag-olympia.org

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Join PFLAG!  You don't have to be a member to attend our meetings and special events, but we depend on membership funds as a mainstay of the income we need to do PFLAG-Olympia. Please join here at the local chapter here. We send part of your money to the national PFLAG office in Washington DC every year - so you will also be a member of PFLAG-National. 

You can fill out our membership form (a pdf file) and pay by check.

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You can donate to PFLAG-Olympia by mail.

PFLAG is a tax-exempt, non-profit 50l(c)(3) organization
not affiliated with any political or religious institution.
Send your check made out to PFLAG-Olympia to PO Box 12732, Olympia, WA 98508-2732.

Thank You!

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Subscribe to our newsletter
available in a print version mailed to your home
or email only sent as a pdf attachment
to subscribe send an email to newsletter@pflag-olympia.org or snail mail to
PO Box 12732
Olympia, WA 98508-2732

Read "Heartbeat" ~ PFLAG-Olympia's bi-monthly newsletter:
Current, back issues and selected articles from older "Heartbeat" and more. . .  (pdf files, and older articles on html pages)

Our PFLAG-Olympia brochure - tri-fold, two sides of an 8.5"x11" page (pdf)

Opening the pdf files linked below requires a fairly new version of the free Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded here

Our chapter's Program History - going back to 1993!

 

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PFLAG-Olympia Alert is a one-way announcement email listserv designed to inform our members and friends of upcoming events, programs, and more. Email updates are sent out prior to each of our the regular meetings and whenever something comes up that we think that our list subscribers might want to know about.

To subscribe, unsubscribe, and otherwise manage your subscription go here.   List archives are accessible to list subscribers and can be found here.

Only the listserv moderators can send email to the Alert list. If you would like to submit an announcement, email it to lowdown@pflag-olympia.org - Thank you.

Looking for resources? Click here.

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Our History

In 1972, Jeanne Manford started an international movement when she marched with her son Mortie in New York’s Gay Pride Parade. Enraged that her son had been beaten at a gay rights protest two months before while police did nothing, she carried a sign at the Pride march that said, “Parents of Gays: Unite in Support of Our Children.” After many gay and lesbian people ran up to Jeanne during the parade and begged her to talk to their parents, she decided to begin a support group. The first formal meeting took place in March 1973 at a local church. Approximately 20 people attended.

By 1980, PFLAG, then known as Parents FLAG, began to distribute information to educational institutions and communities of faith nationwide and established itself as a source of information for the general public. When “Dear Abby” mentioned PFLAG, more than 7,000 letters were received requesting information. In 1981, members decided to launch a national organization.

In 1998 PFLAG members voted overwhelmingly to include transgendered people in the group's mission statement at their annual meeting. The bylaws were changed to read: “The purpose of this Corporation shall be: To promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons...”

Now PFLAG has grown to include more than 500 chapters and over 200,000 members across the United States and abroad, representing the largest chapter network in the struggle for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) rights.

For more about PFLAG's national history, see PFLAG's Rich Past Provides a Solid Foundation for the Future

PFLAG-Olympia was formed in 1993.

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Tapestry! PFLAG's Diversity Outreach Project Click the link above for more information on the  screening of "Brother Outsider" and other aspects of the PFLAG Diversity Outreach project. Note: this is a continuing project; there will be regular updates on this site.

PFLAG-National - PFLAG's headquarters is in "the other Washington" and they have an interactive map of chapters on the website. Also check out The PFLAG-National Blog Pacific Northwest PFLAG - a five state region including Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon & Washington.

The Pizza Klatch offers facilitated support for GLBTQ youth and their allies. The Pizza Klatch is a grassroots collaboration between school counselors, faculty, GSAs therapists in the community and PFLAG-Olympia, Partners in Prevention Education, Stonewall Youth and St. Benedict's Episcopal Church.

Safe Schools: Cultivating Respect For too many of our children, attending school can be a frightening experience. As parents, families and friends we need to do something to make schools safer for our LGBT and all students. Please join PFLAG by advocating for strong national policies, learning the Top 10 Ways you can Make Schools Safer… For All Students, hosting a PFLAG Cultivating Respect certification training in your community, or promoting our national scholarship program. We each have an important role to play in fighting bullying and harassment, and everyone has a stake in the success of this work. See more on our national website here: http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=1011

What is Straight for Equality? This PFLAG program is about awareness and fairness. You don't need to march. You don't need to shout a slogan. But you may be surprised by how effective small changes can be... 7 in 10 people have a gay relative or friend. Find out how you can help support them and make your corner of the world just a little (or a lot) better. Take the pledge! This is an opportunity - and invitation - to change the world around you and help the gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender people in your life. Sign the pledge and show your support for equality today. Find out more - and sign the pledge at http://www.straightforequality.org/

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