Livingston County PFLAG

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/lake-worth/city-of-lake-worth-beach-now-lgbtq-sanctuary-city

Lake Worth Beach now LGBTQ+ sanctuary city — first in state The city of Lake Worth Beach became a sanctuary city for the LGBTQ+ community and their families on Tuesday, the first of its kind in Florida.

"Gay Chorus Deep South" Movie Matinee
Saturday, Sept. 9 - 4:00 PM

CUUB (Community Unitarian Universalists in Brighton)
3333 South Old US 23, Brighton (on the East side of the road just North of Hilton Rd.)
All welcome!

The film has become the quiet anthem of the current HIV/AIDS movement in the U.S. Deepsouth has toured the international LGBTQ and human rights festival circuits, and was invited into communities on a 150-stop grassroots tour. Director Lisa Biagiotti has been invited to The White House, featured in The New Yorker, and has presented the issue at the Clinton Global Initiative University.

This Evening at 7:00 PM, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brighton (200 W Saint Paul St.), will host a showing of the movie "Pray Away the Gay" which looks behind the curtain of the 'ex-gay' movement. Refreshments will be shared. All are welcome.

!0:00 AM July 4, Come and join PFLAG and other Pride supporters at the annual Brighton 4th of July Parade. Wear your colors and join us! Plan to gather at 9:00 AM near Second and Cross streets. Lots of parking at Meijer's. Look for the rainbow flags. Call Beth Duman for more information: 517-548-1807

The 2023 route will be changed due to the Main Street road Construction. The new route will start near Meijer at Second and Cross Street, the parade will travel down Second Street, to Center Street, turn onto First Street and then Main Street, ending at Brighton High.

From: Plymouth-Canton PFLAG
To: PFLAG Michigan ; Plymouth-Canton PFLAG ; Plymouth-Canton PFLAG ; [email protected]
Sent: Mon, Apr 4, 2022 8:00 am
Subject: April 10: Being Q***r and Autistic

Dear PFLAG friends,

Spring is here, allegedly, and while we continue to await the sunshine and flowers, let’s take this time of hope to join together to learn, support and advocate for each other and the LGBTQ+ people in our lives.

April is Autism Acceptance Month, which aims for acceptance and inclusion of neurodiversity. Autistic people are more likely to identify as LGBTQ+ and, unfortunately, to face greater difficulty in coming out to their families. See this article in Psychology Today:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talking-about-trauma/202107/why-identifying-q***r-can-be-harder-those-autism?amp

Jean-Marie Navetta at PFLAG National has put together a great joint interview with two autistic q***r advocates, Lydia X. Z. Brown and Kayley Whalen, which we’ll watch Sunday, April 10. We will meet in person, but also have a Zoom option if that doesn’t work for you. But really, we would be delighted to see you IRL! Here are the details:

Sunday, April 10, 3-5 pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 574 S Sheldon Road, Plymouth 48170
Or register for the Zoom session here:
https://pflag-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuce6orjwqHd2RKMp8rrrPOUaApS-ido2R

Here are additional recommended resources on the topic:

Kayley Whalen’s YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/c/KayleyWhalen
A new anthology of autistic voices: “Sincerely, Your Autistic Child”:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807025682/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_KMG5Q7PCNBBGHEXSG1D9
The Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network:
https://awnnetwork.org/

Our next meeting will be May 15 (skipping to the third Sunday to avoid a conflict with Mother’s Day), when we hope to feature K-12 LGBTQ-affirming books and offer a publisher’s discount.

Thank you all you are doing to advocate for LGBTQ+ people! Wishing you peace and love,

Plymouth-Canton PFLAG board
George Belvitch
Laurie Mayers
Bob Davidge
Kelly Elizondo
Usman Choudhry

Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) Neurodiversity is for Everyone ™

https://www.aol.com/canada-bans-conversion-therapy-joining-211408516.html
Canada bans "Conversion Therapy"

Canada bans conversion therapy, joining a handful of other nations Canada this week banned conversion therapy, a debunked treatment that aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

https://www.newwaysministry.org/2021/12/10/marquette-dioceses-new-policy-could-ban-lgbtq-people-from-sacraments-and-ministry/
Marquette Catholic Diocese bans LGBT+ people from sacraments

Marquette Diocese's New Policy Could Ban LGBTQ People from Sacraments and Ministry - New Ways Ministry A new directive from the Diocese of Marquette seeks to greatly restrict LGBTQ people's participation in the life of the church, including possible bans on the sacraments and leadership positions.