ADVOCATE

Advocacy is a big part of the work that PFLAG members and supporters do, working to achieve LGBTQ equality through changing not only hearts and minds, but laws. We work at the community level, at the city and state level, and at the federal level to affect change so that people who are LGBTQ are safe from workplace discrimination, have the healthcare that they need, are safe in their homes and schools, and much, much more.

At the left and below is a list of many of the issues on which we advocate; simply click on a link and you will be taken to a page to learn more about the particular legislation addressing the subject matter, offering background information on the issues, why and how they impact our families, and what PFLAG is doing to address them from a policy perspective.

Spring 2015 Update:

PFLAG National has been working for years at the forefront of the movement for marriage equality. We are on the cusp of truly attaining the freedom to marry across the entire county, as the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States will once again take up the issue this spring.

PFLAG National has filed numerous briefs amici on behalf of all PFLAG members, sharing family voices to amplify our message: that PFLAG's values are America's values, love is love, family is family, and marriage is marriage. Through our legal arguments and these firsthand accounts by parents, grandparents, siblings, and couples and their children, we demonstrate that current marriage laws discriminate against people who are gay or lesbian by relegating their relationships to inferior status and repudiating the legal argument that same-sex couples joining in marriage pose risks for the institution of marriage and threaten children. (Additionally, we have filed briefs amici on the dangerous practice of so-called "reparative therapy").

Following is a list of the briefs we have participated in:

• Amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court, 2015
• Amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit Court
• Amicus brief to the Supreme Court of Arkansas
• Amicus brief to the Fifth Circuit
• Amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit Court
• Amicus brief to the Fourth Circuit Court
• Amicus brief to the Tenth Circuit Court
• Amicus brief to the Sixth Circuit Court
• Amicus brief on so-called Reparative Therapy
• Amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court, 2013
• Amicus Brief to SCOTUS Supporting Kitchen v. Herbert in Utah
• Amicus Brief to SCOTUS Supporting Bishop v. Smith in Oklahoma
• Amicus Brief to SCOTUS Supporting Rainey v. Bostic in Virginia

PFLAGers know that one voice can change the world, and often have the honor of witnessing that change one heart, one mind at a time. The power of these many voices woven together tell a compelling and beautiful story of love, family, affirmation, and equality for all that is not only changing lives; they are changing laws all over this country.

Want to get involved? You can help advocate for fairness and move equality forward. Take Action!

Issues

• Relationship Recognition
• Family Creation and Acceptance (Foster Care/Adoption)
• Workplace Fairness
• Safe Schools
• Military
• Hate Crimes Prevention
• Health

Advocacy Center

• Take Action
• Bringing the Message Home 2013
• 501c3 Dos and Don'ts for Chapter and Member Advocacy
• Share Your Story
• Find a PFLAG Chapter Near You
• Anti-Equality Organizations
• “Reparative Therapy”