PFLAG Announces ‘Straight for Equality’

PFLAG, the national organization of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians And Gays, has announced a new program called “Straight for Equality” which seeks to give voice and tools to the many straight people who do not have a direct connection to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) community, but who believe that GLBT people should have the same rights as any other U.S. citizen.  Many of these straight allies read and hear the daily news stories of GLBT people being discriminated against or denied rights, but without that direct connection to the GLBT community, they don’t know how they can help. 

Straight for Equality is the perfect place for straight allies to learn about how they can take actions, both large and small, to make a difference in their own communities.  I encourage all fair-minded straight allies to check out their brand new website (www.StraightForEquality.org) and to take the simple actions listed there to help GLBT people achieve the equality afforded all other tax-paying Americans.

Pictured here is multiple-award-winning musician Cyndi Lauper who joined PFLAG in Washington, DC on October 11, 2007 to promote the project and sign the Straight for Equality Pledge.

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Tags: Advocacy, Allies, Education, Rights, Straight