Our PFLAG NYC online gatherings have been well received, so we’re taking this opportunity to launch a new way for members of our community to come together with purpose. We’re launching a book club so that we can learn together, expand our horizons, and talk about the world we want to see on the other side of the coronavirus crisis.

The Savvy Ally by Jeannie Gainsburg

The first book we’ll read together will be The Savvy Ally by Jeannie Gainsburg. Part primer, part handbook, part call to action, the book will raise your LGBTQ+ IQ, help with conversations with all kinds of listeners, and equip you to be a daily advocate in the way that feels right to you.

The book club will meet online for four consecutive Thursday evenings — May 7, 14, 21, and 28 — from 8 to 9 p.m. to talk about the four major sections of the book, and at the final session on May 28 we’ll be joined by the author, Jeannie Gainsburg. Read more »

Starting in mid-March, we’ve taken all PFLAG NYC support meetings online. It’s been uplifting to find new ways to sustain the PFLAG NYC community in this period of social distancing, and many have been surprised how readily they’ve built strong virtual relationships. The feedback has been positive, and we’re looking forward to running all our regularly scheduled meetings online. For the foreseeable future, all our meetings will be online.

Online meetings take place using Zoom. Because it’s a little more difficult to keep focus on a virtual meeting compared to being in person, we’re slightly shortening the duration of most meetings, but otherwise they will take place at the same times when our physical meetings would have.

Here’s the schedule of online meetings for May:      Read more »

Although we have suspended all in-person PFLAG NYC meetings while we practice social distancing during the fight against COVID-19, PFLAG NYC is still here for all members of our community. We are happy to announce that all of our support meetings are moving online and will continue to take place on the regular schedule.

Online meetings will give our community members a great way to maintain community and keep up connections with others during this unusual time. We hope you’ll join us as we work together to combat feelings of stress and isolation.

Starting Monday, March 23, when our Upper West Side meeting would have taken place, we will launch regular online meetings for support and discussion using Zoom, a web-based video conferencing app that people everywhere are becoming very familiar with.      Read more »

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