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Dear PFLAGers,Happy Holidays!
Today PFLAG is joining fellow national and local LGBT organizations throughout the country in launching the From Our Family to Yours Campaign. In addition to spreading holiday cheer, the campaign aims to increase visibility and awareness about the need for federal protections for the LGBT community.
In this season of peace and generosity, let’s introduce the First Family to ours. In order to succeed in winning federal protections for our families, we must put real names and faces to the people in our community.
So we are asking you to join us in wishing the First Family holiday greetings while introducing them to images of thousands of families with LGBT members.
Participating in this campaign is simple, and PFLAGers always have great family photos to share!
All you need to do is mail a copy of your family holiday card (or if you don’t have one, then send a family photo to the First Family) with this message:
Season’s Greetings, from our family to yours.
May the next year bring peace and equality for all.
We encourage you to send your holiday cards as soon as possible. Please send your holiday cards and photos to the Family Equality Council, PO Box 206, Boston, MA 02133, or send a digital photo to Tina Walker-Morin at tina.walker-morin@familyequality.org. We will compile all of the images into a holiday package to be delivered to the First Family.
Participating organizations include Center Kids: A Program of the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, COLAGE, Equality California, Equality Federation, Family Equality Council, Family Matters: a Program of the San Diego LGBT Community Center, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Families Services Program, Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project c/o Ferre Institute, Inc., the Mega Family Project, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Our Family Coalition, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center.
Thank you and may the peace and joy of the holidays be yours!
Participating organizations include Center Kids: A Program of the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, COLAGE, Equality California, Equality Federation, Family Equality Council, Family Matters: a Program of the San Diego LGBT Community Center, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Families Services Program, Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project c/o Ferre Institute, Inc., the Mega Family Project, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Our Family Coalition, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center.
Thank you and may the peace and joy of the holidays be yours!
PFLAG has been actively involved in the effort to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) for many years â€" in fact, entirely too many years. It is inexcusable that our LGBT families and loved ones must continue to endure a legal system in which they can be fired in 29 states for being gay or lesbian, and in 38 for being transgender or expressing their gender identity differently.It has been our hope that given the current structure of Congress, ENDA would move forward and reach the point of a vote. However, it appears that Congress does not plan any movement on this critical bill, in spite of promises to support LGBT equality.
Today, PFLAG signed on to support a statement by leaders of many LGBT organizations demanding that Congress see equality in the U.S. as a priority issue and pass ENDA now.
You can read the statement (below) and click through to access the full list of organizations who are included on this statement.
Don’t forget: PFLAG’s Bringing the Message Home guide provides you with key background information on ENDA and other critical issues. You can download it for free here.
Want to take action? Be sure that you visit PFLAG’s 5-Minute Advocacy Center on the PFLAG website and sign up for action alerts.
Demand equality from your elected leaders today.
LGBT AMERICANS OUTRAGED AT DELAY IN BASIC JOB RIGHTS
In light of continuing delays in the House of Representatives, we must state clearly and unequivocally: Passing basic job protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people must happen now. At a time when our government is deeply focused on the critical issue of employment, it is inexcusable to delay action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Each and every job lost to prejudice based on sexual orientation and gender identity needlessly compounds the unemployment challenges facing our nation. We call on Congress for the immediate passage of ENDA.
For decades now, we have called upon Congress to pass legislation to address the basic right of LGBT people to work free from discrimination at our jobs, and now Congress tells us we must wait another year. In 29 states, it remains legal to fire people based on sexual orientation and in 38 states, discrimination based on gender identity remains legal. In failing to takeo take swift action to pass ENDA, our government allows unfettered bigotry to go unchecked, leading to the loss of jobs, fear in the workplace, economic instability, and personal hardship, while allowing employers to lose competent experienced workers. ENDA is urgently needed by our communities.
The majority of Americans consistently state their support for employment protections and voters have affirmed similar state and local measures. There is absolutely no reason for Congress to continue to delay this non-controversial bill or drop LGBT issues to the bottom of their agenda. We will not be denied basic rights any longer. Nothing is more important than protecting peoples’ jobs so ENDA must pass now. Further delays are absolutely unacceptable.
Click here to see the statement with all signatures.
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