Author Archives: PFLAG Boulder County

Coming Out in Middle School

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: October 1, 2009
From the New York Times: Austin didn’t know what to wear to his first gay dance last spring. It was bad enough that the gangly 13-year-old from Sand Springs, Okla., had to go without his boyfriend at the time, a 14-year-old star athlete at another middle school, but there were also laundry issues. “I don’t [...]
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PFLAG Program for August – How Safe Are LGBTQ Students in Boulder County?

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: August 17, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 7:00PM First United Methodist Church, Parlor 1421 Spruce St., Boulder This is our Back-To-School program which will help us to understand how our schools are meeting the needs of LGBTQ students.  Andre Lanier, Director of Institutional Equity for the Boulder Valley Schools will talk to us about current staff trainings and progress [...]
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PFLAG and PrideFest in Denver! PFLAG is the Grand Marshal!

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: June 28, 2009
Come Join PFLAG for the PrideFest Parade in Denver on June 28! Join PFLAG Boulder County for the largest and most exciting pride event of the year, in Denver, on June 27 and 28. We will step off from Cheesman Park at 9:30 a.m. and lead the parade to Civic Center Park and Broadway and [...]
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PFLAG Program for July – Book Reading and Discussion

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: June 24, 2009
Join PFLAG for our July program when we inaugurate our new book reading program! We plan to read two books per year and discuss each at a PFLAG meeting. For July, we will read Julia Serano’s book, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based [...]
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New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: June 23, 2009
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday. The guidelines will be in an updated federal handbook for managers and supervisors to be distributed and posted online in the next couple of months, and they could [...]
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A Fair to Remember: PFLAG Boulder County June Program

By PFLAG Boulder County | Published: June 11, 2009
Join PFLAG and Boulder Pride as we host an LGBTQ Organizations Fair and Ice Cream Social at the First United Methodist Church in Boulder. Visit and chat, network and socialize with groups as diverse as the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans (GLS), Rainbow Elders, Colorado Queer Straight Alliance (CQSA), CU GLBT Resource Center, CU GLBT Alumni [...]
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