Category Archives: Coming Out

Coming Out in Middle School

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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Tell3

A new initiative by the ACLU, and co-sponsored by PFLAG (among other groups), to spread the word about coming out. Tell 3 … Pledge to tell 3 people what it’s like for you or your loved ones to be LGBT. Because we used to think coming out would win us our rights. Now we know [...]

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PFLAG Boulder County to Screen “Prayers for Bobby” February 25

PFLAG Boulder County is pleased to present a special screening of “Prayers for Bobby” at the Boulder Public Library at Ninth and Canyon, at 7:00pm, with a reception before the film at 6:00pm. This screening is free and open to the public. 
This screening will replace PFLAG’s regularly scheduled monthly program on February 19th. 
Academy Award nominee [...]

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Prayers for Bobby | Advance Screening in Denver

Lifetime will premiere “Prayers for Bobby,” a drama focusing on the tragic coming-out of a gay teen in the 1970s, on January 24, at 9:00pm, ET/PT. The film will have an advanced screening in Denver on January 15, at the Shwayder Theater at the Jewish Community Center of Denver, 350 S. Dahlia Street, Denver, Colorado [...]

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Dear Abby Responds to Questioning Teen, Recommends PFLAG

In the Aiken, SC, Standard, for January 7, Dear Abby responded to a questioning teen (a 16-year old girl, identified as “Tormented Girl”) who needed help in coming out, worried that her parents, family and friends would reject her. This is not the first time Dear Abby has referenced PFLAG for those who face the [...]

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