PFLAG Chariton/Lucas County

07/31/2026

Hope to see you tomorrow morning!

Because of the heat, our Pride celebration is looking a little different this year! We’re taking the party indoors to stay cool while we celebrate.

Join us for Connected Hearts, Created Arts—a relaxed, air-conditioned morning of crafts, games, and connections for LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and allies across our community. Whether you want to beat the heat with an iced drink, make a custom Pride flag bracelet, or play a game of Uno, there’s a seat at the table for you.

📍 Event Details
When: Saturday, August 1st | 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: Chariton Public Library (Meeting Room) | 803 Braden Ave, Chariton
Cost: Completely FREE! All crafts, food, and beverages are provided.

07/28/2026

Because of the heat, our Pride celebration is looking a little different this year! We’re taking the party indoors to stay cool while we celebrate.

Join us for Connected Hearts, Created Arts—a relaxed, air-conditioned morning of crafts, games, and connections for LGBTQ+ individuals, families, and allies across our community. Whether you want to beat the heat with an iced drink, make a custom Pride flag bracelet, or play a game of Uno, there’s a seat at the table for you.

📍 Event Details
When: Saturday, August 1st | 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: Chariton Public Library (Meeting Room) | 803 Braden Ave, Chariton
Cost: Completely FREE! All crafts, food, and beverages are provided.

07/01/2026

Pride is not just a month or a slogan or a campaign—it is the heartbeat of our LGBTQ+ community. Here at PFLAG National, we will never stop fighting for a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Visit pflag.org/jointhefight to learn how you can advocate for the LGBTQ+ community all year long.

06/19/2026

On this day in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure that all enslaved people be freed, as declared by the Emancipation Proclamation signed a full two and a half years prior. Known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and most commonly referred to as Juneteenth, this anniversary is cause for celebration as well as reflection.

The history of the United States is one riddled with battles for freedom, justice, and equality. Our African American loved ones, including and especially those who are LGBTQ+, still fight discrimination due to their marginalized identities.

Our PFLAG Connects: Black/African American Community offers virtual meetings for parents, family members, and members of the LGBTQ+ community who are Black or African American. To those seeking connection and understanding, visit pflag.org/connects/communities/black

PFLAG National is closed today to celebrate and honor Juneteenth. ❤️🖤💚💛

06/07/2026

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Sending love to every person who feels the weight of hatred, disapproval, or rejection. You are the best you when you are free to live and love as your true and authentic self. We see you. We support you. We love you. Happy pride month!

06/01/2026

Happy first day of Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈
You are loved.
You are celebrated.
You are enough, just as you are!

We owe pride to trans women. We owe pride to our LGBTQ+ elders and ancestors. We owe pride to all who put their lives on the line for q***r liberation.

At PFLAG National, we proudly take up the mantle of those who fought before us, and lead with love in pursuit of an accepting, affirming, and equitable world for our LGBTQ+ loved ones.

Happy Pride.🏳️‍🌈🔥

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we honor service members who have bravely sacrificed their lives in service to our country, including trans service members.

If you are a military-affiliated parent and caregiver of LGBTQ+ children of any age, or a parent of an LGBTQ+ service member or veteran check out our free, virtual monthly PFLAG Connects: Military Community meeting for support. Learn more at pflag.org/events/military-community

05/20/2026

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🚨 After several delays, the House will vote on H.R. 2616 TOMORROW, May 20th. If passed, it would strip federal funds from schools that acknowledge transgender people exist, whether it’s in coursework, a library resource, or even for using a student’s correct name and pronouns in the classroom.

H.R. 2616 would effectively ban any books and other classroom materials that reflect the real lives and experiences of transgender and nonbinary students, as well as impose forced outing policies on school districts around the country. Public schools should be places where young people can feel safe, learn, explore ideas, and see themselves reflected in the stories they read. But this bill threatens that principle.

Your member of Congress needs to hear from you NOW. Contact your Representative today and tell them to OPPOSE H.R. 2616 and get to work ensuring ALL students can get a quality public education. Take Action NOW: pflag.org/takeaction

05/16/2026

Take some time to thank an LGBTQ+ elder in your life today 🫶🏻

05/16/2026

Always appreciate these posts from Making Gay History - The Podcast with Eric Marcus. If you want to know more about how PFLAG got started, you'll want to know more about Morty Manford 💙

Subversive. Sinful. Sick. Negative opinions about gay people were ubiquitous in the 1970s. “There was no pro-gay propaganda. The support wasn’t out there,” remembered activist and National co-founder Morty Manford during his 1989 interview with Eric. “The churches said we were sinners, and psychiatrists said we were sick. Capitalists said we were subversive, and communists said we were immoral.” Morty refused to accept the status quo of casual harassment and anti-gay violence perpetrated by the police. He refused to accept that being gay meant he was “less than.” And he wasn’t the only one. We honor Morty’s legacy today on the anniversary of his death, May 14, 1992. Listen to season 12, “Coming of Age During the 1970s,” to hear Morty share with Eric his first-hand account of how he became a tireless warrior for gay liberation. Chapter three, “Family Ties,” is available now via link in bio.

Image: Morty Manford (with New York City Councilman Carter Burden at far right, and possibly Jean O’Leary behind and to the right of Morty) talking to the press on the steps of New York City Hall, early 1970s. Credit: Photo by Bettye Lane, courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.