{"id":140733,"date":"2025-05-27T14:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=140733"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:04:27","slug":"monthly-service-offering-for-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/monthly-service-offering-for-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Service Offering for June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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PFLAG Austin, Monthly Service Offering recipient June 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Article by Leo Collas<\/span><\/h3>\n

All of the organizations that First UU supports deserve accolades for the work that they do despite the opposition they face, but none more than PFLAG.\u00a0 PFLAG Austin has been supporting central Texas families for over 30 years.\u00a0 Besides offering friendly and supportive meetings all across the greater Austin area,\u00a0 the national PFLAG organization has its fingers on the pulse of state and national legislation that might harm LGBTQIA folks or their families. They have a legal team set to oppose hateful laws and call supporters to action.<\/span><\/p>\n

I came to know PFLAG when I was living in another state at the height of the AIDS epidemic.\u00a0 Lovely and helpful people welcomed individuals and distraught family members to meetings that brought comfort to so many who were struggling alone.\u00a0 Parents whose children were not getting the care or attention they deserved from elected officials, whose job it was to keep them informed, found comfort there.\u00a0 Although the issues have shifted and we\u2019re now in another century, the need for a compassionate voice speaking to and for LGBTQIA people remains important.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the PFLAG meetings are outside the public eye, its outreach mission could never be accomplished without a resilient commitment to visibility.\u00a0 PFLAG Austin answers requests to speak at various organizations, and is present at Pride festivals and related events doing outreach and education.<\/span><\/p>\n

The monthly PFLAG meeting at First UU is held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.\u00a0 There are usually 15 – 20 people present, representing allies and all flavors of LGBTQIA.\u00a0 It\u2019s especially touching to see parents in the group, parents of Trans kids in particular.\u00a0 They seek a place to get their questions answered and to feel like they are part of a community.\u00a0 Feeling less alone and more understood is sometimes all that\u2019s needed to nourish a soul and light the path to transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Come to a PFLAG meeting!\u00a0 90% of life is about showing up.\u00a0 Let your smile brighten someone\u2019s day and warm your heart.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PFLAG Austin, Monthly Service Offering recipient June 2025 Article by Leo Collas All of the organizations that First UU supports deserve accolades for the work that they do despite the opposition they face, but none more than PFLAG.\u00a0 PFLAG Austin has been supporting central Texas families for over 30 years.\u00a0 Besides offering friendly and supportive…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140737,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140733\/revisions\/140737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}