Grand Divisions

Tennessee Equality Project seeks to advance and protect the civil rights of our State’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and their families in each Grand Division.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Tri-Cities PFLAG chapter on the move!

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=62470 . I missed this one yesterday, but John Shuck deserves a hat tip for passing it on to me. Nice coverage for the state's newest PFLAG chapter. Here's how one member describes the group's hopes.


“What I would really hope is that several years down the road, we wouldn’t need to have a PFLAG Tri-Cities,” she said. “I don’t think that’s particularly realistic, given the time in which we live in. But I really would like to see a larger, vibrant organization that would be able to advocate in the community for all people; that perhaps we would not just be focusing on creating a supportive community, but we might be able to advocate for change in how things are done in the community and perhaps some legalized discrimination could be made illegal.”

I think that's exactly right. Creating a supportive community lays a good foundation for legislative change. They're on the right track.

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