PFLAG Lubbock

Who’s ready to talk about what we can do to create change in our own community?

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s United Methodist Church (15th & University) – click here for the Facebook event page, if you’d like to RSVP. Three of PFLAG Lubbock’s Board members, Mary Ruth Gossett, Ann Akin, and Renee Dillon, will speak about their experiences at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Annual Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. They joined 3400 other persons from across the U.S. and beyond at the largest annual gathering of activists, organizers and leaders in the LGBT movement. Come listen and catch their enthusiasm; then some of us might start planning to attend the next Creating Change scheduled for Houston, Jan. 25-Feb. 2, 2014.

If you’d like to read about more of our upcoming activities and announcements from our PFLAG chapter here in Lubbock, check out the latest newsletter: the May 2013 edition of News and Views.

Our April newsletter is out today. Check this issue for information on our upcoming meetings, the June picnic, the next Moms’ Group meeting, an upcoming visit to Lubbock by author and PFLAG Lubbock friend Shari Johnson, and more.

The next meeting of PFLAG Lubbock is scheduled for Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1501 University Avenue. Our guest speaker will be Colt Meier, a licensed psychological associate and doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Houston. He is completing his doctoral internship at Texas Tech’s Student Counseling Center, and his major area of research revolves around the female-to-male transgender community.

Colt is an experienced speaker on a broad range of transgender issues, and he will finish his Lubbock internship this semester, so don’t miss this opportunity to hear him speak.

It’s time for our Spring Social here at PFLAG Lubbock! Please join us for a dutch treat dinner on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. at Gardski’s, 2009 Broadway, Lubbock. We’ll be in the upstairs dining room. Hope you can join us, if you’re not away on spring break. To RSVP on Facebook, click here.

For more on upcoming meetings this spring, check out our latest newsletter (March 2013 edition).

Also, don’t forget about PFLAG’s annual scholarship! If you’re a GLBTQ student in the area, 18 or older this summer, we highly encourage you to apply to the 2013 Lola Marie Drew Scholarship. The deadline is April 30th, so get those reference letters together! You’ll find the application here on our Scholarships page. Contact us at president@pflaglubbock.org with any questions or concerns.