Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 08:15:23 -0700 From: Clare Howell Subject: IYF22-PFLAG"YES" MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Editor: Clare Howell, clare@gpac.org Contact: Janice Hughes, PFLAG Communications Director jhughes@pflag.org (202)638-4200 PFLAG VOTES "YES" TO TRANS-INCLUSION ==================================== [Washington, D.C.: 23 Sep 98] AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING in San Francisco on 12 Sep, members of Parents, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG) voted over- whelmingly to include transgendered people in the group's mission statement. The By-laws now read: The purpose of this Corporation shall be: To promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons.... PFLAG, based in Washington, D.C., has more than 420 chapters in all 50 states. A group within the organization, The Transgender Special Outreach Network, was directly responsible for the trans-inclusion statement. Network members met several years ago at a PFLAG conference. The Network has published and distributed over 12,000 copies of its popular booklet, Our Trans Children, and runs a telephone help line. Network Chair Mary Boenke said the group looks forward to helping PFLAG members work toward providing the same kind of critical support on behalf of trans-people that they have always provided for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. "We're pleased and excited. We've been working for this trans-inclusion resolution for 3 years. It's a benchmark of a long process that has just begun. We passed the law; now the work of education begins." ### Subscriptions. Please contact: Subscribe@Gpac.org For prior releases, check the GenderPAC website at: http://www.gpac.org (c) 1998 InYourFace GenderPAC's online news-only service for gender activism.