FIRST -- PFLAG Meeting - New York, NY
Posted by: bluesnote
N 40° 44.285 W 074° 00.015
18T E 584413 N 4510163
A historical marker at The Church of the Village.
Waymark Code: WMYPAZ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2018
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The plaque says, "n 1972, Queens school teacher Jeanne Manford walked alongside her gay son, activist Morty Manford, at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, carrying a sign that read, “Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for Our Children.”
The overwhelming response to that simple act led Jeanne, her husband Jules, and early pioneers of the LGBT equality movement to create a support group for LGBT people, their parents, family, and friends.
The first meeting of that group — now known as PFLAG — took place on this site in March 1973."
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