PFLAG Annapolis/Anne Arundel County
Support for the LGBTQ+ Community, Their Families, Friends, and Allies
Time: 9 AM to 2 PM ET
Date: September 18, 2021
Location: Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
All cars need to enter through Gate 5 on Taylor Avenue
PFLAG Support Meetings are canceled for Election Week
Read the pledge PFLAG and over 500 other LGBTQ+ organizations have signed to end racism and white supremacy in the US. PFLAG has incorporated this pledge into their bylaws.
Starting Tuesday, April 7, 2020, the Chapter’s three LGBTQ+ support meetings are available online! Visit the Chapter’s Facebook Events page for more details.
Unfortunately, due to illness, tomorrow’s (Saturday, February 1) lecture is cancelled. If you had already registered, we will be in touch about the cancellation and regarding refunds. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please email inquiries@pflagannapolis.org with any questions and stay safe out there! ❄🌈
Has someone ever asked you to refer to them as they instead of he or she? Or, are you hedging because you can’t possibly refer to one single person as they? What if we told you that they has been used to refer to just one person since at least the 1300s?
Lexicographers have determined that as far back as the 1300s, they has been used as a gender-neutral pronoun, a word that was substituted in place of either he (a masculine singular pronoun) or she (a feminine singular pronoun), e.g., Each student should get their supplies ready for class.Each student is singular, but we don’t know (or need to know) the gender/sex identity of each student in this situation, so their is perfectly handy. Even Chaucer, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and other beloved writers of the English literary canon used singular they.
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Parade: 12:00 PM | Festival: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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Starting May 7, 2019, by popular demand, the twice-monthly support meetings conducted by PFLAG Annapolis/Anne Arundel County will start one-half hour earlier–at 7:00 pm. Meetings still will end at 9:00 pm.
Chapter support meetings occur on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in Annapolis, Maryland. Check out the events calendar for details.
Support meetings are free and reservations are not necessary; however, donations are welcome.