Author: PFLAG Annapolis/Anne Arundel County

Become a PFLAG Chapter Member

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Become a PFLAG Chapter Member

Our Chapter’s nonprofit status, plus support and benefits from PFLAG National, require a $15 USD annual contribution/donation per Chapter member.  The National PFLAG organization provides training, publications, and other services to each chapter.

Your membership contribution/donation of $2+ per month/$25+ per year helps our Chapter to provide support to you and/or others in the Anne-Arundel County LGBTQ+ community in the form of the following programs:

* Support/Meetings
* Outreach and Community Participation
* Communications
* Education and Advocacy

Support is identical regardless of monetary contributions/donations and monetary contributions/donations are tax-deductible in accordance with United States federal law.

Click here to become a member of the Chapter.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Join us for a memorial ceremony for the transgender people who have died around the world due to anti-transgender violence in the past year.  

When:  Sunday, November 18, 2018, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM 

Where:  St. Luke’s Church, Eastport, 1101 Bay Ridge Ave, Annapolis, Maryland 21403

Note: this event includes graphic descriptions of violence and may not be appropriate for young children.

Click here for more information.

SPECIAL FREE EVENT: Annapolis Police Department LGBTQ Liaison will visit the Chapter November 6, 2018

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SPECIAL FREE EVENT: Annapolis Police Department LGBTQ Liaison will visit the Chapter November 6, 2018

The Annapolis Police Department LGBTQ Liaison will visit the Chapter November 6, 2018. If you have questions you would like to send to her before the meeting, please submit them by clicking here.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by clicking here.

Gallup: In U.S., Estimate of LGBT Population Rises to 4.5%

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Gallup: In U.S., Estimate of LGBT Population Rises to 4.5%

  • Rise in LGBT identification mostly among millennials
  • LGBT identification is lower among older generations
  • 5.1% of women identify as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) increased to 4.5% in 2017, up from 4.1% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2012 when Gallup began tracking the measure. The latest estimate is based on over 340,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup’s daily tracking in 2017.

Read the full article here:  https://news.gallup.com/poll/234863/estimate-lgbt-population-rises.aspx