What is Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays?
{{Infobox Non-profit |Non-profit_name = Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays |Non-profit_logo = |founded_date = 1972, [[New York City, New York]], [[United States]] |area_served = Global |focus = [[LGBT]] [[activism]] |method = [[Civil society campaign|Campaigning]], [[Advocacy]], [[Support groups]], [[Public speaking]] |homepage = [http://www.PFLAG.org/ www.PFLAG.org] }} '''Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays''' is the former acronym of '''[[:en:PFLAG|PFLAG]]''', an [[United States|American]] [[organization]]. Since 2014 the organization has been called PFLAG. It is [[devotion|devoted]] to the cause of [[LGBT rights]]. The organization started in 1973 when [[Jeanne Manford]] watched in [[horror]] as the [[police]] of New York City ignored her gay son being thrown down an [[escalator]], during a [[protest]] for gay rights.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rankin|first=Richard|date=October 2006|title=Talking Tolerance|url=http://www.wo-magazine.com/website/issuethree/wofront.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008151014/http://www.wo-magazine.com/website/issuethree/wofront.html|archive-date=2007-10-08|publisher=Wo! Magazine|accessdate=2007-07-13}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.PFLAG.org/ Official PFLAG website] [[Category:1972 establishments in New York (state)]] [[Category:LGBT in the United States]] [[Category:Organizations based in New York City]] [[Category:Civil rights organizations based in the United States]]