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The PFLAG meeting yesterday was just sensational! There were almost 60 people and about 12 different groups/organizations represented. Everyone gave great presentations and I even learned of a few I hadn’t heard of before. The list of participants is below which I will also try to post on our resource page soon.
AA Rainbow Group- LGBT and friendly support group
Boundaries- Confidential support group for persons living with HIV/AIDS
COS Pride- COS club promoting LGBT awareness
Dining Out for Equality- Monthly lunch group promoting visibility
Visalia
Pride Lions Club- Service organization with many community outreach projects
Gay Visalia- We’re here for you, just let us know how to help!
Hanford
Rainbow Pride- Local social and political group for
Kings
County
Queer Visalia- Website for bloggers and information. Hosts Pride in the Park
Rainbowlers- Monthly bowling group in
Visalia
Tulare
County
Outreach- Monthly potluck group
TedG- Weekly dining group at various area restaurants
PFLAG- Monthly meeting to support EVERYONE in and around the LGBTQI community
There is talk of wanting to bring together all of the different area organizations into one coalition effort consisting of social activities and community outreach. If anyone is interested in the organization and participation of such a group please let me know. If you have ideas for this group, we would take those as well. This coalition would include
Tulare
and
Kings
Counties
and include all of the surrounding cities. Again, this thought is just in the newborn stages, so any input or direction would be great! If someone would like to step up and take charge of this, many, many people would be extremely grateful. You can also talk to anyone on the PFLAG board for more information because that’s where the idea was born.
A big thank you to PFLAG for bringing us all together. And thanks to all of the groups in our community for doing the wonderful work that you do for all of us. You make a difference in many people’s lives and help
Visalia
be a better place to live. Thank you!
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