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LGBTQ Teens & friends join us this Saturday! WHEN: 1st Saturday of Each Month 7:30 – 10 PM WHERE: Alpharetta Presbyterian Church 180 Academy Street Alpharetta, GA 30009 (Downtown Alpharetta) * Enter through the main entrance. A volunteer will greet you. * — Hang out! Have fun! BE YOURSELF! All in a safe & affirming space. – We’ll play some cool games and do some fun activities! – Wear comfy clothes because we’re going to be active! – Food and drinks provided! 8th grade and up; minimum age = 13. $5 donation per person requested at the door. Adult chaperones will be with the teens at all times. — PARENTS: No curb drop-off! Check-in is required at the door for everyone (teens and adults). Teens must be checked in by a parent/guardian. Parents/Guardians are invited to stay and join the adult group for casual snacks & conversation during the Event. But staying is not required. However, check-in is required. Again, no curb drop-off! — IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 must sign a Parent/Legal Guardian Permission Form & Waiver & Youth/Teen Acceptance Form at each event check-in. Both parent/guardian AND youth/teen MUST sign the below form. Completed and signed form is required for admission to each Event. Form link: http://bit.ly/2Vh9V5s

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2BWcIK2 LGBTQ Teens & friends join us this Saturday!

WHEN:
1st Saturday of Each Month
7:30 – 10 PM

WHERE:
Alpharetta Presbyterian Church
180 Academy Street
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(Downtown Alpharetta) * Enter through the main entrance. A volunteer will greet you. * — Hang out! Have fun! BE YOURSELF! All in a safe & affirming space. – We’ll play some cool games and do some fun activities! – Wear comfy clothes because we’re going to be active! – Food and drinks provided!

8th grade and up; minimum age = 13. $5 donation per person requested at the door.

Adult chaperones will be with the teens at all times. — PARENTS: No curb drop-off! Check-in is required at the door for everyone (teens and adults). Teens must be checked in by a parent/guardian.

Parents/Guardians are invited to stay and join the adult group for casual snacks & conversation during the Event. But staying is not required. However, check-in is required. Again, no curb drop-off! — IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 must sign a Parent/Legal Guardian Permission Form & Waiver & Youth/Teen Acceptance Form at each event check-in.

Both parent/guardian AND youth/teen MUST sign the below form. Completed and signed form is required for admission to each Event.

Form link: http://bit.ly/2Vh9V5s

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PERIMETER Location – Support Group Meetings WHEN: 1st Tuesday of Each Month 7 – 8:30 PM WHERE: Congregation B’nai Torah 700 Mt. Vernon Highway Sandy Springs, GA 30328 (Community Rooms A, B, & C) * Parking on the left of the main drive. The location is on your right as seen in map below. Meeting is in the main building. Follow the signs. No food or drink allowed due to kosher facility. * — PFLAG Johns Creek is here for you! Providing free and confidential support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people, and their parents, families, and friends in the North Atlanta metro area. PFLAG Johns Creek support groups meet on the first Tuesday of each and every month at the PERIMETER location. — We have two separate groups, each led by PFLAG trained facilitators, and each room has a sign identifying which group is meeting in that room. Choose the group that is best for you: • TEENS (Room A) – Support/discussion for LGBTQ teens and their teen friends/allies (8th grade and up). • ADULTS (Rooms B & C) – Support/discussion for LGBTQ adults and parents, families, and friends of LGBTQ adults or youth. — Questions? Want to know more? CONNECT WITH US! Phone: 470.207.3524 Email: PFLAGJohnsCreek@gmail.com Web: PFLAGJohnsCreek.org Facebook: Facebook.com/PFLAGJohnsCreek Twitter: Twitter.com/PFLAGJohnsCreek Instagram: Instagram.com/PFLAGJohnsCreek

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2EfssIf PERIMETER Location – Support Group Meetings

WHEN:
1st Tuesday of Each Month
7 – 8:30 PM

WHERE:
Congregation B’nai Torah
700 Mt. Vernon Highway
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
(Community Rooms A, B, & C) * Parking on the left of the main drive. The location is on your right as seen in map below. Meeting is in the main building. Follow the signs. No food or drink allowed due to kosher facility. * — PFLAG Johns Creek is here for you! Providing free and confidential support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people, and their parents, families, and friends in the North Atlanta metro area.
PFLAG Johns Creek support groups meet on the first Tuesday of each and every month at the PERIMETER location. — We have two separate groups, each led by PFLAG trained facilitators, and each room has a sign identifying which group is meeting in that room. Choose the group that is best for you: • TEENS (Room A) – Support/discussion for LGBTQ teens and their teen friends/allies (8th grade and up). • ADULTS (Rooms B & C) – Support/discussion for LGBTQ adults and parents, families, and friends of LGBTQ adults or youth. — Questions? Want to know more? CONNECT WITH US!

Phone: 470.207.3524
Email: PFLAGJohnsCreek@gmail.com
Web: PFLAGJohnsCreek.org
Facebook: Facebook.com/PFLAGJohnsCreek
Twitter: Twitter.com/PFLAGJohnsCreek
Instagram: Instagram.com/PFLAGJohnsCreek

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#Repost @atlnonbinarysupport ・・・ Join the Intown Non-binary Adult Support group in their next meeting on a discussion around family, chosen or otherwise, this Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Phillip Rush Center in the annex building in the back. Attendees must identify somewhere outside the binary, be 20 years or older, agree to adhere to our rules and confidentiality. Free to attend and there will be snacks! If you have any questions, please feel welcome to DM us and we look forward to seeing you there! ?

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Join the Intown Non-binary Adult Support group in their next meeting on a discussion around family, chosen or otherwise, this Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Phillip Rush Center in the annex building in the back. Attendees must identify somewhere outside the binary, be 20 years or older, agree to adhere to our rules and confidentiality. Free to attend and there will be snacks! If you have any questions, please feel welcome to DM us and we look forward to seeing you there! ?
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LGBTQ Teens & friends join us! WHEN: 1st Saturday of Each Month 7:30 – 10 PM WHERE: Alpharetta Presbyterian Church 180 Academy Street Alpharetta, GA 30009 (Downtown Alpharetta) * Enter through the main entrance. A volunteer will greet you. * — Hang out! Have fun! BE YOURSELF! All in a safe & affirming space. – We’ll play some cool games and do some fun activities! – Wear comfy clothes because we’re going to be active! – Food and drinks provided! 8th grade and up; minimum age = 13. $5 donation per person requested at the door. Adult chaperones will be with the teens at all times. — PARENTS: No curb drop-off! Check-in is required at the door for everyone (teens and adults). Teens must be checked in by a parent/guardian. Parents/Guardians are invited to stay and join the adult group for casual snacks & conversation during the Event. But staying is not required. However, check-in is required. Again, no curb drop-off! — IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 must sign a Parent/Legal Guardian Permission Form & Waiver & Youth/Teen Acceptance Form at each event check-in. Both parent/guardian AND youth/teen MUST sign the below form. Completed and signed form is required for admission to each Event. Form link: http://bit.ly/2Vh9V5s

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2TmsFmu LGBTQ Teens & friends join us!

WHEN:
1st Saturday of Each Month
7:30 – 10 PM

WHERE:
Alpharetta Presbyterian Church
180 Academy Street
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(Downtown Alpharetta) * Enter through the main entrance. A volunteer will greet you. * — Hang out! Have fun! BE YOURSELF! All in a safe & affirming space. – We’ll play some cool games and do some fun activities! – Wear comfy clothes because we’re going to be active! – Food and drinks provided!

8th grade and up; minimum age = 13. $5 donation per person requested at the door.

Adult chaperones will be with the teens at all times. — PARENTS: No curb drop-off! Check-in is required at the door for everyone (teens and adults). Teens must be checked in by a parent/guardian.

Parents/Guardians are invited to stay and join the adult group for casual snacks & conversation during the Event. But staying is not required. However, check-in is required. Again, no curb drop-off! — IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 must sign a Parent/Legal Guardian Permission Form & Waiver & Youth/Teen Acceptance Form at each event check-in.

Both parent/guardian AND youth/teen MUST sign the below form. Completed and signed form is required for admission to each Event.

Form link: http://bit.ly/2Vh9V5s

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#Repost @lgbt_history ・・・ “They can’t ever say now that a gay man can’t play in the majors, because I’m a gay man and I made it.” – Glenn Burke, 1995. . Picture: Glenn Burke (November 16, 1952 – May 30, 1995), c. 1978. . At the beginning of Glenn Burke’s professional baseball career, an assistant coach on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league team described Burke, who was born sixty-six years ago today, as “the next Willie Mays.” More than anything, prejudice kept Burke from meeting those expectations. . Upon calling Burke up to the Dodgers’ major league club, General Manager Al Campanis offered to pay him a large sum if Burke agreed to marry; before refusing the offer, Burke responded, “to a woman?” Despite the initial pressure, during his time with the Dodgers Burke was known as “the life of the team, on the buses, in the clubhouse, everywhere.” . In October 1977, Burke ran onto the field during a game to congratulate teammate Dusty Baker on Baker’s thirtieth homerun of the season. As Baker jogged from third base to home, Burke raised his hand over his head; unsure of what to do with his teammate’s upraised hand, Baker slapped it. The two men—one of whom, by that point, was openly gay to his teammates and coaches—are credited with inventing the high five, which later became a symbol of identification and gay pride when Burke lived in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. . Despite his popularity on the Dodgers, Burke was traded to the Oakland Athletics in 1978, where the open secret of Burke’s sexuality was met with open prejudice. When Billy Martin became General Manager in 1980, for example, he often referred to Burke as a “faggot.” . When he suffered a knee injury before the 1980 season, the Athletics sent Burke to the minors and then released him from his contract. . “Prejudice drove me out of baseball sooner than I should have,” Burke later said, “…prejudice just won out.” . Burke spent his last years in San Francisco, where, despite being an easily recognizable and popular figure, he struggled with addiction, financial issues, and run-ins with police. . Glenn Burke died of AIDS-related complications on May 30, 1995; he was forty-two. #lgbthistory #HaveP

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“They can’t ever say now that a gay man can’t play in the majors, because I’m a gay man and I made it.” – Glenn Burke, 1995.
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Picture: Glenn Burke (November 16, 1952 – May 30, 1995), c. 1978.
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At the beginning of Glenn Burke’s professional baseball career, an assistant coach on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league team described Burke, who was born sixty-six years ago today, as “the next Willie Mays.” More than anything, prejudice kept Burke from meeting those expectations.
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Upon calling Burke up to the Dodgers’ major league club, General Manager Al Campanis offered to pay him a large sum if Burke agreed to marry; before refusing the offer, Burke responded, “to a woman?” Despite the initial pressure, during his time with the Dodgers Burke was known as “the life of the team, on the buses, in the clubhouse, everywhere.”
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In October 1977, Burke ran onto the field during a game to congratulate teammate Dusty Baker on Baker’s thirtieth homerun of the season. As Baker jogged from third base to home, Burke raised his hand over his head; unsure of what to do with his teammate’s upraised hand, Baker slapped it. The two men—one of whom, by that point, was openly gay to his teammates and coaches—are credited with inventing the high five, which later became a symbol of identification and gay pride when Burke lived in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.
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Despite his popularity on the Dodgers, Burke was traded to the Oakland Athletics in 1978, where the open secret of Burke’s sexuality was met with open prejudice. When Billy Martin became General Manager in 1980, for example, he often referred to Burke as a “faggot.”
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When he suffered a knee injury before the 1980 season, the Athletics sent Burke to the minors and then released him from his contract.
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“Prejudice drove me out of baseball sooner than I should have,” Burke later said, “…prejudice just won out.”
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Burke spent his last years in San Francisco, where, despite being an easily recognizable and popular figure, he struggled with addiction, financial issues, and run-ins with police.
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Glenn Burke died of AIDS-related complications on May 30, 1995; he was forty-two. #lgbthistory #HaveP
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Lots of area high schools putting on shows. Support our teens! – #Repost @hoochmusictheatre ・・・ Tickets are on sale NOW! Get them for this fun show, opening in 2 weeks at https://ift.tt/2EtXjCt. #hoochhardbody

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2VhsSF6 Lots of area high schools putting on shows. Support our teens!
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#Repost @hoochmusictheatre
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Tickets are on sale NOW! Get them for this fun show, opening in 2 weeks at https://ift.tt/2EtXjCt. #hoochhardbody
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PFLAG JOHNS CREEK invites area LGBTQ teens and their teen friends/allies to our Teen Social Event! WHEN: 1st Saturday of Each Month 7:30 – 10 PM WHERE: Alpharetta Presbyterian Church 180 Academy Street Alpharetta, GA 30009 (Downtown Alpharetta) * Enter through the main entrance. A volunteer will greet you. * — Hang out! Have fun! BE YOURSELF! All in a safe & affirming space. – We’ll play some cool games and do some fun activities! – Wear comfy clothes because we’re going to be active! – Food and drinks provided! 8th grade and up; minimum age = 13. $5 donation per person requested at the door. Adult chaperones will be with the teens at all times. — PARENTS: No curb drop-off! Check-in is required at the door for everyone (teens and adults). Teens must be checked in by a parent/guardian. Parents/Guardians are invited to stay and join the adult group for casual snacks & conversation during the Event. But staying is not required. However, check-in is required. Again, no curb drop-off! — IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 must sign a Parent/Legal Guardian Permission Form & Waiver & Youth/Teen Acceptance Form at each event check-in. Both parent/guardian AND youth/teen MUST sign the below form. Completed and signed form is required for admission to each Event. Form link: http://bit.ly/2Vh9V5s

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2GEG0Rt PFLAG JOHNS CREEK invites area LGBTQ teens and their teen friends/allies to our Teen Social Event!
WHEN:
1st Saturday of Each Month
7:30 – 10 PM

WHERE:
Alpharetta Presbyterian Church
180 Academy Street
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(Downtown Alpharetta) * Enter through the main entrance. A volunteer will greet you. * — Hang out! Have fun! BE YOURSELF! All in a safe & affirming space. – We’ll play some cool games and do some fun activities! – Wear comfy clothes because we’re going to be active! – Food and drinks provided!

8th grade and up; minimum age = 13. $5 donation per person requested at the door.

Adult chaperones will be with the teens at all times. — PARENTS: No curb drop-off! Check-in is required at the door for everyone (teens and adults). Teens must be checked in by a parent/guardian.

Parents/Guardians are invited to stay and join the adult group for casual snacks & conversation during the Event. But staying is not required. However, check-in is required. Again, no curb drop-off! — IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 must sign a Parent/Legal Guardian Permission Form & Waiver & Youth/Teen Acceptance Form at each event check-in.

Both parent/guardian AND youth/teen MUST sign the below form. Completed and signed form is required for admission to each Event.

Form link: http://bit.ly/2Vh9V5s

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#Repost @lgbt_history ・・・ “If you can be true to yourself, you can also be true to others. But if you can’t be true to yourself, you really have nothing. You are lost.” – Jackie Shane (May 14, 1940 – Feb. 22, 2019) to @zackarydrucker, 2018 . @lgbt_history mourns the loss of R&B legend and transgender trailblazer Jackie Shane, whose death was announced on February 22, 2019. Ms. Shane was 78. #RestInPower

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2NoerfB #Repost @lgbt_history
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“If you can be true to yourself, you can also be true to others. But if you can’t be true to yourself, you really have nothing. You are lost.” – Jackie Shane (May 14, 1940 – Feb. 22, 2019) to @zackarydrucker, 2018
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@lgbt_history mourns the loss of R&B legend and transgender trailblazer Jackie Shane, whose death was announced on February 22, 2019. Ms. Shane was 78. #RestInPower
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It’s time to elect a new Secretary and Treasurer for our PFLAG chapter. The Nomination Period is now open and will run until Friday, March 15, 2019. Anyone may nominate another chapter member or may nominate themselves. Visit http://bit.ly/2XkdZDw to learn more and to submit your nominations. Thank you for your assistance and support of our chapter. PFLAG Johns Creek – Election Committee Ann Miller Jeannie Senter

from Instagram: https://ift.tt/2EmBtAP It’s time to elect a new Secretary and Treasurer for our PFLAG chapter.

The Nomination Period is now open and will run until Friday, March 15, 2019. Anyone may nominate another chapter member or may nominate themselves.

Visit http://bit.ly/2XkdZDw to learn more and to submit your nominations.
Thank you for your assistance and support of our chapter.

PFLAG Johns Creek – Election Committee
Ann Miller
Jeannie Senter

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