December Meeting PFLAG Pot Luck

Our December meeting is a Pot Luck!  Bring a dish to share and come enjoy an opportunity to visit!  See you at 3:00-5:00 Sunday, December 11th at the Village Presbyterian Church, Room 307!

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Bingo Fundraiser Prizes

Have Fun While Helping PFLAG-KC!

 

PFLAG-KC is having a bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Mary’s!
Join us on December 8th at 7pm. Reservations recommended, (816) 842-1919It’s only $10 to play 10 games, and the fun lasts all night!  There’s also a raffle with some great prizes. Look at some of the things you could win:

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This bar cart features a bottle of wine, four wine glasses, wine opener, and a cork jar, as well as a cake plate, napkins, straws, towels, and other things you’d need to throw a great party!
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This Coach purse includes a gift certificate and all sorts of great accessories for the fashionista in your life (or maybe you’d just want to keep it yourself!) and was donated by Fashionista.
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This one-of-a-kind painting of rainbow lips was created by our very own PFLAG-KC president Lisa W.
We will also have a variety of other great prizes, including:

Prizes:

  • Custom Climate seasonal tune up for your A/C or furnace
  • “Love Wins” pillow cases & pillows
  • Handmade earrings with earring tree
  • Movie night package including DVDs
  • Rock and Run Brewery growler bottle with a free fill
  • HRC messenger bag
  • Chipotle dinner for 4
  • Vera Bradley “Hipster” cross-body bag
  • Large bottles of wine

Gift certificates to:

  • $75 at Phoenix Salon
  • $30 at Le Reve Nail Salon
  • $25 for Bistro 303 and a bottle of vodka
  • $25 at Starbucks
  • $25 at QuikTrip
  • Several amounts for KC Hopps restaurants

We hope to see you on December 8th!

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PFLAG Bingo Fundraiser

PFLAG will be holding a bingo fundraiser at Hamburger Mary’s on December 8th from 7:00 until 8:30pm. Details are on the flier below. Click on the image to enlarge it. PFLAG Bingo Fundraiser flier

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Young Adult LGBT Books

“My son is an avid reader and sometimes reads several books a week. After he came out to me, I felt that it was important for him to read books that are inclusive and that include characters who are like him. These books have meant a lot to my son. He loves to talk to me about the books and how he connects to the characters and stories (or sometimes not at all!). His Dad and I will sometimes read the books, too, and we have even passed them on to others. Reading these books has given my son more confidence. I hope you enjoy these books as much as our family has.”

Ages 9 and Up

Better Nate Than Ever – Tim Federle

The Misfits series – James Howe

Totally Joe-James Howe

Ages 10 and Up

Drama – Raina Telgemeier

Five, Six, Seven, Nate – Tim Federle

Husky-Justin Sayre

Marco Impossible-Hannah Moskowitz

So Hard to Say – Alex Sanchez

Ages 12 and Up

Absolutely, Positively Not – David LaRochelle

Anything Could Happen – Will Walton

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Bait – Alex Sanchez

Boy Meets Boy-David Levithan

Draw the Line-Laurent Linn

Gemini Bites – P.E. Ryan

One Man Guy – Michael Barakiva

Promposal – Rhonda Helms

The Rise and Fall of A Theater Geek-Seth Rudetsky

Two Boys Kissing – David Levithan

Ages 13 and Up

Boyfriends with Girlfriends – Alex Sanchez

Breaking Saint Jude-Nikki Godwin

Carry On – Rainbow Rowell

Fan Art– Sarah Tregay

Saints of Augustine – P.E. Ryan

True Letters From a Fictional Life-Kenneth Logan

Ages 14 and Up

The Before Now and After Then-Peter Monn

Coins in the Coffee Cup-Ambriehl Khalil

Every Inferno-Johanna Parkhurst

Falling From the Sky-Nikki Godwin

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley-Shaun David Hutchinson

The Geography Club – Brent Hartinger

The God Box-Alex Sanchez

The Great American Whatever-Tim Federle

Highly Illogical Behavior – John Corey Whaley

Hold Me Closer – David Levithan

I’ll Give You the Sun – Jandy Nelson

Jerkbait-Mia Siegert

More Happy Than Not-Adam Silvera

Openly Straight – Bill Konigsberg

Out of the Pocket-Bill Konigsberg

The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda – Becky Albertalli

The Vast Fields of Ordinary – Nick Burd

We Are the Ants – Shaun David Hutchinson

What They Always Tell Us – Martin Wilson

Whatever: or how junior year became totally f$@ked – S.J. Goslee

Will Grayson Will Grayson – John Green and David Levithan

You and Me and Him – Kris Dinnison

 

Transgender

Ages 8 and Up

George – Alex Gino

Ages 10 and Up

Gracefully Grayson – Ami Polonsky

Lily and Dunkin – Donna Gephart

Ages 10 and Up

The Art of Being Normal – Lisa Williamson

Luna – Julie Ann Peterson

 

Science Fiction

Ages 12 and Up

The Culling-Steven Dos Santos

Guardian – Alex London

Proxy – Alex London

The Raising-Steven Dos Santos

The Sowing-Steven Dos Santos

Ages 13 and Up

Dagger – Steven Dos Santos

Ages 14 and Up

The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness

More Happy Than Not-Adam Silvera

Noggin – John Corey Whaley

Willful Machines – Tim Floreen

Fantasy

Ages 12 and Up

The Half Bad Trilogy – Sally Green

Ages 13 and Up

Seven Tears At High Tide-C.B. Lee

Ages 14 and Up

The Darkest Part of the Forest – Holly Black

Hero-Perry Moore

The Red Sun Rises – Victoria Kinnaird

Wonders of the Invisible World – Christopher Barzak

 

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National Coming Out Day, October 11

Two seniors in high school, both very smart, both active in school activities, both headed to college, both come out.   One family is accepting.  One family put their child’s belonging on the porch and has not had contact with their child for years.

National Coming Out Day is full of excitement for many because they want to live their lives openly.  Coming out is your story and you get to decide when to share it and who to share it with.

It is important that you have support so that you can come out safely.  It is especially important to our youth.  Youth must make sure that they have a trusted adult available to help if a change in living arrangements is necessary.  Find your support!

Lisa W.

PFLAG Kansas City Chapter President

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