PFLAG Bowie

Safe | Celebrated | Empowered | Loved

This is our first official Giving Tuesday!! Help us grow as we lift up and support the LGBTQ+ community in Prince George's County!

This coming year, there will be a greater need for education, support, and advocacy for this community. Many people focus on what makes LGBTQ+ people different, an "us" versus "them" mentality, and PFLAG Bowie's role is to dispel the myths and show the humanity in all of us. We will also continue to help connect people with those they love most, but don't know how best to show it through our support group. We want to create more safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people. We stand with the LGBTQ+ community and believe they should have the same rights as cisgender and/or heterosexual people!

Our goal this Giving Tuesday is $2000 and will go towards educational materials that we purchase and distribute for free at every opportunity, as well as event fees, digital operational tools, and marketing. 

Our Story

“I was having coffee with Connie when she told me of a boy in her neighborhood knocking on her door to ask for advice on coming out to his parents. He knocked on her door because she has a rainbow windsock hanging on her porch- enough of a sign to give him the courage to talk to strangers. 

Connie started looking for what resources were available to support LGBTQ+ folks and their families in our community. Lots of resources seemed available in our neighboring counties, but not here at home. We started looking into it more and found what a wonderful resource PFLAG is, a national support group, originally for Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. 

So we decided to start a chapter here in our hometown, Bowie, Maryland. PFLAG Bowie was founded in 2023 and we provide support groups and education for family, friends and allies of LGBTQ+ people.”

-Ann