OUR MISSION

PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islander accomplishes the vision and mission of PFLAG National in promoting the health and well-being of LGBT individuals, their families, and friends through:

• support
• education
• advocacy

Unique to our organization is that we address the culture-specific needs of the Asian-American, Pacific-Islander, East Asian, and South Asian people.  We foster inter-generational dialogue; and when needed, provide language assistance.

We strive to meet the needs of our API families with LGBT children and/or our API LGBT with the following programs:

1. Monthly Support Group
2. Shared-culture smaller group gathering (known as the Afternoon Tea with Asian Parents or ATAP)
3. Family Circle gathering that comprise of solely the immediate family and/or extended family
4. Resources (online, printed copies, parent/LGBT/ally contact network)
5. Ongoing advocacy work through event participation and continuing collaboration with local, state-wide, and national API LGBT organizations  ​

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OUR VISION
Our vision is to promote inter-generational and inter-ethnic dialogue among our Asian, Asian-American, Pacific-Islander, Southeast Asian, and South Asian parents, families, and their lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender children, family members, and friends.  That with ongoing conversations in safe spaces, our voices will be ever stronger; be heard loud and clear; and that love prevails.

"This is a place to practice freedom by letting our vulnerabilities become visible while surrounded by accepting, loving, understanding, authentic, and passionate-minded people."

"....a place where the spectrum of human variability is without limits....

....where we are unbound from the chains of past experiences that have discriminated us in some form or other..."