Posts by Jim Mathis
World Aids Day, 2021
PFLAG and partners hosted a panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the Equality Community Center, December 2021. This is an important time for our community to come together to honor our friends, family, and loved ones who have passed from HIV/AIDS, but also to support and encourage those who are still living with or…
Read MoreTransgender Day of Remembrance, 2021
PFLAG partnered with UNE Medical School’s Pride Alliance to host the annual vigil on November 20. The 2021 vigil was hybrid, with 30 attendees in person and over 100 on the live stream. Watch the video.
Read MorePride Portland June 2021
We all missed the parade again, but PFLAG Portland was the beneficiary of Mainely Medical’s monthly raffle.
Read MoreLQBTQ+ Rights, Part 2
Please check out a local YouTube show hosted by Maine attorney and parent Derry Rundlett discussing recent updates in LGBTQ+ rights. In part 2 (filmed 1/7/21), he goes in more detail with Maine employment attorney David Webbert. (Each part is 30 minutes.) Watch.
Read MoreLQBTQ+ Rights, Part 1
Please check out a local YouTube show hosted by Maine attorney and parent Derry Rundlett discussing recent updates in LGBTQ+ rights. In part 1 (filmed 12/2020), he is joined by his daughter, Nicole, as well as Portland PFLAG co-president Sarah McDaniel. Watch.
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