Welcome to the Sydney (NSW) website. Thank you for taking the time to visit us and taking a positive step forward. Your desire to support and accept your child or loved one is important.

We believe that families and friends must have accurate, unbiased information regarding the evolving diverse gender communities. The most important thing is KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER by acceptance and greater knowledge.

For details on other areas go to Locations

PFLAG stands for Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays. We are a non-profit voluntary organisation whose members have a common goal of keeping families together. PFLAG is here to give help, support and information to families and friends of all gay people. We endeavour to build a more inclusive safer place for all gender-diverse communities.

sydney meetings

Our bi-monthly support meetings where we discuss member issues and concerns. See 'What's on' for all our meetings and events.

We answer arrange of commonly asked questions for your review. Under Resources we also provide relevant videos and have a library of books and pamphlets coving a range of subjects.

SPEAKERS FOR SYDNEY EVENTS

We can provide speakers to interested organisations for discussion panels as and when requested.

We have a complete list of PFLAG chapters around NSW and the rest of Australia. Contact details and links to websites.

By becoming a member you are helping PFLAG Sydney continue to do it's great work supporting families and communities.

Need to talk, or have any questions answered. Then get in touch. Our volunteers are here for you.

We are the parents and friends of gay and lesbian people who are a part of our gender-diverse community. Some of our families may be large, some small. Some of us are married, some divorced, some single. Our occupations are as varied as our personalities and educational levels. HOWEVER. We do have a common bond. Someone we love and care for is a gender-diverse community.

In Australia today, there are many parents with gender diverse children. In the beginning, usually referred to as gay or lesbian. Today, the definitions are changing almost daily and gender-diverse is the new gay & lesbian with a various names now attributed to types of gender. No matter what they are called, they are our children. These children, and often their families are victims of social, political and economic prejudice. Gay persons in many communities are affected by discrimination in their pursuit of happiness and in striving to live their lives with openness and dignity.

Gender-diverse persons are not the only ones touched by this discrimination. It also touches their friends and families. We as parents, families and friends wish to join together to appeal to the public conscience. We want to achieve the same rights and opportunities for our children as are enjoyed by other Australians.

As proud parents, our lives have been enriched by reaching an understanding and acceptance of our children and embracing their diversity. It is our goal to bring this understanding and acceptance of diversity to the community.

We have a number of activities aimed at supporting our members & communities. We:

• Hold bi-monthly support meetings where we discuss member issues and concerns. Sometimes we have guest speakers who are professionals in their field to discuss topics of interest to the members.

• Provide a safe, friendly place where participants can talk freely and openly. All our meetings are confidential to the participants.

• Maintain a library of books, videos, pamphlets, and articles to help educate parents and others on issues of gender -diversity.

• PFLAG advocates on behalf of our children to parliaments, politicians, community and business on issues of human rights and equality in law, also for inclusion and social acceptance.

We strictly respect and are sensitive to the
confidentiality of all participants.