  pflag, formerly known as parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, is the united states' largest organization for parents, families, friends, and allies united with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq). pflag has more than 350 chapters across the united states, with more than 200,000 members and supporters. the acronym pflag, pronounced "p-flag" , originally stood for parents and friends of lesbians and gays (later broadened to parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays). until removal of the hyphen in 1993 the name was officially styled as p-flag. in 2014 the membership of the organization voted to officially change the name to pflag to reflect the decades of fully inclusive work it had been doing in the lgbtq community. ==organizational vision and mission== the vision and mission of the organization, approved by the membership in october 2014, reads as follows: vision: pflag envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. mission: by meeting people where they are and collaborating with others, pflag realizes its vision through: * support for families, allies and people who are lgbtq * education for ourselves and others about the unique issues and challenges facing people who are lgbtq * advocacy in our communities to change attitudes and create policies and laws that achieve full equality for people who are lgbtq ==history== jeanne manford marching with her now-famous sign. reactions to this sign led manford to create a support group, which evolved into pflag.|thumb|right|250px in april 1972, jeanne manford, an elementary school teacher, and her husband were at home in flushing, queens, when they learned from a hospital's telephone call that her son morty, a gay activist, had been beaten while distributing flyers inside the fiftieth annual inner circle dinner, a polit
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