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Parent Panel with WNMU, PFLAG, and Q and A
Thursday, March 02, 2023, 06:00pm - 08:00pm |
PFLAG Silver City and the Q&A Club (Queers and Allies) at Western New Mexico University are co-sponsoring a Parent Panel on Thursday, March 2, 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Miller Library. The public is invited, and refreshments will be available.
The purpose of a Parent Panel is to provide an opportunity for parents of LGBTQ+ children to tell their stories. According to the PFLAG publication Our Children, “We believe we know our children better than anyone else does. So when a child comes out (reveals themselves to be LGBTQ+) andwe hadn’t a clue—or we knew and patiently waited for them to share the information, or denied it to ourselves— it can make us feel like we didn’t know them as well as we thought we did...or perhaps didn’t really know them at all. Everyone has a vision or dream for their child’s future, born of many things including personal experiences, family history, cultural or societal expectations, and more. When presented with your child’s disclosure or coming out, it may be an adjustment to understand and realize that this future might now differ from that vision or dream. Remember, this is not an end to your dreams for your child or loved one, nor is it the end of your relationship. On the contrary, your relationship can become even stronger, because you know more about them now than you did before. In fact, it is a likely sign that your child trusts you: If they are telling you, they are making a choice to share this most personal information.”
Location 10th Street and Louisiana
Silver City NM 88061
6027088504