Editing PFLAG (section)

{{Short description|American LGBTQ organization}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = PFLAG National
| logo = 
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| formation = March 11, 1973
| founder = [[Jeanne Manford]]
| founding_location = [[New York City]], US
| area_served = United States
| focus = [[LGBTQ activism]]
| headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| method = {{hlist | [[Civil society campaign|Campaigning]] | [[advocacy]] | [[support groups]] | [[public speaking]] | [[education]]}}
| website = https://www.pflag.org
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}
'''Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays''' ('''PFLAG''') is an [[LGBTQ]] advocacy organization founded and led by friends and family of LGBTQ people. PFLAG is a national organization presiding over decentralized local and regional chapters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pflag.org/find-a-chapter|title=Find a Chapter {{!}} PFLAG|website=www.pflag.org|access-date=2017-08-10}}</ref> PFLAG has nearly 400 chapters across the [[United States]], with more than 350,000 members and supporters.

''PFLAG'' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|f|l|æ|ɡ}} {{respell|PEE|flag}}) was originally an acronym, standing for Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (later broadened to '''Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays'''). Until 1993, the name was hyphenated as P-FLAG.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=279 |title=See banner styled P-FLAG |publisher=PFLAG |access-date=2010-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707043325/http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=279 |archive-date=2012-07-07 }}</ref> In 2014, the organization's members voted to make PFLAG the group's only official name and drop the phrase for which it previously stood, citing wider advocacy for groups beyond [[homosexual]] men and women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pflag.org/blog/newpresidentnewinclusivename|title=PFLAG NATIONAL ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT, NEW INCLUSIVE NAME|date=24 October 2014|publisher=PFLAG|access-date=2017-08-10}}</ref>