The following message comes from Amanda, the 11-year-old daughter of Bud, our PFLAG Phoenix newsletter editor. Bud had asked Amanda to write about what she thought of her father’s involvement with PFLAG. For those of you who don’t know Bud, he is a straight, married father of three, who also happens to be a staunch […]
A Mother’s Reward: Reba’s Story
By Reba Coffman, 12/03/2002 In April of 1957 I gave birth to a baby boy but due to some difficult circumstances I had to give him up for adoption. The court told me at that time that I should never try to find him for if I did I would cause him unhappiness and disrupt […]
A Heartfelt Message From “Jen’s mom”
The following is a message we received here at PFLAG Phoenix. Reprinted with permission. April 14, 2002 Dear PFLAG-Phoenix, I almost attended the Central Phoenix meeting last night, but I couldn’t. I needed to say “thank you,” but it’s too hard just now. You gave me an incredible gift, and you need to know. A […]