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Queer Questions Straight Talk - January 19th, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.

— Author Abby Dees talks about how to ask and answer those difficult questions

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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is gone from the United States military, but it is still alive and well in many families and friendships. Moms and dads, brothers and sisters, cousins and friends have questions for their LGBT family members and friends, but are often silent because they don’t know how to ask them.

At the same time, LGBT individuals may find themselves answering the same questions over and over or having to respond to an awkwardly phrased and sometimes offensive query.

How do we bridge the communication gap so that real friendship and intimacy can grow in relationships? With humor and compassion, Abby Dees suggests some practical ways to start a dialog—even if the questions are clumsily raised.

Dees is a civil rights attorney and editor for St. Lynn’s Press who has been actively involved in lesbian, gay and bisexual rights and awareness work for 25 years. She believes tolerance can come about through effective communication, and that’s what inspired her to write Queer Questions Straight Talk (QQST). She's gathered this information through her own life experience and also by conducting many hours of interviews with a wide variety of people. Abby feels QQST can help both LGBT individuals and also their straight loved ones who are wanting to support them.

In addition to her civil rights work and her writing, she is closely involved with the Los Angeles chapters of the Human Rights Campaign, the Trevor Project (gay teen suicide prevention), and the San Francisco office of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

She understands the importance of having an emotional support system from family and friends when one is dealing with sexual identity issues. Abby will speak on her own coming out process and the role her own family and friends played and continue to play in her life. Abby feels blessed that this is a support system she carries with her even now as her mother Cathy was the editor for Queer Questions Straight Talk.

Come to the January meeting of PFLAG Los Angeles and learn how to ask and answer those nagging questions. –See how communication can be the key to understanding and living a fulfilled life for both LGBT persons and their families.

Visit:: www.queerquestionsstraighttalk.com

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