We are happy to speak at your GSA or PTSA about PFLAG.

Contact us at pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com or leave a message at +1(805)364-2830 and we will get back to you! We are happy to present and visit at your invitation.

Safe Schools

For the 9 out of 10 LGBTQ students who experience some form of mistreatment in school, education can be a frightening experience. It’s incumbent upon parents, families, friends, and allies to make schools safer for ALL students. PFLAGers have spent decades on the front lines, fighting innumerable instances of bullying, harassment, and discrimination in our nation’s schools and communities.

PFLAG chapters work directly with schools and stakeholders in their communities, providing support, resources, training, creative programs, and even model policy to create an environment of respect. Our umbrella program to support their efforts, work with our national partners and raise visibility of the issues facing LGBTQ youth in learning environments is our Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for All program. Our advocacy work at the federal, state and local levels are an integral part as well. All of this work is designed to reinforce and support the work done by our local chapters to ensure that we all create and support learning environments that help all students find educational success.

For information from SB Transgender Advocacy Network about their trainings offered in Santa Barbara County Schools click here.

For National PFLAG resources on Safe Schools click here.

For GLSEN / PFLAG resources on Your Rights in School click here