Site of First PFLAG Meeting

Site of First PFLAG Meeting

In 1972, Queens school teacher Jeanne Manford walked alongside her gay son, activist Morty Manford, at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, carrying a sign that read, “Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for Our Children.”

The overwhelming response to that simple act led Jeanne, her husband Jules, and early pioneers of the LGBT equality movement to create a support group for LGBT people, their parents, family, and friends.

The first meeting of that group — now known as PFLAG — took place on this site in March 1973.

Location: 201 West Thirteenth Street


Submitted by The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

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