BGLAD

The Alliance mission is to serve people living with HIV/AIDS, their loved ones, caregivers and communities at large, through compassionate and non-judgmental care, prevention, education and advocacy.

B-GLAAD is a non-university funded campus organization dedicated to the concerns of the GLBT community and awareness of diversity in general. B-GLAAD strongly encourages the involvement of anyone, whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or heterosexual, Appalachian affiliated or community member.

We, the parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons, celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively.

Our chapter of PFLAG provides Support for parents who have just learned that their child is gay, and for the GLBTQ persons who want desperately to have their parents and family understand. We provide Educational materials to enable families to understand each other. And we Advocate for civil rights and against harassment and bullying.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well-being of GLBT persons and their families through SUPPORT, to cope with an adverse society; through EDUCATION, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and through ADVOCACY, to end discrimination and to secure fair and equal civil rights. PFLAG provides the opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.