PFLAG SOUTH NEWSLETTER: DECEMBER 2004

NEW HOME FOR PFLAG OFFICE

Last month the Dunedin Methodist Mission moved its office from Moray Place and PFLAG South moved with it to our new location at 95 Fitzroy Street, Kew.

It's not hard to find us - Fitzroy Street is the last on the left along Hillside Road, just before the Forbury Road/David Street roundabout (or opposite the Waterloo Hotel, if you are more familiar with this landmark). Our office is in a two-storied house, which is the first round the corner on the left-hand side.

We're delighted with our new office, which is upstairs and has a pleasant suburban outlook. We hope you'll pay us a visit and have a chat and a cuppa. Our office hours remain the same - 10am to 2pm each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

ADDITIONS TO OUR LIBRARY

Our collection of resources continues to grow and may be borrowed by anyone with a genuine interest in understanding and supporting glbt people.

MONTHLY MEETINGS

Our August meeting had to be cancelled because of the heavy snow that continued to fall throughout the day, but there were no such problems in September, when our speaker was Barbara Perry, who with her husband helped establish one of the first drop-in centres for people with HIV/AIDS in Melbourne.

PFLAG South meets at Community House, cnr Moray Place & Great King St at 7.30 pm on the 4th Monday of each month.

PFLAG SOCIAL NIGHT

Thanks to Erin and Jean, who kindly arranged for us to have dinner together at Dicey O'Riley's, which as a most enjoyable occasion. It was great to get to know people in a relaxed way and not more formally at a meeting. We're planning to meet again like this some time.

WELLINGTON PPTA SAFER SCHOOLS MEETING

In August Sue and Erin attended a meeting in Wellington called to find ways of promoting the safety of gay staff and students in High Schools. The group included teachers, health teachers, counsellors, youth workers, Family Planning Association, Rainbow Youth from Auckland, a lawyer from the Human Rights Commission, the Head of Onslow College and PFLAG South.

The government has policies about care for difference, but at present there is no specific wording that requires a school to promote a culture of gay friendliness and acceptance actively.

"It was a very useful meeting," said Sue. "The work is huge and we at PFLAG are so small. It will be good to work with others. It was wonderful to talk with all these other people and to hear of the work they have done. They were delighted that PFLAG exists. And they were impressed at all we had done and plan to do. We were told that the influence of parents was of enormous importance in the community, as well as on young gay people..

COPIES OF PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS:

Report for 2003

March 2002

March 2001

May 2001

June 2001

October 2001

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