Equal Access : A PFOX Request

“This is not just a conservative issue. Liberals, too, believe in human rights. This is a broader human rights issue, because people have the right to make their own decisons about their personal life — to stay in homosexuality, or to change.”

— Arthur Goldberg of JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality)

Is your job or school holding a gay pride/diversity/tolerance activity? If so, would you request that they also hold an ex-gay event or include an ex-gay speaker? If your school or work sponsors a gay event or speaker, then it should also provide equal access to other sexual orientations, including ex-gays. PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays) will help you by providing a speaker and informative handouts for the ex-gay event.

At a time when former homosexuals face increasing intolerance, ex-gay presentations are more important than ever for others to recognize and appreciate the ex-gay community. Equal access by ex-gays supports sexual orientation diversity and tolerance.

Ask your job or school to sponsor an ex-gay event or speaker today! Below is a sample email PFOX sent to one place (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture — USDA) which celebrated a gay pride event last month:

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We are Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), a non-profit organization serving families and the ex-gay community.

In your celebration of Gay and Lesbian Pride month, please consider inviting an ex-gay speaker to address one of your events. In a December 8, 2005 letter to PFOX, the Director of the USDA Office of Civil Rights affirmed that ex-gays are included in the Department of Agriculture’s non-discrimination policies. We urge you to include positive portrayals of ex-gays in your events for next year, thereby enabling former homosexuals to be open and honest about their lives in the workplace. PFOX can assist you with speakers, brochures, and handouts.

We look forward to your response. Thank you for your work as civil servants on behalf of the American people.

Sincerely,

Regina Griggs
Executive Director
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays
PFOX

Box 561, Fort Belvoir VA 22060
703-360-2225
pfox@pfox.org
http://www.pfox.org