Join us for our regular monthly meeting welcoming the entire spectrum of LGBTQ+ community, friends, families, and allies for education, rich conversation, and supportive community.
Our in person support group meetings now take place at:
allcove beach cities
514 N. Prospect Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Meetings are now held inside of the allcove Café on the first floor of the Beach Cities Health District main building, in the hallway across from the elevators. There is plenty of free parking inside the Beach Cities Health District parking lot. Be on the lookout for the PFLAG signage to help guide you into the building.
Our PFLAG general support meetings will be held both IN PERSON and VIA ZOOM.
Virtual meeting attendees still require RSVP. If you are new to Zoom, CLICK HERE to get set-up.
Please RSVP to rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org
Effective Messaging, Arguments that Work, and the Tools we need to stand up to bullies in this current Social Climate with Lisa Middleton (she/her)
Lisa Middleton will join us to share the importance of providing effective messaging while still upholding our values, what messaging and arguments work best to support our children, as well as discuss the tools we need to stand up to bullies and move forward.
About our Speaker:
Lisa Middleton (she/her) served on the Palm Springs City Council from 2017–2024. From December 2021–2022 she served her term as Mayor of Palm Springs becoming only the third transgender person in US History to serve as Mayor of an American city. From April 2019 – February 2025 Lisa served as a Trustee of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). CalPERS provides pensions to 1.9 million people, health benefits to over 1.5 million people and has global investment assets in excess of $460 billion. Lisa is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Equality California Institute, The Candidate School at Yale University, and the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs. Lisa previously served on the Boards of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, Metrolink, the Sunline Transit Agency and League of California Cities (Cal Cities) including service as Cal Cities Vice-President. Ms. Middleton served for 36 years with the State Compensation Insurance Fund of the State of California. At her retirement she was the Senior Vice President of Internal Affairs. Lisa is a graduate of UCLA and USC, receiving her Masters in Public Administration from USC. Lisa came out as transgender in 1995, in 2017 she became the first transgender person in California history to be elected to political office. Together since 2000, Lisa and her wife Cheryl were married in July 2013. She is the proud parent of two accomplished educators.
A NOTE ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS:
We will be utilizing Zoom features that provide the highest level of safety and confidentiality possible. Zoom is free to you and you need not have an account to join us. If you are new to Zoom, you can follow the links [here] for brief tutorials on all you need to know to sign on to a Zoom meeting with us. We ask that each of you that would like to participate in the on-line support, contact us in advance by email at rsvp@pflagmanhattanbeach.org to RSVP for the meeting. We will cut off RSVPs at 5 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All participants will receive a follow-up email with the link to the Zoom call and a password. For confidentiality’s sake, please do not forward these to another participant — they are welcome to contact us directly to receive the link.
We ask that youth who may want to join for our support groups to please be joined by a parent. Some heavy emotions can emerge in the course of our sessions and having a parent on-hand helps to ensure that the needs of any youth on the call are met.
There are some benefits to utilizing new tools like Zoom. We recognize that our typical evening support group meetings are not feasible for everyone due to work, family or other demands. If there is a need, we would like to offer an additional support group Zoom conference call sometime during the daytime hours. If you are interested in a daytime support group, email us at info@pflagmanhattanbeach.org and let us know what times might be more workable for you.
If you need more personalized assistance and support, we remain here for you. Email us confidentially and we will work with you to identify the best member of our team to assist with your individual needs.