About Us
We are members of the Whatcom LGBTQ+ community -- out or otherwise. And we are family, friends, and allies of the entire spectrum of gender and sexual minorities. We work to provide a foundation united with LGBTQ people and allies who all support one another on their journey.
Our Mission
The PFLAG Whatcom Chapter promotes the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people, their families, and friends through:
Support to cope with an adverse society
Advocacy to end discrimination and secure equal civil rights
Education to enlighten an ill-informed public
PFLAG Whatcom provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. Keeping families together is the mission of PFLAG. Our family values stress education, understanding, acceptance, and support, but most of all love, thereby empowering our children — straight, cisgender, and GLBT alike — to lead happy and productive lives.
PFLAG Whatcom welcomes:
Any member of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, children, spouses, friends, and allies.
PFLAG Whatcom is also:
a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) corporation
not affiliated with any ethnic, religious, economic, or political group
a volunteer, local, community-based group
Our History
1994 - Community members gathered to discuss discrimination they saw
2000 - Started Bellingham Pride
2004 - Whatcom PFLAG started the Just Us Youth Program, which later became the Queer Resource Center (QRC)
2014 - Celebrated 20th anniversary
2018 - Started Speakers Bureau in Whatcom County
2020 - Produced online Transgender Day of Remembrance event
Board of Directors
Chris H. - PFLAG Board Co-Chair
Kim K. - PFLAG Board Co-Chair
Constance M. - PFLAG Board Treasurer
Francie G. - PFLAG Board Secretary
James F. - PFLAG Board Member
Robin S. - PFLAG Board Member
Sarah P. - PFLAG Board Member
Schantell P. - PFLAG Board Member
In Our Own Words
Click here to listen to our past board co-chairs Diana Campbell and Francie Gass talk about who we are and what we do on KGMI's Whatcom Report.