# Jeanne Manford
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Jeanne Sobelson Manford (December 4, 1920 – January 8, 2013) was an American schoolteacher and activist. She co-founded the support group organization, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), for which she was awarded the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal.
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Born Jean Sobelson in Flushing, Queens in 1920, the third of five daughters of Sadie, a housewife, and Charles Sobelson, a salesman, she studied for a short time in Alabama before stopping her studies to return home after her father's death.
Season 2 Episode 31: Bonus Rewind PRIDE MONTH
We sharing our LGBTQ+ episode that we dropped in Season I for Pride Month. It remains one of our favorite episodes.We hope you will listen.Here are the episode notes from the earlier episode:Every time I listen to an episode, I think to myself, "everyone needs to listen to this. There are so many …
How A Movement To Support Gay Children Began with One Mom
Jeanne Manford was an elementary school teacher and hardly an activist. But she had a gay son, Morty, who she loved fiercely. In 1972, the two of them walked together in a New York City gay pride parade, and Manford held a sign that read “Parents of Gays: Unite In Support for Our Children.” It was …
80% of our nation supports trans kids having a fair shot at life
Some organizations really do lead with love. When Jeanne Manford joined her gay son Morty at the 1972 Christopher Street Liberation Day March her handmade sign declared, Parents of Gays Unite in Support of our Children. That message moved many young people whose families were not there for them. Je…
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 3: Family Ties
When Jeanne Manford’s gay son is badly beaten at a 1972 GAA protest, the shy elementary school teacher takes a stand. She cofounds the organization now known as PFLAG and launches a movement that harnesses the strength of our fiercest allies: parents and the other people who love us.
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Special: 50th Anniversary Of The Stonewall With Making Gay History Vol. 2
This year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the riots at the Stonewall Inn. But LGBT history and the movement toward equality and civil rights for LGBT people didn’t just start in 1969. There were many people who took part of the movement before and after Stonewall. This year’s 50th ann…
Episode 18: Jeanne Manford
Jeanne Manford was a quiet schoolteacher and a mother. She lived a quiet life…. Until her son Morty, a gay activist, was victim of an attack. Then, she did what very few mothers at the time had the courage to do: she publicly and completely loved and accepted him. If you’d like to join PFLAG, or ch…
The Mom Who Marched for Her Gay Son - and Changed Everything
On June 25, 1972, a schoolteacher from Queens named Jeanne Manford grabbed a piece of orange posterboard, wrote in marker that parents of gay children should unite in support of their kids, and stepped into the Christopher Street Liberation Day March. She'd never made a protest sign before - you ca…
September 9, 2026 (Special Episode)
1. Jeanne Manford – Founder of PFLAG / “Mother of the LGBTQ Ally Movement”https://pflag.org/story/suzanne-swan/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/remembering-jeanne-manford-mother-lgbtq-ally-movement-n1004441https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/parents-are-activists-pflag-celebrates-5…
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