PFLAG Cape Cod In The News


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October 26, 2022
Educators from around the Cape and Islands will gather in Hyannis Wednesday for a symposium to hear from LGBTQ+ lawmakers, and to learn about a state-wide program called 
Safe Schools, which provides resources to teachers and school administrators to support LGBTQ+ students.

WCAI's Kathryn Eident talked with PFLAG Cape Cod President Joe Lima about the event and what he’s hoping educators will take from it.

Click the image at left for the audio and transcript of the interview.​
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  • March 23, 2021
  • Rick Koonce knows about the power of sharing one’s story. Three decades ago, the New York Times interviewed him and his partner about a new trend: openly gay couples adopting children. At the time, it was illegal for gay people to openly serve in the military, and marriage equality was still a fringe cause. Koonce couldn’t even legally adopt his own daughter because his state, Virginia, wouldn’t allow it.  

  • These days, the landscape is more favorable for openly gay cisgender men. But that isn’t the case for all LGBTQ+ people. On a new podcast, “Profiles in LGBTQ+ Courage,” Koonce, who lives with his husband in Hyannis, interviews local PFLAG Cape Cod members, highlighting the stories of the marginalized.​

  • Click the image at left to view the article.​
July 3, 2020
The first time Joe Lima came to Provincetown years ago, he felt as though he’d arrived in another world. “You don’t even feel like you’re still on the Cape,” he said. “You almost don’t feel like you’re on this planet.” 

Now, Lima is president of PFLAG Cape Cod, an organization that supports members of the LGBTQ community and their families. And even though he's been out and proud for decades, escaping to Provincetown still feels important.
“It’s really the only time my husband and I will be openly demonstrative, where we might  hold hands and kiss each other in public,” he said. 

​Click the image at left for the audio and transcript of the interview.​​
​June 15, 2020
Members and supporters of the Cape’s LGBTQ community rejoiced Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court barred employers from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, though the quest for equal rights is not yet over, they said.
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