Vancouver Pride Society: Choose 3 moms from PFLAG as 2013 Parade Marshals

Please support this nomination for 3 women who have volunteered 10+ years of their time and effort to helping others understand what unconditional love is all about. Here is the letter I have already shared with the Vancouver Pride Society. If you support this nomination, please sign the petition. Thank you.

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Dear VPS,

Although heavily biased, I'd like to nominate three people: The moms from PFLAG Vancouver. Here's why:

Susan Harman has been president of our chapter for the last 9+ years. She has just recently announced that she's stepping down. After retiring several years ago, Susan has been travelling and teaching English abroad. Although PFLAG has been her passion, she wants to spend time on a few other projects as well. Susan has been a strong force in the community, volunteering not only with PFLAG, but also serving on the Pride Advisory Committee through the VSB. She is well known and much appreciated by all in the community.

Karin Lind is also a current board member with PFLAG Vancouver, and has also volunteered for the last 10 years. Karin has volunteered in schools representing PFLAG, and has been a voice of reason and comfort for many over the years. Karin has also run our booth at the festival for many years, and we'd have been lost without her. I certainly feel that she is deserving of community recognition for all that she has brought to PFLAG.

Aideen McKenna is my mom, and at 75 she is still going very strong. My mom has been answering the PFLAG phone for years now, and has become our own resident resource with regard to transgender issues and concerns, (all self-taught). She has volunteered at school events, has marched in almost every parade with me since 2000, and is well known in the LGBT community. She has also been on TV and radio, helping to reach others who can benefit from PFLAG's information and assistance.

As these ladies are all well into retirement now, I truly would love to see them recognized by the greater LGBT community for all the work they've done over the last decade (and longer). As I said, I'm heavily biased, but I'm sure that if you run this past a few others in your organization, they will tell you the same.

Thanks very much for your time.

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