NEWS: Speakers planned for upcoming meetings

Plans for 2006 are underway, and upcoming meetings will be featuring invited speakers on topics of interest. Among the speakers invited are Rev. Juan Reed, vicar of St. Martin's Episcopal Church on the West Side of Chicago. Father Reed is openly gay, and his parish actively welcomes GLBT persons and provides support and counseling to men living with HIV and AIDS. Also invited to speak is psychologist Orson Morrison, who is affiliated with Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, and provides counseling for families who have GLBT members.

For information on when Reed and Morrison will speak, contact PFLAG by calling (773) 472-3079, or send an e-mail at oakpark . pflag @ gmail . com.