Jeanne Sobelson Manford (December 4, 1920 – January 8, 2013) was an American schoolteacher and activist. She co-founded the support group organization, PFLAG, for which she was awarded the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal.

May 11, 2019 · Before a roaring crowd, Jeanne Manford, an elementary school teacher, became the first mom to publicly support her gay child, according to Liz Owen, director of the...

On February 15, 2013, President Obama honored Jeanne Manford posthumously with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal the second highest civilian award given by the United States, for her work in co-founding PFLAG and ongoing years of LGBT advocacy.

Jan 12, 2013 · Jeanne Manford broke ground by speaking up for her son's rights as a gay man in the 1970s. She would go on to found the national support group Parents, Families...

Jun 8, 2015 · In her founding of PFLAG, Jeanne Manford did what most moms do best: defend their children against adversity. Manford’s son, Morty, came out to his parents when he was 15 years old; his older brother had committed suicide a short while before.

Apr 10, 2023 · The woman’s name was Jeanne Manford, and she was marching alongside her twenty-one-year-old gay son, Morty. Moved by the outpouring of emotion, the two of them discussed it all along...

Jan 11, 2013 · After her openly gay son was beaten in April 1972 for protesting news coverage of the gay rights movement, Jeanne Manford, an elementary school teacher in Flushing, Queens, did not tell him to...

In 1973 Jeanne Manford’s fierce love for her gay son in the face of national condemnation of homosexuality led her to create a support network for other families, Parents of Gays, later known as PFLAG.

Jun 5, 2023 · Jeanne Manford was angry over how her gay son, Morty, and other LGBTQ people were treated. Her love — and bravery — led her to co-found PFLAG, an organization for LGBTQ...

Jan 10, 2013 · Known as the nurturing mother figure of the straight alliance movement, Manford died Tuesday of natural causes at the home she shared with family members in the Bay Area community of Daly City,...