HomeMy WebLinkAbout061620 Guzzo, Jacquie
Marie Sunseri
From:Jacquie Guzzo <jacquie.guzzo@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:30 PM
To:Marie Sunseri
Subject:Public Comment - June 16 Agenda Item 7.1
***CAUTION***
This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville. Do not click on links or open attachments
unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
My name is Jacquie Guzzo. I’m the president of PFLAG Danville/San Ramon Valley. Thank you for declaring June
Pride month. We appreciate the flag policy which allows town council members to request commemorative flags be
flown on our official flagpoles and look forward to it being accepted. Thank you for moving to approve flying the
pride flag be flown at the Library.
We, the parents of lgbtq+ kids will tell you it’s common for our kids to wait to come out until their freshman year of
college.
Think about the high school dances, the proms and senior balls of your own kids. Think about the excitement of first
dates, first kisses many of which parents knew about because their kids were a little scared, very happy, whatever the
emotion – it was part of growing up. Parental support was there for those kids at an important time.
Why have there been so many kids in Danville who were afraid to talk to their own families about the thoughts they
were having around their gender or who they wanted to date? Why do our kids have to leave Danville to live as the
awesome people they are?
We ask that the Philly Pride flag (which adds stripes of brown and black to draw attention to the lgbtq+ people of
color within the LGBTQ+ community) be flown. Let’s show all our lgbtq+ citizens whether out or not, and our families
that we are a safe and welcoming community for all of us together.
Thank you,
Jacquie Guzzo
1