Jody Michael Huckaby has been a nonprofit executive for 14 years, serving as Executive Director of the Washington Humane Society in Washington, DC, New Mexico AIDS Services in Albuquerque, NM, and the Bering/Omega Community Foundation in Houston, TX. He also was a member of the board of directors of AIDS Action in DC, and in that capacity, he performed gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) grassroots organizing and public policy development on HIV issues, housing, health care and research. As a gay man with three gay brothers and four straight siblings, Jody brings a unique family perspective to the role of Executive Director of PFLAG. Since the start of his tenure in 2005, he has been the voice of PFLAG on issues including marriage equality, judicial nominations, education, extremist organizations, and other issues key to families. He also writes a weekly message to PFLAG supporters in the PFLAG Weekly Alert (available online at www.pflag.org) with the goal of moving equality forward for GLBT individuals and their families everywhere. Jody holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Dallas and has done graduate work in theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Chicago.

Blog Entries by Jody Huckaby

Symbolism or Substance in ENDA Debate?

Posted October 25, 2007 | 06:04 PM (EST)


When the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) received its first-ever vote in the House of Representatives and passed the Education and Labor Committee on Oct. 18, it should have been a historic -- and celebratory -- moment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. But there was a cloud...

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