The Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance  (formerly the Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, P.L.A.G.A.L.) was organized in 1990 in Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis, MN.  Initially, it was called "Gays Against Abortion." The founder was, Tom Sena. of Washington, D.C., and the first president, Philip Arcidi, of Concord, Massachusetts, was the first elected in 1994. The former president, Cecilia Brown, of Ocala, Florida, was installed in 2000.

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RPLA , is a Kansas-based 501(c)(3) corporation, governed by a board of directors of six members. We are a 100% volunteer organization and rely on our volunteers and board members to run our programs.

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We have sponsored forums on abortion and breast cancer - anticipating more general public recognition of the highly probable link - and preventing HIV infection in the children of HIV+ mothers. We have participated in the annual January 22nd March for Life since 1991, local Pride events in D.C., Philadelphia and Boston, the 1993 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, and a number of demonstrations and counterdemonstrations. We have surprised, confounded, and enraged both pro-lifers and pro-choicers. 

 

RPLA hosts monthly ZOOM meetings. RPLA has produced several brochures presenting pro-life arguments to the LGBTQIA+ and allied communities. In addition, RPLA has received media attention in both straight and rainbow media on both national---and a number of local---levels.