KAFE Welcomes Marc Adams for August 8th Lecture

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PFLAG (Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Southwest MI Chapter presents gay author and activist Marc Adams and his presentation, “Hope Needs Only Hands & Hearts.”

The presentation takes place on Monday, August 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Public Library, Van Deusen Rm. 3rd floor, 315 South Rose St., Kalamazoo. Local organizations co-sponsoring this event are: KGLRC-Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center, CARES – Community AIDS Resource and Education Services, Kalamazoo GLBT Professional Network and KAFE – Kalamazoo Alliance For Equality.

Adams’ recent presentations at Harvard University and Rutgers University
came amidst a national surge in reported suicides of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. Adams recently spoke at Rutgers University following the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers freshman who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge following the online broadcast of his romantic encounter with another male. For Adams, the stories of GLBT young people taking their own lives is a common occurrence.