Gay Michiganders are Under Attack! Recently, Michigan lawmakers passed a law banning public employers from offering domestic partnership benefits, which Governor Snyder then signed into law. This is not ok and it’s time we fight back! Join your local LGBT community center on the capitol steps in Lansing on Wednesday, January 18, at 12:00 Noon. Let Michigan lawmakers know that gay families matter and deserve to be treated equally! For more information, contact the local [...]

KALAMAZOO — Members of the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center, KAFE, and the surrounding area holding rainbow-colored cloths in a show of unity, gathered in Kalamazoo on Sunday 1/8/12 to protest a new state law that limits access to domestic partner benefits for government employees. A state law signed last month blocks the  offering of taxpayer-paid health insurance to domestic partners living  with some public employees. It mostly affects local governments and public  schools and applies to health insurance and other benefits for unmarried [...]

JOIN US ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH AT 2:00 PM AT BRONSON PARK DOWNTOWN KALAMAZOO. Michigan voters elected Rick Snyder because he had a plan to fix our state’s economy. He was going to help keep the best and the brightest here and position Michigan as an economic leader. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the Governor has made compromises we find disappointing and when someone lets you down, you tell them. Join us in telling Governor [...]

Join Equality Michigan Pride Pac and KAFE Oct. 11th 5:01 – 7:00pm Please join Equality Michigan Pride PAC and KAFE – Kalamazoo Alliance For Equality – for an event to support pro-equality candidates this November. Come celebrate National Coming out Day with EqMI PAC and KAFE! *October 11, 2011  5:01-7:00pm, * Metro Nightclub *411 N Westnedge, Kalamazoo MI 49007 With hosts: Amy Hunter, David Feaster, Jonathan Richardson, Jon Hoadley, and Kelly Doyle Doors open at 5:01pm. Brief program [...]

 Policy to Practice: Why Diversity and Inclusion are good for business in Kalamazoo  September 15th, 6-8pm at the Borgess Lawrence Education Center, 1521 Gull Road, Kalamazoo.  As the financial, Educational, Health Services, and Scientific hub of Southwest Michigan, Kalamazoo’s leading employers remain on the forefront of variety. Through best hiring practices, internal employee welfare, and external community outreach; effective diversity policies are more important now that they have ever been. Kalamazoo is happy to welcome [...]

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 [...]