Sunday, Sept.14, 2008 at 7 p.m.

You! Straight allies, LGBT folks and anyone interested in learning about LGBT rights and equality are invited to view a showing of an episode from the 2007 series, “30 Days” featuring a young, straight, conservative man from Oxford, MI who lives with a gay man in the Castro district of San Francisco for 30 days.

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Saturday, August 23rd

When: Saturday, August 23rd (LAHR’S 29th BIRTHDAY!)
9 a.m. until noon

Where: Gone Wired Cafe
2021 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing

Cost: $6 for Adults, $4 for Children
Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, pancakes and fruit.
Beverages are extra.

Posted 7-24-2008
We've got another great issue of the LAHR newsletter for download. To view the June issue click here, or click on the image to the left. As always, this issue is packed with great articles and information.

The newsletter is in PDF format, and requires the Adobe Acrobat viewer to read. If you need to install the Acrobat viewer, it can be found by clicking here.

by Nancy English

If you go onto Lansing’s YMCA website you will find the motto, “We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities.” But to be a part of that strong family, you first have to have a legal relationship as defined by the Lansing YMCA.

Sarah Himes found this out the hard way when she attempted to add her partner Cate to her membership at the Parkwood Branch YMCA in the Haslett area. Since Sarah and Cate do not constitute a “legal” family (according to state of Michigan law and YMCA rules), Stephanie Wagner, Membership Assistant at the Parkwood Y, told Sarah that she could not add Cate at the $19.00 per month fee, which applies to family members. Instead, Cate would have to pay the standard $49.00 per month membership fee.

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August 24, 2008
2-4pm at the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame

On Sunday, August 24, 2008, the AAUW of Michigan, Michigan Women's Commission, LWV (Lansing), NOW (Lansing), Lansing Association for Human Rights, the Ingham County Women's Foundation and the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame will host a celebration in honor of Women's Equality Day.

To learn more, click here to view a flyer in PDF format