In Kalamazoo, 'You’re Welcome' Takes on New Meaning
By Task Force staff, November 4, 1:30 pm
Task Force board member Hans Johnson, a Kalamazoo native, writes a poignant commentary about the city's victory in the battle for an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance on Daily Kos.
From his piece "In Kalamazoo, 'You’re Welcome' Takes on New Meaning":
Anyone who has grown up in and then departed my hometown of Kalamazoo, Mich., has faced the same question from curious acquaintances: "You’re from where?" The city’s name owes to the Native American heritage of the state. Despite a population of 80,000 and various song lyrics that have spread its fame, its whimsical sound prompts disbelief that such a town exists.
There has been nothing whimsical about the anti- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) campaigns in local politics of the past decade. Click here to read the full blog on Daily Kos.
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