24-Hour Crisis Hotline: 269-385-3587

General Contact: 269-345-5595

Pride Month 2025

🌈 Pride Awareness Month

At YWCA Kalamazoo, We Stand With You — Every Identity. Every Story. Every Right.

This June, in honor of LGBTQIA+ Awareness Month, we’re uplifting the voices and needs of LGBTQIA+ individuals in our community. Our commitment to racial, gender, and reproductive justice includes ensuring inclusive, affirming, and accessible services — for ALL people, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, insurance, or citizenship status. You Belong Here. No matter who you are or what you’ve been through, YWCA Kalamazoo is here for you — proudly supporting the LGBTQIA+ community not just in June, but all year long.

YWCA Kalamazoo services

Our services are tailored to meet the needs of LGBTQIA+ survivors of domestic and sexual violence:

  • 24/7 Crisis Line: (269) 385-3587

  • Emergency Shelter & Housing

  • Free Therapy & Support Groups

  • Legal Services

  • Spanish-speaking Advocates & Therapists

We offer intake paperwork in Spanish and never contact law enforcement (including ICE) without consent.

Through the YWCA Reproductive Health Fund, we provide:

  • Gender-Affirming Care (HRT, name changes for those born in Michigan, PEP)

  • Abortion Services (in-clinic or medication)

  • Emergency Contraception Kits

  • Doula Support (prenatal and postpartum)

  • Transportation to and from any service

📞 Call (269) 978-1200 to access services
💜 Services are available to all genders, regardless of income or documentation.

At The Dreamery, we proudly serve LGBTQIA+ families with trauma-informed, justice-based childcare.

  • Full-time care (0–3 yrs)

  • Locations in Edison and Downtown Kalamazoo

  • Multilingual staff (English, Spanish, Urdu, French, Swahili, Hindi, ASL)

Also available:

We’re driving systems change to ensure justice for LGBTQIA+ individuals through:

Let’s build a community rooted in peace, dignity, and equality for all.