Kentucky lawmakers override veto, anti-LGBTQ bill now law
ABOVE: Protestors at the Kentucky State Capitol building. Photo courtesy the Fairness Campaign. Both chambers of the Kentucky Legislature voted March 29 to override Governor Andy Beshear’s veto on...
View ArticleIndiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care
Photo via Bigstock. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) | Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, making those states the latest to restrict...
View ArticleSuit targets Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for youth
Photo via ACLU/Kentucky’s Facebook page. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) | Several families on May 3 challenged Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths, claiming the prohibition interferes...
View ArticleLeigh’s View: My father missed out
Growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of Harlan County, Kentucky was not easy for many. My father, destined to be a coal miner and then a factory worker, lived his […] The post Leigh’s View: My...
View ArticleKentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care takes effect as federal judge lifts...
(Above photo by Andreas Faessler, from Wikimedia Commons) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) | Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people was restored July 14 when a federal judge lifted...
View ArticleAppeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors
(Above photo by Andreas Faessler, from Wikimedia Commons) A federal appeals court is allowing Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people while the...
View ArticleKentucky candidates trade barbs at Fancy Farm picnic
Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear (L) and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron. (Photos in the public domain) FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) | In front of a raucous crowd at Kentucky’s […] The post...
View ArticleFederal appeals court lets Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban stand
Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo Credit: U.S. Courts/GSA) CINCINNATI, Oh. | The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Sept. 28 rejected a request from families and medical providers to...
View ArticleJudge rules anti-LGBTQ+ former clerk must pay $260K
Kim Davis. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) | Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must […] The post...
View ArticleKentucky GOP votes to defund DEI offices at public universities
(Photo via Kentucky House GOP’s Facebook/LRC Public Information) FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) | The Kentucky House voted March 15 to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public […]...
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