Kentucky elects its first-ever LGBTQ+ woman state senator
State Rep. Keturah Herron is now the first out woman ever elected to the Kentucky state Senate.
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
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Out LGBTQ+ Elected Officials Jump to Record Level in Past Year
There are at least 1,043 out LGBTQ+ people in elected office around the nation, up 5.8 percent from a year ago.
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Kim Davis's Fight Against Marriage Equality to Cost Kentucky Over $200K
A federal judge today ordered the state to cover the fees for lawyers representing the couples who sued Davis when she shut down marriage license operations.
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Kentucky Gov. Owes $2M for Marriage Equality Fight
He may have granted Kim Davis's Christmas wish, but Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin still faces a hefty bill to pay the attorneys who struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
DECEMBER 27, 2015
Kentucky Advances Anti-Trans Sports Bill
The House Thursday approved the bill overwhelmingly, and it now goes back to the Senate for concurrence.
MARCH 17, 2022
Judges Block Tennessee, Kentucky Bans on Transition Care for Minors
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
JUNE 28, 2023
Ky. Gov. Claims Marriage Equality Threatens Birth Rates
In appealing a February ruling that struck down Kentucky's ban on marriage equality, lawyers for the state claim that allowing same-sex couples to marry would cripple the state's economy, since those couples can't procreate.
MAY 10, 2014
Kentucky’s first out state representative Keturah Herron receives LGBTQ+ trailblazer award
The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute named Kentucky state Rep. Keturah Herron the 2024 Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award winner.
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Gay Democrat Seeks Congressional Seat in a Deep Red Kentucky District
Jimmy Ausbrooks, a mental health counselor, is seeking to unseat an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican in Kentucky's First Congressional District.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Kentucky Democrat Introduces Two Anti-LGBT Bills
Meanwhile, the state's Republican governor and House speaker condemn "license to discriminate" legislation and "bathroom bills" like those pushed by Rep. Rick Nelson.
JANUARY 4, 2017
Antigay Crusader Kim Davis Wins One Court Battle, But Another Looms
The former Kentucky county clerk may still have to fork over money to couples she refused to marry.
AUGUST 26, 2019
Kentucky lawmakers fight state funding for school that expelled gay student
At least a dozen Kentucky lawmakers, including gay state senator Ernesto Scorsone (pictured), are banding together to file a legal brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to stop state funding of a Baptist college that recently expelled a student for being gay.
MAY 3, 2006
Kentucky bans conversion therapy for youth as Gov. Andy Beshear signs 'monumental' order
Beshear signed the executive order after similar legislation repeatedly failed in the Republican-dominated state legislature earlier this year.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Alabama's Effort to End Marriage Licenses Moves Toward Passage
Couples would fill out a form in order to marry, but it would not be called a license -- in an attempt to placate officials who oppose marriage equality.
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APRIL 11, 2019
Kentucky leads the fight against conversion therapy amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
Kentucky has become a beacon of hope against the current political climate targeting queer people, writes Kentucky state Rep. Lisa Willner.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Kentucky Elects First Out House Member, Keturah Herron
Herron, a social justice activist who is Black, queer, and genderqueer, won a special election Tuesday.
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Kentucky bill threatens to take custody of trans kids using ‘wrong’ school bathroom
The proposed bill would amend current law challenged in federal court.
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Kim Davis to Seek Reelection as Rowan County Clerk
Davis, who went to jail in her fight against marriage equality, isn't going away.
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Ky. Gov. Takes Kim Davis's Name Off Marriage Licenses
Newly elected Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin granted the Christmas wish of antigay county clerk Kim Davis when he issued an executive order today requiring that marriage license forms be revised to remove clerks' names.
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Kentucky couldn't pass a single anti-LGBTQ+ bill this session — and it's not alone
"It’s clear that the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda is starting to fail, both in Kentucky and across the country."
APRIL 16, 2024
Kentucky County Clerk Sued Over Denial of Marriage Licenses
Two same-sex and two opposite-sex couples filed the suit Thursday against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who had ceased issuing marriage licenses. Meanwhile, a Tennessee county sees an exodus of officials opposed to marriage equality.
JULY 2, 2015