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
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Duggars Declare Victory in Repealing Pro-LGBT Ordinance
A special election in Fayetteville, Ark., saw voters repeal the city's LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent.
December 10, 2014
Frankfort Becomes Fifth Ky. City With Antidiscrimination Ordinance
The state capital passed an LGBT-inclusive 'fairness ordinance' by a vote of 3-2 this morning.
August 29, 2013
Arkansas High Court Blocks Fayetteville's LGBTQ Rights Law
The city can't enforce its law while its case against the state's ban on such protections proceeds, the Arkansas Supreme Court rules.
January 31, 2019
Vicco, Ky., Is Smallest U.S. City With LGBT Rights Law
The small Appalachian town of Vicco, Ky., has become the smallest municipality in the U.S. to approve an LGBT nondiscrimination law.
January 15, 2013
San Antonio Adds LGBT Protections to Nondiscrimination Ordinance
The nation's seventh-largest city now protects LGBT people from discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing.
September 5, 2013
Arkansas's 'Gay Capital' Hold On To Antidiscrimination Law
Voters in Eureka Springs affirmed an LGBT-inclusive civil rights ordinance, even though a new state law will make it unenforceable.
May 13, 2015
Arkansas City Bans Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Eureka Springs moved to adopt its antibias ordinance as the state considers a bill that would forbid enacting or enforcing such laws.
February 10, 2015
Arkansas Governor Lets Antigay Bill Become Law
As expected, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson allowed a law banning local ordinances protecting LGBT people from discrimination to become law without his signature.
February 24, 2015
San Antonio GOP Wants to Repeal LGBT Ordinance
Less than two weeks after Fayetteville, Ark., voters repealed a nondiscrimination ordinance, San Antonio's Republicans are hoping to do the same thing.
December 22, 2014
Arkansas At War With Itself Over LGBT Rights
Some cities are defying the state's ban on LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination laws.
April 21, 2015
Fayetteville, Arkansas: Here We Go Again
Voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas once again voted on a fully inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance after repealing a similar ordinance last year.
September 8, 2015
Dear Ark. Gov., Please Veto My Brother's Anti-LGBT Bill
'My brother has a vote, but I have a voice,' Donald Collins wrote of his brother, Rep. Charlie Collins, in an open letter.
February 18, 2015
William Barr's Justice Dept. Works to Undermine Pro-LGBTQ Ordinance
The Department of Justice filed a brief supporting a Kentucky photographer who doesn't want to serve same-sex weddings.
February 28, 2020
Dan Savage Calls Out Duggar's 'Staggering' Family Values Hypocrisy
Dan Savage highlights the hypocrisy of reality TV's Duggar clan, who painted LGBT people as child predators while their oldest son was allegedly sexually abusing underage girls.
May 23, 2015
Duggar Show Pulled From TLC Schedule, Could Be Canceled
TLC weighs the future of 19 Kids and Counting following a molestation scandal involving its stars.
May 22, 2015
Antigay Kentucky T-Shirt Maker Wins in Court
A court ruled a Kentucky company owned by Christians had the right not to print gay pride T-shirts
April 29, 2015
WATCH: Josh Duggar's Sisters Say They're 'Angry and Hurt'
The Duggar daughters discuss the sex abuse scandal that rocked all 19 Kids and Counting in a new three-part special set to air on TLC in December.
October 21, 2015
Activists, business leaders worry about impact of Kentucky governor's antigay legislation
Gay activists and some business leaders say they're concerned that recent actions by Kentucky governor Ernie Fletcher (pictured) and the state general assembly in Frankfort could be construed as antigay and drive away businesses interested in coming to the state.
April 24, 2006
WATCH: Marriage Equality Backlash Has Only Just Begun
Minor inconveniences like an uncooperative bakery or an incorrect driver's license could turn into far worse discrimination if homophobes get their way.
January 21, 2015