Kentucky Allowed to Enforce Trans Care Ban, Appeals Court Rules
The Sixth Circuit had ruled similarly in a case out of Tennessee.
August 1, 2023
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Kentucky Marriage Ban Falls
A federal judge declared that Kentucky's prohibition on same-sex marriage violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
July 1, 2014
Kentucky's Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
A federal judge declared that Kentucky's refusal to recognize legal out-of-state same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, but stopped short of establishing marriage equality in the state.
February 12, 2014
Kentucky Contracts with Children's Agency That Bans Same-Sex Couples
Sunrise Children's Services initally refused to sign a new contract with the state due to anti-discrimination language protecting same-sex couples.
July 16, 2021
A Kentucky Republican With a Gay Son Wants to Ban Conversion Therapy
Alice Forgy Kerr, taking a position rare in her party, was moved by seeing the film Boy Erased.
January 30, 2020
Kentucky and Tennessee Bans on Trans Care for Youth Upheld in Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling Thursday, but the lawyers representing trans youth and families note that the fight is not over.
September 29, 2023
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
Kentucky Families Ask Supreme Court to Review Gender-Affirming Care Ban
This follows a similar filing on a ban in Tennessee.
November 6, 2023
Kentucky Revives Trans Health Care Ban as Senator Mourns Trans Son
Republican legislators raced to push through the health care ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ provisions.
March 17, 2023
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
BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Marriage Bans in 4 States
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found bans on same-sex marriage in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan to be perfectly lawful.
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November 6, 2014
Ky. Prison Censoring LGBT Materials, Including The Advocate
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging one Kentucky prison that bans certain LGBT materials beacause they "promote homosexuality."
March 23, 2016
Ky. AG, Marriage Equality Supporter, Will Run for Governor
Jack Conway, who refused to appeal a decision striking down Kentucky's same-sex marriage ban, thinks that decision will not be a liability in the governor's race.
May 7, 2014
Supreme Court Will Hear Marriage Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear four marriage equality cases from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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January 16, 2015
Ky. AG Won't Appeal Equal Marriage Ruling, But Gov. Will
The federal judge who struck down the state's marriage ban 'got it right,' says Kentucky's Democratic attorney general. The state's governor, also a Democrat, disagrees.
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March 4, 2014