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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.

​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.

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.

Kentucky Elects First Out House Member, Keturah Herron

Herron, a social justice activist who is Black, queer, and genderqueer, won a special election Tuesday.

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.

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.

Kentucky bill threatens to take custody of trans kids using ‘wrong’ school bathroom

The proposed bill would amend current law challenged in federal court.

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.

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.

Kim Davis to Seek Reelection as Rowan County Clerk

Davis, who went to jail in her fight against marriage equality, isn't going away.

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.

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. 

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. 

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."

Kentucky Advances Anti-Trans Sports Bill

The House Thursday approved the bill overwhelmingly, and it now goes back to the Senate for concurrence.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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