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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Kentucky state senator calls Log Cabin 'a bunch of queers'
A day after calling gays "the wrong kind of people," Kentucky state senator Richard Roeding continued his verbal barrage against gays, calling a Republican political group that advocates gay and lesbian rights "a bunch of queers."
July 18, 2006
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
Ky. Senate Quietly Passes Bill Targeting Trans Students
If passed, the bill would prohibit trans students from accessing the restroom or locker room that corresponds with their gender identity.
February 27, 2015
The LGBTQ+ political wins in an otherwise devastating election
There were some bright spots.
November 6, 2024
Kentucky Senator Whose Trans Son Recently Died Blasts New Anti-Drag Bill
Through her grief, the state lawmaker drove home the point that trans lives matter and should not be legislated out of existence.
March 3, 2023
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
Out in Kentucky
Gay Democratic state legislator Ernesto Scorsone talks with The Advocate about Kentucky's funding of an antigay private college and the governor's abandonment of employment protections for LGBT people.
May 23, 2006
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
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
Recap: Election Day 2024 coverage of LGBTQ+ issues
Vice President Kamala Harris, an LGBTQ+ champion, faced former President Donald Trump in the presidential election. Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people also ran for office on the federal, state, and local levels. Here's reporting from The Advocate's team of reporters across the country, including in D.C. with Harris.
November 5, 2024
Kentucky's Transphobic Legislation Dies After 'Last Ditch Effort'
Kentucky's so-called 'Bathroom Bully Bill' died in the House, despite a last-minute scramble to tack it onto unrelated legislation.
March 25, 2015
Kentucky Senate Passes 'License to Discriminate' Bill
The bill, which creates special protections for faith-based objections to marriage equality, now goes on to the House for consideration.Â
March 15, 2016
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
Out Kentucky Mayor Jim Gray Announces Bid for Congress
The nation's first openly gay man to win a major party's nomination for U.S. Senate has his sights set on the House of Representatives.
December 5, 2017
Two Losses Mean We Won't Get More LGBT Senators
A gay man and transgender woman were nominees of the Democratic Party in U.S. Senate races.
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November 8, 2016
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
Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Allowing Outing, Pronoun Bans Advance Around Nation
Montana, Kentucky, and Idaho are among the latest states to move such legislation forward.
February 21, 2023
This Gay Senate Candidate Is Calling for 'No Fly, No Buy'
Kentucky's Jim Gray challenged incumbent Rand Paul to stop letting suspected terrorists buy guns in the U.S.
June 16, 2016