Representative Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville) pre-filed legislation to overturn Kentucky’s same-sex marriage, civil unions, and the domestic partnerships ban. Marzian, a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since 1994 told United We Stand News™ that she filed the legislation “to let Kentucky’s LGBT citizens know that there are people in the General Assembly who believe that all Kentuckians deserve justice and fairness.”

The Kentucky Young Democrats, and the Young Democrats of America (“YDA”) also have their eyes on the Kentucky Senate, as Democrats have an opportunity to retake the upper chamber of the Kentucky General Assembly.

Data released by the FBI shows that hate crimes in the United States has reached a seven-year high, yet another increase from 2005′s report. 64 hate crimes related to sexual orientation or gender identity happened here in Kentucky.

Since the termination of the Kentucky AIDS Assistance Program people living with HIV/AIDS are in need of assistance today more than ever. With December 1st being World Aids Day, I can think of no better way to contribute to the Worldwide event than to make a donate to AVOL, or attend their Red Ribbon Ball on December 5th at The Red Mile in Lexington.

The 41 year old magazine The Advocate is the latest casualty in the gay and lesbian community’s loss of newspapers and magazines. Pictured if the first over of The Advocate in 1972.

Barbara Ann Radnofsky, the Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General says no marriages in the state of Texas may be legal because of the 2005 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and unions. The problem is with Subsection B, which declares neither the state or a political subdivision of the state may create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is warning the District of Columbia Council that the church will stop contracting to provide social services if the city approves same-sex marriage as planned. To which the only valid response is, “OK.”

The nation’s oldest LGBTI newspaper, the Washington Blade closed today after having just turned 40 years old. The Washington Blade, owned by Window Media, the nation’s largest owner of gay newspapers, also closed the South Florida Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice, David Atlanta Magazine, bitchsession.com, Genre Magazine, and the 411 Magazine. Employees arrived at work this morning at all of the newspapers locations to find the doors locked and a sign posted on the front door.

But whether it is the National Organization for Marriage, the Liberty Counsel, the American Family Association, or the Family Foundation of Kentucky, anyone who denies that “American opinion is shifting” inhabits a fool’s paradise. Opposition to gay marriage is shrinking. In 1996, 65 percent took a negative view. Since then, support has fallen by about one percentage point a year. Basically, one (1) out of every eight (8) Americans has gone from opposing the concept to endorsing it.

This year the Kentucky Fairness Alliance decided not to hold their annual fundraiser in Lexington, Louisville, Covington or any of the “usual” prospects for large cities in Kentucky. Instead, they held the event in Elizabethtown, a central city that allowed more people to participate.