Kentucky Equality Federation requested ‘gender identity’ be added to the list of non-discrimination rules at The Pavilion [in addition to sexual orientation] which the City Attorney was receptive to. As a result, Kentucky Equality Federation plans no legal action and believes Hazard sets a positive example for all cities in both Southern Kentucky and the entire Commonwealth.

Despite a survey released by Kentucky Fairness Alliance, Lexington Fairness, Louisville Fairness Campaign, and the ACLU of Kentucky that support for gay and lesbian causes have grown in Kentucky, Kentucky Equality Federation disagrees because nothing has changed.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) signed Executive Order 10-24 at the National Conference of the NAACP in Kansas City prohibiting employment discrimination in Missouri Government because of sexual orientation.

Experts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are midway through two days of hearings on whether a decades-old ban on gay men donating blood should stand or be lifted. Many states criminalize gay men donating blood, so even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifts the federal ban, gay males in 37 states could still be prosecuted by the state they live in. Most states make gay men donating blood a felony, however, 3 states make it a misdemeanor offense. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is among the 37 states that prosecute.

The Mormon Church has agreed to pay a $5,539.00 fine to the state of California for failing to file the proper paperwork during an anti-gay fight two years ago. Prop. 8, which restricted the definition of marriage couples to straight couples, effectively overturned the California Supreme Court’s ruling that gay couples should be allowed to marry.

The United Kingdom announced today that it will review its aid to Malawi if the Government refuses to free two gay men who were sentenced to 14 years’ hard labor this week. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza — who were sentenced to 14 years hard labor on Thursday for getting engaged in a traditional ceremony in December.

Rand Paul, winner of Kentucky’s Republican nomination to represent the Commonwealth in the U.S. Senate, is working to tamp down the controversy over his statements criticizing nondiscrimination laws. Governor Steve Beshear (D) issued a press release Wednesday calling for Democratic Party unity to defeat Rand Paul in November’s general election. Lieutenant Governor Dan Mongiardo still hasn’t pledged to work on Conway’s behalf. And until he does, that could freeze large numbers of Democratic voters who are faithful to Mongiardo.

The editor of the gay rights cause for change.org came out swinging today against Crosby Middle School and Assistant Principal Angela B. Allen, joining Kentucky Equality Federation and one of the nation’s most popular LGBTI blogs, Pam’s House Blend demanding immediate action.

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called abortion and same-sex marriage some of the most “insidious and dangerous” threats facing the world today, asserting key church teachings as he tried to move beyond the clerical abuse scandal. Benedict made the comments to Catholic social workers, health providers and others after celebrating Mass before an estimated 400,000 people in Fatima. The central Portuguese farming town is one of the most important shrines in Christianity, where three shepherd children reported having visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917.

Lieutenant Governor and former Kentucky Senator Daniel Mongiardo (D) filed a complaint Tuesday with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission against his primary rival, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway (D). The two are facing each other in the Democratic primary.  Mongiardo was unsuccessful in his 2004 run against Jim Bunning (R). Mongiardo says Conway has accepted [...]