Berea Mayor Steve Connelly announced this week that he will sign an executive order banning discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation in hiring, firing and benefits for the city’s 130 employees.

Kentucky’s U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) today stated that he supports efforts in the commonwealth of Kentucky to legalize industrial hemp. Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Bill is also backed by Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, Kentucky’s Junior U.S. Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Senate Majority Caucus Chair, Senator Dan Seum, and the Senate Majority Floor Leader, Senator Damon Thayer.

The civil rights group Kentucky Equality Federation warned another school district today about calling student out of class to give them bibles. From the Office of the President, Kentucky Equality Federation’s Vice President of Legal, Jillian Hall, Esq., blasted the Logan County Board of Education. Kentucky Equality Federation did not provide the legal documents served by the attorneys representing Logan County, but Kentucky Equality Federation lead attorney Jillian Hall blasted an apparent rebuttal from the school’s legal representation. Hall stated court opinions mentioned did not apply to the commonwealth of Kentucky and additionally violated Section 5 of the state Constitution.

Not known for their subtlety, Kentucky Equality Federation takes on another school district and wins again. Known as the school bullying and hate crime “police” of the commonwealth, Kentucky Equality Federation appears to have won this battle, but the war on school bullying in Kentucky is far from over. Bridgette P. LaVictoire with Lez Get Real™ has the story.

As four Republican state senators, one by one, agreed to break with their party and cast a politically risky vote to legalize same-sex marriage last year, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and gay-rights advocates vowed to do everything in their power to protect them against political retribution. But when the Legislature returns to Albany next month, only one of those four senators will be among those sworn into office.

The 2012 elections are behind us, and the various gains for the advocates of equality can not be denied. A shift is occurring it would seem, from the previous streak of marriage equality in the states being struck down to a new wave of states embracing equality for it’s citizens. President Obama’s stance on Marriage equality has been labeled as having “evolved” from his previous position of being against marriage equality itself to one of luke warm support. Mitt Romney’s position was one of supporting a Constitutional ban on gay marriage, which is a stance of opposition against states’ rights and their 10th Amendment rights to enact laws willed by the people.

Under pressure from Administration, the University of Kentucky Athletics Director, Mitch Barnhart, sacked the University of Kentucky Football Coach. UK’s loses have been both historic and embarrassing to UK fans. In an open letter to UK fans, Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart released the following: STATEMENT FROM THE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR First, I would like to thank [...]

On this personal website, Jordan Palmer, president of the Kentucky Equality Federation issued the following statement: Support Ruth Ann Palumbo, Susan Westrom, and Tom Burch. Support gay friendly candidates and vote against Tea Party Republicans.

Current US President and presidential candidate Obama’s campaign is being hammered with unsolicited text messages. The Obama campaign however is not the target, you and even your children are.

Gay rights organizations in Kentucky can breathe a sigh of relief as Senate President David L. Williams (R) leaves office, months after Williams announced that he and his wife are divorcing. Williams was expected to be opposed as President of the Senate during the 2013 legislative session. Some have described this as one of the biggest shakeups in Kentucky government since John “Eck” Rose (D) left office as President Pro Tempore for more than a decade and then president of the Kentucky Senate after Kentucky’s constitutional amendment ousting the Lt. Governor as the Senate President.