Kentucky Guardian News

Gay man sentenced today for killing his alleged gay lover at Lexington Green Shopping Center

Mar 25th, 2011 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

Toby Ray Lasure was sentenced to life in prison Friday afternoon for the 2009 shooting death of Christopher Tolliver, who was said to have been Lasure’s former boyfriend.



Kentucky’s anti-gay marriage law illegal?

Feb 28th, 2011 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

The anti-gay marriage amendment in Georgia is unconstitutional per the Georgia Constitution, much the same way Prop 8 is unconstitutional and places the California constitution in direct contradiction with itself, this is proof that Kentucky’s Constitution does as well.



Kentucky Equality Federation and StoryCorps to give voices to gay people in Southeastern Kentucky

Feb 23rd, 2011 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

Kentucky Equality Federation has partnered with StoryCorps to highlight the lack of equality in Southern Kentucky.



EKU Public Forum

Feb 23rd, 2011 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

The Alphabet Center, the new gay-straight alliance at Eastern Kentucky University will post a public forum of fairness and equality in Kentucky tomorrow from 6 pm – 9 pm.



Has support for gay and lesbian people in Kentucky grown?

Feb 10th, 2011 | By Tony Begley, Contributor and Literary Editor | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

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.



Secretary Grayson resigns; Governor Beshear appoints Bowling Green Mayor to replace him

Jan 10th, 2011 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, Kentucky Political News

The Kentucky Department of State of without a representative elected by the people as Secretary Trey Grayson has submitted his resignation to Governor Steve Beshear. Grayson lost the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate to the anti-gay Tea Party favorite Rand Paul.



Westboro Baptist Church meets a united community; Westboro protesters face jeers and slashed tires

Nov 19th, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Motivated by three picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church, hundreds of students and East Lansing residents gathered to show their support for diversity and tolerance. Earlier this month, the Westboro Baptist Church protest another military funeral.



John T. Kemper, III. and supporters attack the gay and lesbian community

Nov 18th, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

If Republicans fail to hold-on to their new gay voters, the additional seats they pictured up in the Kentucky House of Representatives and control of the U.S. House of Representatives could be short lived, and if Kemper’s attitude is any indication, it will be.



Michigan Assistant AG Shirvell’s anti-gay rants could cost him license

Oct 31st, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Kentucky Guardian News, National News

Andrew Shirvell’s rants against a University of Michigan student leader who is openly gay could cost him his law license. Shirvell already is fighting a ban from the University of Michigan campus. The Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division has taken a leave of absence and is now facing disciplinary hearings.



Louisville break-ins gay motivated?

Oct 31st, 2010 | By News Tips: news@kentuckyguardian.com | Category: Around the Commonwealth, Kentucky Guardian News

On October 20th Louisville Fairness Campaign was quick to jump the gun and call two Louisville break-ins “hate crimes,” or at a minimum as a result of the people’s sexual orientation. On October 26th however, Louisville Metro Police arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges stemming from an October 20th break-in at his grandfather’s home in Crestwood.



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