Kentucky Equality Federation today made a comparison most gay rights organizations avoid. The fact the gay community is now fighting the same fight that Interracial couples and the entire Black community once faced – discrimination.

After the Hazard Pavilion incident, two hate crimes in Harlan, one in Breathitt, and another in Bell County, all in the past month (with the exception of the Hazard Pavilion incident), Kentucky Equality Federation today created a special operating region within southeastern Kentucky.

In just a year and a half, the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community of Puerto Rico has been rocked by the deaths of 18 of its members, with three murdered in the last week alone. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and is not a sovereign State like the other 50 which appear on the United States flag. Pedro Julio Serrano, communications manger for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force said there has been a “spike in violence against the LGBT people since the ‘80s, when we had a serial killer who killed 27 gay men.”

Kentucky Equality Federation’s partnership with StoryCorps made the front page of the Lexington Herald-Leader today complete with amazing pictures, and will shed much needed light on the actual people that are born gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered in rural Kentucky.

Louisville Fairness Campaign and the Statewide Equality Coalition will begin working with Kentucky Equality Federation and vice versa according to a press release issued by Kentucky Equality Federation earlier today. This is the first time Kentucky Equality Federation has spoken about the Statewide Equality Coalition since its Board voted to withdraw.

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.

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.

If yesterday’s story scared you, these headlines are nothing short of crazy. As the election nears, you can expect more and more of the same!

Liberty Counsel, one of many national anti-LGBTI groups issued an alert today about the U.S. Senate’s pending vote on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” which was recently struck down by a federal judge.

This year you will find little to no prefiled legislation in Kentucky, a sign that Kentucky lawmakers are not ready to push any particular agenda. Incumbent lawmakers are not sure of the outcome of the November 02, 2010. For better or worse, both Kentucky and the nation are moving in different directions and this election will determine who will control both the Kentucky and the U.S. Senate.