Kentucky Equality Federation is a diverse multi-purpose grassroots group consisting of several corporations with a common case for Peace, Liberty, and Equality for All.
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- 2005
About Us
Kentucky Equality Federation is Kentucky's largest (grassroots) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization. Kentucky Equality leads efforts for LGBT civil rights at the state level through an array of strategies to bring equality and fairness to Kentucky.
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What can I do to help?
One of the easiest and most basic things you can do is a volunteer is to give someone a business card, brochure, or information about our organization to as many people as possible and get them to sign-up for email alerts at www.kyLGBT.org.- FACT: The more people we have enrolled for email alerts at www.kyLGBT.org, the easier it will become to stop bad legislation, and win equality for all Kentuckians.
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Our definition of grassroots organizing:
Our movement is one driven by the constituents of communities throughout the Commonwealth. Our grassroots movement is at local and regional levels, as many volunteers in the community give their time to support the local/regional movement, which helps the statewide movement. Typically, decision-making authority (as practical) is shifted to the organization's lowest geographic level of organization. At Kentucky Equality Federation, we place as much decision-making power as possible in the hands of local volunteers (except as prohibited in this Leadership Manual, or our Bylaws).Facebook Group:
Join our Facebook group today! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2217730596&ref=shareCommunity Outreach Volunteers Needed:
Kentucky Equality Federation continues community outreach with additional Outreach Directors. We are still looking for Outreach Directors to represent members of the LGBTI community that too often have not been included, either in positions of leadership or in public education. Visit the Community Outreach section for additional information.Click here to volunteer.
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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 Hou...more
Kentucky Equality Federation applauds legislation pre-filed by Representative Mary Lou Marzian (BR 93) to place the issue of same-sex marriage or civil unions back in the hands of Kentucky citizens.
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More than 80,000 people have joined an online movement seeking the revocation of tax-exempt status from churches that were involved in the repeal of Maine's marriage equality law. The law was repealed last week when 53 percent of voters chose to repeal the law using Maine's unique system of law ...
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Professor Bert Chapman from Perdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana has caused a firestorm because of his views on homosexuality. Chapman believes gays are an "economic drain" and blames the LGBTI community for AIDS research and prevention spending. The university has rejected calls to fir...
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Until the politicians who take our community for granted realize that they can no longer count on our votes unless we can count on theirs, things will never change for Kentucky's LGBTI community. A Democratic majority in the Kentucky Senate could also mean a school bullying bill would be passed,...
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Kentucky Equality Federation We apologize for the multiple feeds pulling; this was the final step in Kentucky Equality Federation turning "United We Stand" over as an independent LGBTI news site for Kentucky. We will continue to post "United We Stand" articles. Their new website is attached.
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Only days after Kalamazoo city voters approved an anti-discrimination ordinance to protect gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, Michigan Representative Pam Byrnes, current House speaker pro tem, has filed legislation to overturn Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Only days after Kalamazoo city voters approved an anti-discrimination ordinance to protect gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, Michigan Representative Pam Byrnes, current House speaker pro tem, has filed legislation to overturn Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage.Marriage Equality K...
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The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a health care reform bill Saturday that recognizes gay unions and makes health care more affordable for gay families.Titled The Affordable Health Care for America Act, it extends Medicaid to subsidize moderate-income people who otherwise c...
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Education is key to electing politicians. As an effort to educate everyone* in the importance of voting, not only in U.S. Presidential elections, but your elected lawmakers in Frankfort, United We Stand will be conducting interviews with conservative and progressive candidates so you know exactly...
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With the defeat in the State of Maine, our interview with Mr. Vanderpool is being delayed until tomorrow.Equality Maine has yet to issue any official press release, but the Associated Press has quoted several other organization, mainly the ones who repealed the law.Echoes of Prop 8 as Maine Voter...
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Kentucky Equality Federation HIV and AIDS healthcare in Kentucky stopped in 2007 when the Commonwealth failed to renew the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The health of low-income Kentuckians living with HIV, as well as the lives of those at risk of infection are in grave danger; we need your help to restore the program!
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Kentucky Equality Federation is a diverse grassroots group consisting of several corporations with a common case for Peace, Liberty, and Equality for All. Kentucky Equality Federation is also Kentucky's largest (grassroots) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (
Finally, one of the biggest nightmares to Kentucky's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community, Representative Stan Lee (R-Lexington) (pictured) has competition in the upcoming 2010 election. Lee is not only a nightmare to the LGBTI community, but everyone who wants to mov...
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Citizens in two states decide whether or not to keep gay marriage, or institutions similar to them. In Maine voters will decide to override the Maine House of Representatives, Senate, and even the Governor to repeal their new "same-sex marriage law," or more appropriately chartered,&nb...
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The Commonwealth News Center, the official media center for the Kentucky Government reports that the Kentucky Human Rights Commission annual report was released yesterday:As has been the case for all of its 49 years, the commission received the most discrimination complaints based on the protecte...
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Kentucky Equality Federation
Sorry
everyone, we are making changes to United We Stand tonight and it has
pulled the feeds again, sorry for the confusion. But the new address is
www.UnitedWeStandKY.com. I apologize again and thank you all for your support. - Michael
www.UnitedWeStandKY.com
By: Tony BegleyI admit that along with the rest of the gay community, the contributors here at United We Stand have been tough on U.S. President Obama.U.S. State Department Secretary Hillary Clinton has done more for LGBTI people since assuming office for the U.S. Department of State... all it ta...
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By: Tony BegleyI admit that along with the rest of the gay community, the contributors here at United We Stand have been tough on U.S. President Obama.U.S. State Department Secretary Hillary Clinton has done more for LGBTI people since assuming office for the U.S. Department of State... all it ta...
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Want to know why Kentucky doesn't have a statewide law banning discrimination against gay and lesbian people (the entire community, LGBTI) in employment, housing, credit, and accommodations? The answer is simple, Republicans in the Kentucky Senate always defeat the measure, most of the time with...
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The Mountain Shopper, "The Leader for Buying, Selling and Trading; Community News, and Special Events" has been identified as the paper that published an anti-gay article, effectively blaming gay and lesbian people (or homosexuals as the articles refers to our community) as the reason the Univers...
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An online site, "Write Like the Pros" lists homosexual screenplays as something they will not accept, and likens it to pornography, and "darkly sinister evil."The site sells CD's, DVD's, and offers writing tips in addition to them reading your screenplay. They assist in character development, na...
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Did you just suffer from a time warp? Would it surprise you to learn that Kentucky citizens voted on that again in 1996? Political elites were stunned when a third of those voting, and majorities in five counties, rejected the change. Poll result in McLean County, KY (they voted in favor of it)T...
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Andrew Sullivan, one of the most influential and popular gay authors, blogger, and reporter is calling for the resignation of HRC President Joe Solmonese. Solmonese, who draws a salary of nearly $500,000.00 per year has yet to comment. Sullivan stated:Joe Solmonese's disgraceful email actually ...
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An article recently appeared in a Southern Kentucky newspaper chastising the University of Kentucky for offering 'homosexual' benefits, and attributing this to UK's 'fall in national rankings.'
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After apologizing in August for racist and sexist comments made about a year ago, Louisville's Fairness Campaign, a champion for LGBTI civil rights in Jefferson County, is again boycotting the bar owned by David Norton. David Norton, owner of Woody’s Tavern, went public in August to apologize fo...
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Kentucky Equality Federation October is LGBTI History Month: The GLBT community is the only community worldwide that does not learn its history at home, in public schools or in religious institutions. GLBT History Month teaches our heritage, provides role models, builds community ...and makes the civil rights statement of our extraordinary national and international contributions.
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The Equality Center at kyLGBT.org currently serves Kentucky Equality Federation and Marriage Equality Kentucky. Kentucky Equality Federation is Kentucky's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights and advocacy organization. ...
Kentucky Equality Federation Russian wants "Traditional Values," and not the decriminilization of homosexuality at the United Nations. LGBTI people around the world need our URGENT help! This has worldwide implications. Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender..., bisexual, and intersex people are executed or imprisoned every single day in... more than 70 states around the world because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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This is a time in Kentucky's history that every organization and individual must put differences aside and work together to finally secure the 1st Step of Equality for Kentucky. At the end of the day, we are all the same: one community fighting for our civil rights.
Urge the United Nations to decriminalization homosexuality worldwide; oppose the Russian Federation's "Traditional Values Resolution."Shared via AddThisOn September 15, 2009, the United Nations elected a new President of the General Assembly. They elected Ali Abdussalam Treki, the former Foreign ...
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Decriminalization of Homosexuality in danger at the United Nations; new General Assembly President s
Ali Abdussalam Treki, the former Foreign Minister of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) assumed office as president of the United Nations General Assembly on September 15, ...more
Kentucky Equality Federation Openly gay Democrat: Repealing DOMA now 'could complicate matters.'
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Barney Frank (D-MA), one of just three openly gay members of the House of Representatives, is against marriage equality. For now, at least.
Kentucky Equality Federation posted Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Discrimination in Kentucky from YouTube to their page
A brief summary of the discrimination and unequal treatment the LGBTI citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky endure. Presented by Kentucky Equality Federation. When making this video, no song seemed appropriate so it is without sound.
Kentucky Equality Federation This artwork is available to post by visiting: http://www.kyequality.org/artwork.htm
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