Jordan Palmer and Kentucky Equality Federation In the News
The Georgia Voice The U.S. Department of Justice announced today it has indicted two Harlan County, Ky., men for participating in the kidnapping and beating of a gay man. This is the first indictment handed down under the federal Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act involving sexual orientation, according to a […]
Two Kentucky men face the first federal hate crimes charges for attacking someone because of their sexual orientation BY BILL ESTEP – BESTEP@HERALD-LEADER.COM UPDATED NOVEMBER 12, 2015 11:41 AM Two Eastern Kentucky men are the first in the nation to be charged under the section of the federal hate-crimes law that makes it illegal to
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FBI announced Thursday that two Harlan County men were indicted for their roles in kidnapping and assaulting a gay man because he was gay. Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky and Perrye Turner, Special Agent in Charge of
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four people were charged Wednesday with kidnapping a man and taking him to a state park in Kentucky’s Appalachian region, then severely beating him while yelling slurs about his sexual orientation. The FBI arrested 37-year-old David Jason Jenkins of Cumberland, 20-year-old Anthony Ray Jenkins and 19-year-old Alexis Leann Combs Jenkins of
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Four people face federal charges in the alleged kidnapping of a gay man in Harlan County who said they attacked him because of his sexual orientation. The four aided one another in kidnapping Kevin Pennington and holding him for the purpose of assaulting him, according to a federal complaint sworn out by Anthony M. Sankey,
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BY BILL ESTEP – BESTEP@HERALD-LEADER.COM UPDATED FEBRUARY 24, 2012 8:25 PM To those who might consider attacking people because of their race or sexual orientation, U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey has a message: Don’t. “They need to understand that they’re playing with fire, that it won’t be tolerated,” Kerry said in an interview Friday. Harvey
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Pastor’s support of gays, lesbians leads to church leaving another Baptist Association Lexington’s Central Baptist Church withdrew from the Elkhorn Baptist Association after its minister’s supportive position on gay and lesbian issues was questioned by a pastor in another association church. The Rev. Mark Johnson, pastor at Central Baptist, said his church unanimously decided to
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The Commonwealth Fairness Ordinance Hits Rural Wall By: Jacalyn Carfagno, WEKU News In part one WEKU reported on the experiences and challenges for young people growing up gay in Kentucky. In part two, she examines the complex and sometimes acrimonious debate over fairness ordinances. They’re designed to protect Kentuckians from discrimination based on sexual preference
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Former political candidate Matthew Vanderpool found dead; Police say he shot himself. Matthew Vanderpool was the first openly gay person to run for public office in the Kentucky House of Representatives. His roommate was activist Jordan Palmer with the Kentucky Equality Federation. BY JENNIFER HEWLETT – JHEWLETT@HERALD-LEADER.COM UPDATED JULY 14, 2011 8:25 AM Matthew Vanderpool,
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Jordan Palmer releases statement on the suicide of his friend and roommate, Matthew Vanderpool, the first gay person to run for the Kentucky General Assembly. Gay rights activist and Kentucky Equality Federation President Jordan Palmer released a statement Wednesday, mourning the death of a former state house candidate who shot himself during a standoff with
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