Jordan Palmer

Lexington, KY — Kentucky Equality Federation and the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association have formed a coalition to push House Bill 35 sponsored by Kentucky Senior Representative Jody Richards using a petition in partnership with change.org.  Kentucky House Bill 35 would expand the protective order statute to allow persons who are dating, or have dated, but […]

Funeral services concluded today for Dustin Sizemore, a former volunteer for Kentucky Equality Federation. Mr. Sizemore died at the age of 23 years old. When volunteering for Kentucky Equality Federation, Mr. Sizemore was the Leslie/Perry County Coordinator from 2007-2008. Kentucky Equality Federation acknowledges that Mr. Sizemore had problems with school bullying and harassment growing up

Marriage Equality Kentucky™ today announced that long-term Kentucky Equality Federation™ volunteer Halyn Roth was named managing director of Marriage Equality Kentucky™. “Being nominated and appointed Managing Director of Marriage Equality Kentucky™ is very important to me,” stated Roth who was recently the Campaign Manager for Democrat Jim Holbert, who opposed Republican U.S. Representative Hal Rogers

Lexington, KY — Nearly a month after the United Nations General Assembly’s Human Rights Committee approved an Arab and African proposal to cut the reference to slayings due to sexual orientation from a resolution on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, international pressure lead by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, as

Lexington, KY — Ark Encounter LLC, a for-profit entity, and Answers in Genesis, Inc. the nonprofit ministry that built the Creation Museum in Petersburg, will partner to build the $150 million Ark Encounter on a 160-acre site, including Noah’s Ark and Tower of Babel with Kentucky taxpayer money! Previous pictures taken inside the “Creation Museum”

Today, we celebrate victory as more than 300 people are removed from the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program (KADAP). Kentucky Equality Federation and 11 other organizations urged lawmakers during the 2010 Kentucky Legislative Session to keep the program alive since this program was a last resort to people who could not afford the life saving

Lexington, KY — Kentucky Equality Federation, the Commonwealth’s largest all-volunteer lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex organization today condemned the United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Committee for voting to remove “sexual orientation” from a resolution that protects people from arbitrary executions.  The action has been condemned by Human Rights Watch (not to be confused

Lexington, KY — Kentucky Equality Federation confirmed today that it is beefing up its board of directors with the appointment of veteran activist Richard T. Jones as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. The members initially appointed Jones to the Board, immediately thereafter, the Board elected Jones Chair. Jones has been with the organization

Lexington, KY  (Official Statement from the Founder, Jordan Palmer) —  Tomorrow on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 we wear purple across the Commonwealth in loving memory of the teen suicides and those who have suffered school bullying. We wear purple to announce to the world that we are proud of who we are, and perhaps a

Louisville, KY — Two Louisville couples, including Keith McGill and Jim Reeves had personal belongings destroyed and stolen during a robbery. An affectionate letter he and his partner shared with one another was placed on the sofa and urinated on. These gentlemen live in the Germantown neighborhood known for its diversity and charming homes. The