Press Releases

Protecting Transgender Kentuckians and the Drag Community

SPECIAL STATEMENT FROM JORDAN PALMER AND KENTUCKY EQUALITY FEDERATION REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON THE KENTUCKY TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND DRAG QUEENS LAWSUITS TO FOLLOW IF THE LAWS ARE PASSED   With multiple attorneys on standby in central and southern Kentucky, the following is for immediate release. (STATEMENT FROM JORDAN PALMER) March 16, 2023 — Drag is at […]

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PRESS UPDATE: Mountain View Elementary

July 16, 2021 (Hyden, KY) — In ongoing discussions with the Leslie County Board of Education regarding school prayer, discrimination, and other issues at Mountain View Elementary, the Kentucky Equality Federation gave a green light to the school painting over all drawings and art projects on the wall outside Mountain View Elementary School. The wall

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Kentucky Equality Federation announces discrimination in Leslie Co. at Mountain View Elementary School

Jordan Palmer of the Kentucky Equality Federation will announce a lawsuit and other actions against Mountain View Elementary School in Hyden, KY, and the Leslie County Board of Education for reported discriminatory practices at a media conference at the entrance of Mountain View Elementary School in Hyden, KY today at 4:30 PM. Hannah (under the

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CityPlace LaGrange KY will not permit gay weddings

After receiving multiple complaints related to the CityPlace Expo Center at 112 S 1st Street, La Grange, KY for not permitting same-sex weddings, many venues booking websites have also exercised their right to remove them because of their discriminatory policy. “The issue for the Kentucky Equality Federation is that the Oldham County Chamber & Economic

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Jordan Palmer slams the Kentucky State Police and Kentucky Child Protective Services

LEXINGTON, KY — The Kentucky Equality Federation’s Jordan Palmer and other subordinate non-government organizations, as well as ILGA, and the Earth Equality Alliance are investigating the events that happened to OMITTED PER KENTUCKY LAW.  OMITTED PER KENTUCKY LAW, a minor, date of birth OMITTED PER KENTUCKY LAW, on the 23rd day of December 2017. After

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1 in 4 LGBTI people report discrimination in 2016 – SPECIAL REPORT

A disturbing report was issued by the Center for American Progress about LGBTI discrimination. 1 in 4 LGBT people report experiencing discrimination in 2016. “This is clearly unacceptable and we must eliminate the Kentucky Religious Freedom Act. We call on the Kentucky Supreme Court to overturn this legislation which is effectively a license to discriminate,”

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Governor Bevin needs Education on Medical Marijuana

Governor Matt Bevin needs to be educated on medical marijuana. “The news article ‘Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization’ was a hoax, but the Governor isn’t well read enough to realize this. By the time the commonwealth legalizes medical marijuana, it will be too late for Kentuckians to benefit from

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United States votes against LGBTI civil rights at the United Nations

The U.S. on voted against a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that condemns the #death penalty for those found guilty of committing consensual same-sex sexual acts. Still, the resolution — which Belgium, Benin, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia and Switzerland introduced — passed by a 27-13 vote margin. This leaves nation-states that execute

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California extending travel ban to include Kentucky

The Earth Equality Alliance, Kentucky Equality Federation, and Marriage Equality Kentucky (an alliance of more than eight (8) organizations with a common spokesperson and unifying secretary-general) today commented on the California Attorney General adding the Commonwealth of Kentucky to its travel ban. After the passage of Kentucky Senate Bill 17, Kentucky Equality Federation promised to

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