Brandon Milam, an openly gay former inmate of the Warren County Regional Jail, is expected to file a lawsuit today in Warren Circuit Court against the jail, Warren County, Jailer Jackie Strode and inmate Timothy Michael Schwartz. Milam told the Daily News last month that he believes homophobia motivated a jailhouse assault that caused Milam […]
The Daily News Bowling Green – Brandon Milam, an openly gay former inmate of the Warren County Regional Jail, says hatred was the motivation for an assault he suffered at the jail in July. Minutes after teaching a group of other inmates how to play the card game hearts, Milam, 26, was sitting on the
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Growing up, Hindman resident Shannon Ratliff didn’t know she was a lesbian, but like her friends –a group of girls and boys who loved one another unconditionally — she understood that she was different, she says. Although they went their separate ways, they kept in touch and learned in adulthood that
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In a proposed commonwealth budget that allocates over $3.4 billion for road projects, a small request of $3.5 million to fund the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program (KADAP) has been ignored, leaving hundreds living with HIV/AIDS facing difficult choices. The cost for HIV/AIDS medication averages around $1,200/month—more than the entire monthly income of most families
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