Articles about Kentucky

28 March 2013
US: Kentucky overrules veto on bill protecting actions motivated by religious belief 13 The Senate and House of Kentucky have voted to override the Governor's veto on a religious freedom law, which opponents worry may protect those who discriminate against LGBT people.
23 March 2013
US: Kentucky Governor vetoes bill protecting right to act based on religious belief following lobbies by LGBT rights groups 34 The Governor of Kentucky has vetoed a bill proposing legal protection be given to people acting on religious motivations, which activists warned was "a clear and present danger to the gay and lesbian community".
6 March 2013
US: Kentucky Senate committee to hear ‘legalised discrimination’ anti-gay bill 9 A bill purporting to uphold religious freedoms has been criticised by human rights groups, who say it amounts to legalising discrimination if it is in the name of religion.
21 February 2013
US: Gay porn star arrested for masturbating on equipment at fire station 27 A gay porn actor has been arrested and charged after he was found masturbating on equipment at a fire station in Louisville, Kentucky.
27 November 2012
US: Human Rights Commission backs pride organisers over t-shirt printing refusal 24 The Human Rights Commission in Lexington, Kentucky has sided with organisers of a gay pride event, who were refused service by a Christian t-shirt printing company, because of its religious beliefs.
25 October 2012
Kentucky: 2 men acquitted on gay hate charges 11 Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins have both been found guilty over charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap in connection with the assault on a gay man in Kentucky but not of breaking US federal hate crime laws.
23 October 2012
Kentucky: Relative gives evidence in gay hate trial + A relative of two men charged in connection with a homophobic attack in the US state of Kentucky has said the two suspects laughed about assaulting the victim and said they did it because the man is gay.
19 October 2012
Kentucky: Bisexual wife of gay attacker testifies against husband + The wife of Anthony Ray Jenkins has given evidence against her husband who stands accused of attacking a gay man in the US state of Kentucky.
17 October 2012
US: Cousins accused of attacking gay victim in a park stand trial 9 Two cousins in the US state of Kentucky charged with attacking a gay man in a park have gone on trial.
18 July 2012
US: Kentucky girl, 16, beaten by men in anti-gay attack 36 A 16-year-old girl in Kentucky, US, is recovering from a broken jaw after being attacked by two men who shouted anti-gay slurs.
13 April 2012
US gay hate-crime law leads to its first indictments 12 In the first set of indictments that follows from a federal hate crime law which protects against attacks motivated by sexual orientation, two women from Kentucky have pleaded guilty to helping in the kidnap and assault of a gay man.
7 June 2011
Unitarian minister in Kentucky refuses to sign marriage licences until gay couples are given marriage equality 64 A Unitarian minister in Kentucky has pledged that she will not sign any more marriage licences until the state makes same-sex marriages legal.
20 October 2010
Pentagon tells military to start accepting gays and lesbians 3 The Pentagon has told US military recruiters to begin accepting out gays and lesbians.

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