LGBTQ equality
"When I first came to Kentucky, my employer did not have domestic partner benefits, and we couldn't pay all our medical bills. As a lesbian/member of the LGBTQ community, I am proud to belong to an organization that fights for equality for all Kentuckians."
Meta Mendel-Reyes
Madison County
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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Eastern Kentucky Fairness on Facebook
As KFTC has grown, expanding our vision of equality for all Kentuckians has been a labor of love and a transformative internal process. While many members shared this vision of equality for decades, in 2004 our Steering Committee shared a series of deeply emotional conversations, meetings, and personal reflections and eventually adopted language to our platform to include our LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer or Questioning) communities. Since then (and well before), our local chapters and statewide members have contributed to a growing movement for fairness, safety and celebration of diversity in Kentucky and beyond.
From offering our staff domestic partner benefits to lobbying our elected officials for fairness ordinances and anti-bullying legislation, KFTC members continue to prioritize our vision for a better Kentucky all Kentuckians deserve. As you can read in our blog feed below, our local chapters have recently prioritized LGBTQ equality through Fairness Ordinance organizing in Berea, safe restroom campaign in central Kentucky, creating LGBTQ support networks in Perry County, and much more.
What is a Fairness Ordinance: A Fairness Ordinance would prohibit discrimination in the workplace, housing, and public accommodations based on sexual orientation or gender identity. We believe that all Kentuckians have a right to live without fear of unjust discrimination, regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity. As written, Kentucky law does not guarantee this right, and must be changed. We support a statewide Fairness law and also Fairness ordinances at a local level until a statewide law is establish.
Pride comes to Georgetown!
Pride has come to the city of Georgetown. On October 8, Georgetown Fairness held Georgetown's first Pride Festival.
Shelby County chapter building power, protections for all
If you attended the KFTC annual meeting, you saw one of the Shelby County chapter’s newest members, Joy Fitzgerald, give the chapter petition. She woke up the room with her excitement about being a member of KFTC. Another new member, Mari Mujica, also attended her very first annual meeting.
Georgetown Pride
Join KFTC as we table at the first ever Georgetown Pride Festival! Join us as we register voters, talk about the work to pass fairness ordinances across the state, and promote www.kentuckyelection.org!
Northern Kentucky Pride!
Join members of the Northern Kentucky chapter as we show support for the LGBTQ+ community in northern Kentucky!
We will be talking about our ongoing voter engagement, issue, and skills building work at the festival, and hope you join us there!
Kentucky Fairness Rally
Set up a meeting with your representative and senator and join others to lobby for a statewide fairness law. The Fairness Campaign will coordinate visits with legislators in the morning and a rally in the afternoon.
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