Entry #242: LGBT discrimination in Kentucky

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RegionKentucky
IssueLGBT discrimination
StatusIllegal in some contexts
Start Date1792
End Datenow
DescriptionThe Commonwealth of Kentucky does not have statewide LGBT fairness protections. Currently only six cities have LGBT protections: Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Vicco, Frankfort, and Morehead. Governor Steve Beshear, by Executive Order, prohibited discrimination
Sourceshttp://www.aclu-ky.org/articles/morehead-ky-adopts-fairness-ordinance/
Reports (2)
  • Newer law has been passed "Woodford County is also fair."
  • Status is not correct "Kentucky currently has 24 cities with fairness protections: Louisville (1999), Lexington (1999), Covington (2003), Vicco (2013), Frankfort (2013), Morehead (2013), Danville (2014), Midway (2015), Paducah (2018), and Maysville (2018), Henderson (2019), Dayton (2019), Georgetown (2019), Versailles (2019), Bellevue (2019), Highland Heights (2019), Fort Thomas (2020), Woodford County (2020), Cold Spring (2020), and Newport (2020), Crescent Springs (2021), Augusta (2021), Fort Mitchell (2021), and Elsmere (2022)."


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DescriptionThe Commonwealth of Kentucky does not have statewide LGBT fairness protections. Currently only five cities have LGBT protections: Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Vicco, and Frankfort. Governor Steve Beshear, by Executive Order, prohibited discriminationThe Commonwealth of Kentucky does not have statewide LGBT fairness protections. Currently only six cities have LGBT protections: Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Vicco, Frankfort, and Morehead. Governor Steve Beshear, by Executive Order, prohibited discrimination
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky does not have statewide LGBT fairness protections. Currently only five cities have LGBT protections: Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Vicco, and Frankfort. Governor Steve Beshear, by Executive Order, prohibited discrimination six cities have LGBT protections: Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Vicco, Frankfort, and Morehead. Governor Steve Beshear, by Executive Order, prohibited discrimination
Sourceshttp://www.lex18.com/news/vicco-kentucky-approves-lgbt-fairness-lawhttp://www.aclu-ky.org/articles/morehead-ky-adopts-fairness-ordinance/
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http://www.lex18.com/news/vicco-kentucky-approves-lgbt-fairness-law http://www.aclu-ky.org/articles/morehead-ky-adopts-fairness-ordinance/

created by bradcoffey106

Original entry
StatusIllegal in some contexts
Start Date1792
End Datenow
DescriptionThe Commonwealth of Kentucky does not have statewide LGBT fairness protections. Currently only five cities have LGBT protections: Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Vicco, and Frankfort. Governor Steve Beshear, by Executive Order, prohibited discrimination
Sourceshttp://www.lex18.com/news/vicco-kentucky-approves-lgbt-fairness-law
Reports (2)
  • Other information is incorrect "Six cities have non-discrimination Fairness laws. Morehead passed in December 2013."
  • Other information is incorrect "As of December, 2013, Morehead became the sixth city with discrimination protections."