The parade, the festival, the after-party, and other events are back in Covington this weekend for NKY Pride. The pride parade starts on Sunday, June 10 at 1 p.m. at Covington Landing. It will travel south on Madison Avenue and then west on Seventh Street, concluding at Goebel Park in Mainstrasse Village. Following the parade, […]
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God Can Change Gays, Says Former Kentucky Governor & Current State Senator
It was a story about how being gay in a Kentucky campaign was a surprising non-issue. Jim Gray, the Lexington mayor who is the Democratic Party’s nominee to face incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul in November, is openly gay. “Does anybody care?,” asked the headline in Roll Call, the DC-based political newspaper. Writer Alex Roarty’s […]
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Mearns Calls for NKU Community to Join Him in Cincinnati Pride Parade
The president of Northern Kentucky University is calling on the campus community to join in the Cincinnati Pride parade on Saturday. Geoffrey Mearns, in a campus-wide email, reaffirmed the university’s commitment to inclusiveness. He was motivated by the June 12 massacre of 49 people gunned down at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “Our University […]
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Gun Advocates Will Reach Out to Gays at Cincinnati Pride
An open-carry enthusiast hopes to attract like-minded individuals to Cincinnati Pride on June 25. Jeffry Smith created an event on Facebook called Open Carry Outreach At Cincinnati Pride – and attracted a barrage of comments urging the gun group not to attend. Smith’s event description reads, “The purpose of this event is to provide visible outreach […]
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Bevin Administration Researching Options After Obama Bathroom Letter
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin issued a strong rebuke of President Barack Obama’s letter to public school districts, directing them to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender expression. It does not have the force of law, but it contains an implicit threat: Schools that do not abide by the Obama administration’s […]
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Editorial: Dear Frankfort, Kentucky Has Problems but Gays Aren’t One of Them, So Get Serious
Boy, it must be nice to live in a state that isn’t facing a disaster due to its pension liabilities. And in a state where education is championed and successful. A state where it is easy to climb from poverty, to overcome the loss of industry, and where individuals are treated with respect. But, of […]
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“Separate Marriage Licenses for Gays” Passes Senate; One Local Republican Votes Against
The state Senate moved to change Kentucky marriage licenses on Thursday, passing a bill that would remove county clerks’ names from the license forms while creating a separate document for same-sex couples. Senate Bill 5 passed, 30-8. It seeks to codify Governor Matt Bevin’s December 23 executive order while making adjustments in response to last summer’s U.S. […]
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Bevin Orders Change to Marriage Licenses, Rescinds Minimum Wage, Suspends Felon Voting Rights
Governor Matt Bevin announced five executive orders on Tuesday pertaining to marriage licenses, minimum wage, hiring practices within the state government, the restoration of voting rights for felons, and what he called a “superfluous state board”. “Today, I took action to uphold several commitments I made during my campaign so that we can implement real […]
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Preview: Doc About Deadly Fire at Gay Bar Opens OutReels Cincinnati Weekend
The mass murder of more than 30 people inside a New Orleans gay bar is the subject of a new documentary that opens OutReels Cincinnati, a 3-day celebration of LGBT cinema at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The River City News talks with filmmaker Robert L. Camina about Upstairs Inferno, which plays Friday night: OutReels Cincinnati, […]
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County Clerk Can Be Released from Jail, Ordered Not to Interfere with Marriage Licenses
The Rowan Co. Clerk will be released from jail. Kim Davis, the Democrat who has refused to issue any marriage licenses since the June ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that allowed same-sex marriage nationwide, has been in the Carter County Detention Center since late last week. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Davis to be […]