Kentucky students ask legislators to let anti-trans veto stand. Senate votes to override.
by Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern This story discusses suicide and anti-LGBTQ attacks in Kentucky. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National...
How one Northern Kentucky family prepares for potential passage of ‘anti-trans’ legislation – ‘Clash of worldviews’ in the KY legislature
by MARK PAYNE, LINKNKY/KENTUCKY LANTERN This article is republished from Link NKY. When Nancy Bardgett’s daughter came out as transgender, she was thankful that Jordan was able to receive the care she...
SB 150 will harm military families and their missions
by Jonathan Hedrick, Kentucky Lantern No matter how you feel about trans health care, we can all agree that soldiers defending America’s interests abroad shouldn’t have additional, unnecessary worries...
Beshear vetoes bill that would ban gender-affirming care for Kentuckians under 18; Republicans are expected to override it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a far-reaching bill that would ban transgender minors’ access to gender-affirming care and sets strict rules for teaching in...
School Board Member, Psychologist, and Legislator Fights Against the Assault on Kentucky Students’ Rights
by Rep. Lisa Willner, D-Louisville As a school board member, I led the charge to add gender identity and gender expression to Jefferson County Public Schools’ non-discrimination policies to...
Transgender teen: Anti-LGBTQ bills mean Kentucky doesn’t want me here
‘Nobody pushed me into it.’ by Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern This story discusses suicide and anti-LGBTQ attacks. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or...
Legislative supermajority’s action in securing passage of SB 150 were unscrupulous and illegal
by Amye Bensenhaver, Kentucky Open Government Coalition “The saga began shortly before 1 p.m., when a surprise House Education Committee meeting was called during the House’s lunch break.” Courier...
Can’t find the word? Try ‘bigotry’ – Fear and loathing in the Kentucky legislature
by Teri Carter, Kentucky Lantern In the penultimate courtroom scene in 1993’s “Philadelphia,” Denzel Washington’s character demands the court acknowledge the subject they have danced uncomfortably around throughout the...
Kentucky education commissioner says legislature put youth at risk with anti-LGBTQ bill
The day after Kentucky lawmakers rapidly changed and passed a bill to include measures banning gender-affirming care for minors, the state’s top education official decried the “sweeping and harmful”...
How Republicans scrambled and maneuvered to quash bipartisan Senate changes to bill banning gender-affirming care for youth
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A revised bill with language to ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender youth moved quickly through both houses of the General Assembly Thursday and is...