Current Version
| Region | Kentucky |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | 1792 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | The 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 |
| Sources | http://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)."
Revision History (1)
Revision by imullin01
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| Description | 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 | The 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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| Sources | http://www.lex18.com/news/vicco-kentucky-approves-lgbt-fairness-law | http://www.aclu-ky.org/articles/morehead-ky-adopts-fairness-ordinance/ |
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