Oct 1 Metro Louisville Louisville Mayor Signs Ban On LGBTQ Conversion Therapy Louisville is the second Kentucky city to ban conversion therapy. By Ryland Barton Oct 1 Metro Louisville Louisville Mayor Signs Ban On LGBTQ Conversion Therapy Ryland Barton
Jul 25 Community LGBTQ Protesters March For Black Lives In Downtown Louisville And during a protest earlier Friday evening, Louisville Police arrested 76 people in the NuLu area. By Stephanie Wolf Jul 25 Community LGBTQ Protesters March For Black Lives In Downtown Louisville Stephanie Wolf
Oct 31 Kentucky Politics Ky. Supreme Court Dismisses Gay Pride T-Shirt Case The Kentucky Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Lexington T-shirt maker Hands On Originals, which refused to print T-shirts for a 2012 gay pride parade on religious grounds. By Ryland Barton Oct 31 Kentucky Politics Ky. Supreme Court Dismisses Gay Pride T-Shirt Case Ryland Barton
Oct 9 Community Trump Appointee Gorsuch Cryptic In LGBTQ Employment Rights Case At issue is whether Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars sex discrimination, covers gay and transgender workers. By Nina Totenberg Oct 9 Community Trump Appointee Gorsuch Cryptic In LGBTQ Employment Rights Case Nina Totenberg
Oct 8 Community Showdown Over LGBTQ Employment Rights Hits Supreme Court The high court hears cases testing whether employers are free to fire employees because they are gay or transgender. By Nina Totenberg Oct 8 Community Showdown Over LGBTQ Employment Rights Hits Supreme Court Nina Totenberg
Jun 10 Community LGBTQ Rainbow Flag Flies Over Metro Hall For First Time Mayor Fischer declared June 11-17 Pride Week in Louisville. By Jewél Jackson Jun 10 Community LGBTQ Rainbow Flag Flies Over Metro Hall For First Time Jewél Jackson
May 14 Community Louisville Student’s Podcast About Being Trans Named Finalist In NPR Contest Stellan Petto, a sixth grader at Louisville’s J. Graham Brown School, was recognized for his podcast, "What is it like being trans?” By Henry Zimmerman May 14 Community Louisville Student's Podcast About Being Trans Named Finalist In NPR Contest Henry Zimmerman
Mar 6 Community New U of L Scholarship Will Serve Catholic LGBTQ Students Plaintiffs in the landmark Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage legal in the U.S. have created a new scholarship for LGBT Catholic students at U of L. By Kyeland Jackson Mar 6 Community New U of L Scholarship Will Serve Catholic LGBTQ Students Kyeland Jackson
Feb 8 In Conversation 20 Years After Fairness Ordinance, LGBTQ Leaders Say There’s Still Work To Do Progress has been made, but there are no statewide protections for LBGTQ Kentuckians. By Kyeland Jackson Feb 8 In Conversation 20 Years After Fairness Ordinance, LGBTQ Leaders Say There's Still Work To Do Kyeland Jackson
Feb 4 In Conversation This Week In Conversation: Louisville’s Fairness Ordinance Turns 20 This week on WFPL’s In Conversation, we’ll talk about what has changed since passage of the city's Fairness Ordinance — and what has not. By Rick Howlett Feb 4 In Conversation This Week In Conversation: Louisville's Fairness Ordinance Turns 20 Rick Howlett
Jan 9 Health New Group Aims To Address Isolation Among LGBTQ Older Adults New preliminary survey research from the University of Kentucky shows that many older LGBTQ adults feel isolated and aren’t tapped into senior services. By Lisa Gillespie Jan 9 Health New Group Aims To Address Isolation Among LGBTQ Older Adults Lisa Gillespie
Oct 22 Politics Trans People Say They #WontBeErased, As Trump Administration Mulls Defining ‘Sex’ The "proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with," The New York Times reported. By Laurel Wamsley, NPR Oct 22 Politics Trans People Say They #WontBeErased, As Trump Administration Mulls Defining 'Sex' Laurel Wamsley, NPR
Oct 19 Tough and Universal: Stories of Grit Tough And Universal: For Sally Evans And Paige Harlow, Reconciling Faith And Identity Was A Journey Sally and Paige are married and live in Louisville with their twins. Both were raised in conservative Christian families. By Erica Peterson Oct 19 Tough and Universal: Stories of Grit For This Couple, Reconciling Faith And Identity Was A Journey Erica Peterson
Jun 17 Community PHOTOS: Kentuckiana Pride Festival Draws Crowds In Louisville Despite Heat Hundreds of people wearing colorful hair, makeup and outfits paraded down Preston Street as they celebrated LGBTQ+ pride month in Louisville this weekend. By Michelle Hanks Jun 17 Community PHOTOS: Pride Festival Draws Crowds In Louisville Despite Heat Michelle Hanks
Jun 4 Politics In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple The U.S. Supreme court dodged a major ruling on the question of whether business owners can refuse services to gay individuals based on their religious objections. By Nina Totenberg, NPR Jun 4 Politics Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple Nina Totenberg, NPR