KY Plaintiffs Before the Supreme Court!

KY Plaintiffs
Before the
Supreme Court!
On April 28, Kentucky's Freedom to
Marry plaintiffs and their attorneys
had their day in court—the
Supreme Court! Represented by
the Fauver Law Office, Clay, Daniel,
Walton, and Adams, the ACLU, and
Stanford Law School, six Kentucky
couples in Bourke v. Beshear
had their case heard alongside
plaintiffs from Michigan, Ohio, and
Tennessee in Obergefell v. Hodges. A
ruling by the high court is expected
in late June, LGBT Pride month.
Photo by Freedom to Marry
Congratulations to Kentucky's plaintiff couples and attorneys in Bourke v. Beshear! Plaintiffs: Rev. Bojangles Blanchard and
Dominique James, Greg Bourke and Michael De Leon, Tammy Boyd and Kim Franklin, Paul Campion and Randy Johnson, Timothy Love and
Larry Ysunza, and Jim and Luke Meade-Barlowe | Attorneys: Dan Canon, Joe Dunman, Dawn Elliott, Shannon Fauver, and Laura Landenwich
PRIDE 2015
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C-FAIR Endorsements
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2014 Year in Review &
"Friends of Fairness"
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2015 KY Pride Festivals &
Volunteer Opportunities
ATTORNEY GENERAL JACK CONWAY
Democratic Primary for Kentucky Governor
VOTE TUESDAY, MAY 19
2263 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206 | 502.893.0788 | www.Fairness.org | @FairnessCamp1
VOTE MAY 19
KY Primary Election
www.elect.ky.gov
ATTORNEY GENERAL JACK CONWAY
Democratic Primary for Kentucky Governor
Attorney General Jack Conway is a clear and compelling choice for C-FAIR
in the Democratic Primary for Kentucky Governor. He has been outspoken
in his support for simple anti-discrimination Fairness protections for LGBT
Kentuckians, and his decision last year to cease defense of our state's samegender marriage ban was a bold move on the right side of history. We believe
Jack Conway will work to ensure all Kentuckians have a fair shot at earning a
living and protecting their families just like everyone else.
www.ConwayOverly.com
PO Box 7803, Louisville, KY 40257
JEFF. CO. COMMISSIONER
DANIEL GROSSBERG
Democratic Primary for Kentucky Treasurer
In the five-way Democratic Primary for State Treasurer, Jefferson County
Commissioner Daniel Grossberg receives the C-FAIR nod for his fresh
ideas related to management and transparency of the Treasurer's office
and his unwavering commitment to social justice.
www.GrossbergForTreasurer.com
PO Box 6694, Louisville, KY 40206
Can we talk about AGING with PRIDE?
For the past year, the Fairness Campaign has been working with a
broad group of ally organizations to launch a Kentucky SAGENet,
a regional affiliate of the national Services and Advocacy for Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders (SAGE).
Now, we need to hear from you! We'll be holding three focus groups
during Pride Month to discuss the local needs of LGBT elders.
Participants of any age are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Friday, June 5, 8 p.m. | PLAY Dance Bar, 1101 E. Washington, 40206
Sunday, June 7, 2 p.m. | MCC Louisville, 1432 Highland, 40204
Monday, June 15, Noon | Gilda's Club Louisville, 633 Baxter, 40204
*FREE LUNCH on Monday, June 15, but RSVP is required: 502.893.0788
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"We The People" | 2015 ACLU/Fairness Dinner
Susan Hershberg & her Wiltshire Pantry host another elegant, sold-out evening at the Ali Center
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR "WE THE PEOPLE" 2015 SPONSORS!
Photo by Josh Miller, courtesy of Nfocus Magazine
Brian Hawkins Photography
Brooke & Matthew Barzun
Jeff Been & Eric Graninger
Emily Bingham & Stephen Reily
Eleanor Bingham Miller
Dr. Gregory Brown & Scott Rogers
Becky Brown
Christina Lee Brown
Brown-Forman Corporation
Judge Gina Kay Calvert
Stephen Campbell & Heather McHold
Caperton Realty
Timothy Combs & Jim Dickinson
Brian Hawkins Photography
Brian Hawkins Photography
Comfy Cow
Conliffe & Hickey Insurance
The Connection Night Club
Sonja deVries & Keith Farah
Sandra Frazier
Judge Bill Graham
Mary Moss Greenebaum
Sandy Gulick
Augusta & Gill Holland
Councilman Bill Hollander & Lisa Keener
Debbie King
Judge Katie King
Ed Kruger & Jeff Rodgers
Judge Jennifer Leibson
Sam Marcosson
Mark England Associates
Judge Irv Maze
Morgan Stanley
Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell
Lisa Osanka
Djenita Pasic
PLAY Dance Bar
Eugenia & John Potter
Brian Hawkins Photography
Brian Hawkins Photography
Brian Hawkins Photography
Dorene Stein
UPS
Carla Wallace
Tom Wallace Lyons
Drs. Terry & Morris Weiss
Jane Welch
Dona Wells
Porter Watkins & George Bailey
Brian Hawkins Photography
Brian Hawkins Photography
SAVE THESE 2016 DATES | Fairness Rally Feb. 17 | "We The People" Dinner March 26
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2014 in Review
Jan. 3: Haymarket Whiskey Bar hosts a
fundraiser for the Fairness Campaign featuring
the band Squeezebot.
Jan. 7: The City of Campbellsburg
(population 816) holds the first reading of a
proposed Fairness Ordinance banning LGBT
discrimination in employment, housing, and
public accommodations.
Jan. 8: Fairness staff present “Fairness 101” for
Leadership Southern Indiana.
Jan. 13: Louisville Senator Morgan McGarvey
and Representative Mary Lou Marzian
introduce Statewide Fairness Laws in the
Kentucky General Assembly.
"Friends of Fairness"
2014 in Review
Jamie Abrams and Jason Pletcher
Grace Akers and Maria Price
Michael Aldridge
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Sean Allen and Stewart Hoertz
Linda Allewalt
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Debra Anderson and Gary Cusick
Brittany Anderson
50+ Anonymous Donors
Donald Armstrong, Jr
Tommy Arnold
Elsie and Allan Atherton
Attica Scott Campaign for Metro Council
Alyssa Bailey
John and Natalie Bajandas
Nan Baker and Martha Marsh
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Jan. 14: University of Louisville student Erin
Wade begins her spring internship with the
Fairness Campaign.
Jan. 15: Fairness supporters join “Voting Rights
Restoration Day” in Frankfort to restore voting
rights for former felons.
Jan. 21: Campbellsburg fails to pass a Fairness
Ordinance after its second reading, which does
not receive a “motion” for a council vote.
Jan. 22: Fairness staff present at the University
of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
Jan. 25: “Single Mingle Louisville” hosts its first
LGBT-themed event to benefit the Fairness
Campaign.
Jan. 26: Fairness Campaign director Chris
Hartman celebrates five years on staff.
Fairness in the 50th Anniversary Civil Rights March
Jan. 29-Feb. 1: Fairness Campaign staff
and board members participate in the Gay
and Lesbian Task Force’s “Creating Change”
conference in Houston, Texas. Fairness
Coalition leaders present a workshop titled,
“Rural Organizing: Victory in Vicco and Beyond.”
Feb. 9: Fairness director Hartman speaks at
Metropolitan Community Church of Louisville
in preparation for “Statewide Fairness Rally and
Lobby Day.”
Feb. 10: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for Gilda’s Club of Louisville.
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1st-ever Statewide Fairness hearing in the Capitol
Kandace Baker
Debbie Barber
Mark Baridon
Paul Barnes
Chase Barnett
Melissa and Tim Barry
Greg Bartlett
Brooke and Matthew Barzun
Terri and Steven Bass
Carolyn Klinge and Lee Beckhuan
Jeff Been and Eric Graninger
Patti Bell and Jeanne Hanley
David Bell
Amy Benningfield
Andre Bergeron
Best Buy Co., Inc
Jason Bielefeld
Big Bar
Emily Bingham and Stephen Reily
Edith Bingham
Eleanor Bingham Miller
Michael Blair
Keith Blaydes
Lisa Blythe
Bill Bolte
Fred Borho and Douglas Scott Sorenson
Elaine and Don Bornstein
Alan Bornstein
Gregory Bourke and Michael De Leon
Paul Bowe
David Bowles
Robert Bozeman and Rajesh Shah
Dana Cohen and David Brantley
Ed Fallon and Paul Brezosky
Brad and Carla Sue Broecker
Keith Brooks
Becky Brown
Christina Lee Brown
Denise Brown
performed out-of-state.
Feb. 12: Fairness supporters join Kentuckians
For The Commonwealth’s “I Love Mountains”
rally and lobby day in Frankfort against
mountaintop removal coal mining.
Feb. 12: Fairness director Hartman speaks to St.
X High School’s diversity club.
Feb. 14: Kentucky Speaker of the House
Greg Stumbo of Prestonsburg co-sponsors
Statewide Fairness for the first time, rounding
out a record 18 co-sponsors in the House and
six in the Senate, including Senate Minority
Whip Jerry Rhoads of Madisonville, the first
member of Senate leadership to join the bill.
Feb. 16: Led by Louisville Rep. Jim Wayne and
Father Joe Fowler, more than 100 Catholics for
Fairness march in the fourth annual Pilgrimage
to the Cathedral of the Assumption calling
on Archbishop Joseph Kurtz’s support of
Statewide Fairness.
Feb. 18: Hundreds of Kentuckians gather in the
Capitol for “Statewide Fairness Rally and Lobby
Day.” With the help of the Fairness Campaign’s
volunteer legislative database manager Pat
Kidwell and dozens of office volunteers,
Fairness supporters deliver more than 20,000
messages to state legislators.
Feb. 18: Fairness Campaign Coordinating
Committee member Nicole Kersting and
other legal and financial professionals host
a program at PLAY Dance Bar to answer
questions about legal rights and taxes
following the Supreme Court’s ruling on samegender marriage.
Feb. 27: Fairness director Hartman speaks to
the North Oldham High School Gay Straight
Alliance.
Feb. 27: Longtime Louisville Metropolitan
Community Church leader Judy Dale, spouse
of Rev. Dee Dale, passes away in Georgetown,
Texas.
March 4: Kentucky Attorney General Jack
Conway makes an emotional announcement:
he will not continue to defend the state’s
ban on same-gender marriage in the lawsuit
Bourke v. Beshear.
March 5: Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear
announces he will hire an outside law firm to
defend the state’s same-gender marriage ban
in Bourke v. Beshear.
2014 in Review
"Friends of Fairness"
2014 in Review
March 5: The Fairness Campaign co-sponsors
the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights’
“50th Anniversary March on Frankfort”
commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King’s
march for civil rights in 1964. The Fairness
Campaign is accompanied by Xavier University
students on an “Alternative Spring Break.”
Gregory Brown and Scott Rogers
Joseph Brown
Sabrina Brown
Brown-Forman Corporation
Vernon Broyles
Philip Bryan
Brian Buford
Deb Burda and Linda Wemes
Troy Burden and Mike Mayo
Punkin Burke
Stephanie Pearce Burke
California Pizza Kitchen
Brad Calobrace
Gina Kay Calvert and I. Joel Frockt
Campaign Fund of David Nicholson
J.R. Cannaday and Allen Montgomery
Tom Cannady and Lindy Casebier
Henry Carnes
Ben Carter
Robert Caruthers
Mary Casey
Bryan Caysedo
Rebecca Cecil
Debbie and David Chervenak
Francis Chester
Chill Bar Highlands
Christ Hope Church
Christopher Caswell Style
Denise Clayton
Clifton Foundation, Inc
Ann Coffey
Mirna Colon
Timothy Combs and Jim Dickinson
April 3: Shelbyville Fairness supporters, in
conjunction with the Shelby County Chapter
of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, host
a dramatic protest of Mayor Tom Hardesty
and the City Council for refusing to address
LGBT Fairness despite more than two years
of requests by local leaders. Their mouths
covered in rainbow duct tape, protesters fill
council chambers, where a representative
stands silently at the microphone to symbolize
the council’s silencing of their voices.
March 5: After fifteen years of silence from the
Kentucky General Assembly, the Statewide
Fairness Law banning LGBT discrimination
in employment, housing, and public
accommodations receives its first-ever hearing.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John
Tilley and other legislators hear pro-Fairness
testimony from Rep. Marzian, Covington
Mayor Sherry Carran, Kile Nave, who had been
fired from his job as a police sergeant for
being gay, and Father Fowler. Though no vote
is taken, many committee members express
support and Chairman Tilley promises further
discussion.
March 10: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for Wellspring employees.
March 12: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for Kentuckiana Works employees.
March 19: Judge Heyburn grants Governor
Steve Beshear an indefinite stay on his Bourke
v. Beshear ruling while the state prepares
its appeal to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals.
March 20: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for an additional group of Wellspring
employees.
March 22: Susan Hershberg and her Wiltshire
Pantry host the 14th annual “We The People”
dinner benefiting the ACLU-KY and Fairness
Campaign at the Muhammad Ali Center.
March 24: On Kentucky Education Television’s
(KET) “Kentucky Tonight” policy debate show,
Fairness Campaign director Hartman and
ACLU-KY board president Dr. Enid TruciosHaynes debate Statewide Fairness against
the Family Foundation’s Martin Cothran and
the Commonwealth Policy Center’s Richard
Nelson.
March 26: More than a dozen students in
the North Oldham High School Gay Straight
Alliance lobby elected officials in Frankfort
with the Fairness Campaign.
North Oldham High School students in Frankfort
March 27: Fairness Coalition leaders present
“The State of Fairness” for UPS employees in
conjunction with the company’s LGBT Business
Resource Group.
Bourke v. Beshear plaintiff couples after 1st ruling
April 14: The City of Danville Board of
Commissioners discusses a proposed Fairness
Ordinance, which they table for later action.
April 14 & 15: The Louisville Downtown
Partnership (LDP)—in coalition with the
ACLU-KY, Louisville Metro Human Relations
Commission, Fourth Street Live!, and the
Fairness Campaign—hosts “Lou + You,”
a diversity training for downtown area
businesses. The program is organized by
Keith Brooks, co-coordinator of the Fairness
Campaign Coordinating Committee and LDP
communications specialist.
April 16: C-FAIR, the Political Action Committee
of the Fairness Campaign, endorses candidates
in fifteen Primary Election races in Lexington
and Louisville.
Danville Board of Commissioners discuss Fairness
Stephanie Combs
Committee to Elect Darryl T. Owens
Committee to Elect Tara Hagerty Judge
Chris Conliffe and Scott Howard
Conliffe and Hickey Insurance
Maureen Connelly
Jacob Conway
David Cooper
Ginny Copenhefer
Christopher Corcoran
Randall Correll
Madeline and Dario Covi
Kathleen Crawford and Cindi Ramm
Rachel Cutler and Curtis Stauffer
Dee Dale
Carol and Deborah Davies
Mary Jo and Paige Davis
Sonja De Vries
Liane Dean and Sara Robertson
Ann Deibert and Martha Kenney
Helen Deines
John Delucio
Kathy Dobbins and Joanne Lynch
Douglass Boulevard Christian Church
April 21: The Fairness Campaign participates
in Northern Kentucky University’s first Pride
March and Norse Pride Week.
April 22: Fairness staff present “The State
of Fairness” at Jefferson Community and
Technical College.
April 28: The Danville Board of Commissioners
hosts a workshop on the proposed Fairness
Ordinance.
April 29: Fairness Coalition staff conduct “LGBT
101” training for the Louisville Metro Police
Department’s Academy Class of new recruits.
May 1: Rev. Fred Moffatt, former minister of
Graefenburg Baptist Church and Shelbyville
First Baptist Church, delivers an impassioned
speech to the Shelbyville City Council in
support of Fairness.
May 5: Fairness Coalition Eastern Kentucky
organizer Katherine Grigg moves out of state
after more than two years on staff.
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May 13: Fairness staff present “LGBT 101” at the
2014 Housing Management Conference, “Fair
Housing—Equal Access.”
May 12: The Danville Board of Commissioners
approves the first reading of their Fairness
Ordinance with a 4-1 vote.
May 13: Berea College student Carl Franklin
Craft begins his summer internship with the
Fairness Campaign.
Andrew Downey
Kathleen and Gary Drehmel
Claude Drouet and Rusty Henle
Claire Drucker and Seymour Slavin
Amber and Brent Duke
Michelle Durham and Betsy Phillips
Ann Schiavone Dyke
Kent Echler and William Shelton
Matthew Eckert
May 15: Atherton High School’s Site Based
Decision Making Council hears its first round of
testimony from students, parents, faculty, and
community members on Principal Tom Aberli’s
policy allowing transgender students’ use of
facilities that match their gender identities.
May 17: Fairness staff present “The State of
Fairness” at the PFLAG Regional Conference in
Nashville, Tennessee.
May 17: “Tova” wins the “Miss Stonewall
Pageant” to benefit the Fairness Campaign at
the Princess Theatre in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
May 19: Kentucky Faith Leaders for Fairness,
co-chaired by Rev. Derek Penwell and Rev.
Maurice “Bojangles” Blanchard, host a Prayer
Gathering in support of same-gender marriage
at Douglass Boulevard Christian Church in
partnership with the Fairness Coalition and
Southerners for the Freedom to Marry.
May 20: Kentucky Primary Election | Fairness
Campaign works to GOTV (Get Out The Vote)
for C-FAIR-endorsed candidates.
May 20-22: Fairness director Hartman attends
the national Equality Federation’s “Executive
Director Bootcamp” in Chicago, Illinois.
May 26: Fairness Campaign administrative
coordinator Laura-Jayne Reece celebrates four
years on staff.
May 27: In a surprise 3-2 vote, the Danville
Board of Commissioners approves a new first
reading of a Fairness Ordinance that contains a
provision exempting Sunrise Baptist Services,
an agency affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist
Convention.
June 3: Middlebury College in Vermont
Jonathan George begins his summer
internship with the Fairness Campaign.
June 3: Fairness staff present at the Foundation
for a Healthy Kentucky’s “Promoting
Responsive Health Policy Grantee Convening.”
June 3: The Atherton High School Site Based
Decision Making Council hears additional
testimony on transgender students’ use
of facilities and votes 9-1 to approve the
first reading of a change to the school’s
non-discrimination policy to include sexual
orientation and gender identity.
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Testimony at Atherton High School
Remona Edenfield
George Eklund
Glen Elder and Jim Gibson
Marshall Eldred and Andree Mondor
Art Embrey and Terry Laun
Mark England and Michael Handley
Jane Ewalt and Ed McCurley
Barbara Fabricant
Dan Farrell
Katherine Farrow
Patria Fielding and Virginia Forest
First Unitarian Church
John Fischer and Jon Hamby
Marjorie and Richard Fitzgerald
Janet Fleck
Dan Forte and Chris Schuster
Donna Fosberg and Jackie Lucas
Cate and Peter Fosl
C.J. Frakes
Sandra Frazier
Amy and Robert Frey
Mary Alex Rohleder and Paul Fridell
Harriette Friedlander
Friends Meeting of Louisville, Inc
Charles Fugate
Scott Furkin and Mary Pace
Kaye and Sean Gallagher
Merrick Garb
Jan Garrett
Michael Eli Garton
Bryan Gatewood and Allen Purnell
John Gatton
Mike Gatton
GE Foundation
Carla Gibert
L. Courtney and Terri Giesel
Carla Gilbert
David Gill
Gill Foundation
Gina Kay Calvert For Judge
Elizabeth Glass
Reginald Glass
Tony Glore
David Gochman
Linda and Stuart Goldberg
Judy Goldsmith and Andrew Klapper
Joanna Goldstein
Bill Graham
Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grau
Juliet and Laman Gray
Sandra Green
Mary Moss Greenebaum
Kimberly Greenwell
Aaron Guldenschuh-Gatten
Sandy Gulick
Shawn Hadley and David McGuire
Beth Haendiges and Kurt Metzmeier
Adam Hall
Kathryn Hamilton
Mary and John Hamlet
Judy Hanekamp
Patrick Hanna
Libby and Jonathan Hardy
Roy Harrison
Christopher Hartley
Don Hartley
Chris Hartman
Mary Lynn Hartman
Haunted Hotel
Laura and Bob Hawley
Enid Trucios-Haynes and Ray Haynes
Anne and Smith Haynie
Tamarri Wieder and Jon Hedrick
Roberta Hershberg
Kevin Hickey
Eric Himan
Maria Hines and Ray Schweri
Le Aaricka Hodge
John Hoffman
Kristen Holland
Lisa Keener and Bill Hollander
Jane Hope
Holly Houston
John Howard Shaw-Woo and Shiao Woo
Christopher Howley
L.C. "Critt" Hunter II
Greg Hutcheson and Leonard Mariani
Rose and Ampelio Isetti
Dora James
Barbara and Robert Jansing
Karen Jarboe and Nanci Moore
Jefferson County Teachers Association
Jane Jenkins
Brad Jennings
Robert Johnson and Jeff Nally
Fairness interns at the Lexington Pride Festival
Nicolas Johnson
Perry Johnson
Richard Johnson
Tom Jones and Rick Nottingham
Helen Jones and Thomas Pike
Jennifer Jones
Virginia Jordan and Emily Noonan
Deborah Thompson and Jo Ann Kalb
Billy Kannapel
Katie King for District Judge
Mary Louis Keenan
Gloria Kemper-O'Neil
Shaun Kenney and Brian Walker
Ellie Kerstetter
Ronald Kestler
Katie King
Jim King
Tara Kinslow
Andrew Kipe
John Kleber
Miriam Klein and Marc Leibson
Bruce Kleinschmidt
Jonathan Klunk
Rita Knowles
Donald Kohler
Will Kohler
Stephen Ray Korfhage
Carol Kraemer and Jen Straub
Melissa and Nate Kratzer
Kathy and Joe Kremer
Ed Kruger and Jeff Rodgers
Mary Ann and Michael Lambert
Kathy and Lew Lancaster
Matthew Landan
Maddi Lanning
Vitalis Lanshima
Travis Lay and Ren Scheuerman
Ruby Layson
Cathy Leary and Unzu Lee
Stephen Lebder
Fairness leaders celebrate Keith Brooks
Angela Leet
Jennifer Leibson
Arnold Levin
Belle and Philip Levy
Sally Levy
Anne and Tony Lindauer
Judy and Fred Look
Keith Look
Lee Look
Sam Lord
Tim Love
Jessica Loving and Sheryl Snyder
Todd Lowe
Jonathan Lowe
Doug Lowry
Bernie Lubbers
Barbara Luckett
Pegge and Michael Luvisi
Alice Lyon and Mary O'Doherty
Tom Wallace Lyons
Anne Marie Regan and Doug Magee
Allison Maggiolo
Sam Marcosson
Marvin Martin and Neil Mellen
Janice Martin
Tom Massey and Richard Schwarz
Peggy and Irv Maze
Laura McBride
Jane McCord
Morgan McGarvey
Randall McKenzie
Brendan McLeod
Pamela McMichael
Linda and Ronald Metts
Theresa and Martin Meyer
Scott Meyer
Kay Milam
Leslie and James Millar
Mike Miller and Adrian Montgomery
Christopher Miller and William Stanley
Kate Miller
Donald Miller
Carolyn Miller-Cooper
Allan Mitchell
Kimberly Mohammed
Jennifer Moore
Betty Moorman
Marc Mourer
Mari Mujica
Mary Margaret and Edward Mulvihill
Michael Neumann
Yen Nguyen
Sandra Nickley
Steven Njos
Ellen and Mike O'Connell
Sheila O'Donnell-Schuster
Mary Beth and Joe O'Reilly
Dana Oliver
Susannah Onwood
Lisa Osanka
Rachel Parks
Djenita and Resad Pasic
Jenny Paul
Andrea Peck
Marci and Mark Perelmuter
Nancy Peterson
PLAY Dance Bar
PNC
Jeff Polson and Gary White
Paula Porter and Vanessa Taylor
Benjamin Post
Eugenia and John Potter
Colleen Powell
D. Michele Prete
Joan and Jovelino Ramos
Nancy Rankin and Whitworth Stokes
Tom Ranz and Bill Trent
R. Jonathan Raymon
Sarah Reed
Derek Reese
Linda Remington
Anne Renner-Evans
Gil Reyes
Nancy Reynolds
Sean Riley
June 4: Fairness staff host a booth at BrownForman Corporation’s annual Pride Fair.
June 5: The Atherton High School Site Based
Decision Making Council votes 9-1 to approve
the updated non-discrimination policy and
uphold Principal Aberli’s decision to allow
transgender students to use the facilities that
match their gender identities.
June 9: Recent St. X High School graduate
Henry Carnes begins his summer internship
with the Fairness Campaign.
June 9: The Danville Board of Commissioners
votes 4-1 for its Fairness Ordinance, making
the home of Centre College, population
16,218, Kentucky’s seventh city with LGBT
anti-discrimination protections, which
includes Covington, the state capital Frankfort,
Lexington, Louisville, Morehead, and the small
Appalachian town of Vicco.
June 10: Fairness director Hartman joins
Headline News to comment on the state
of Fairness and same-gender marriage in
Kentucky.
June 12: The Fairness Campaign joins the
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights’ “LGBT
College Fair Housing Forum.”
June 20: WLOU radio hosts a discussion
with Kentuckiana Regional Planning &
Development Agency (KIPDA) and the Fairness
Campaign on LGBT aging issues.
June 20: More than 125 volunteers brave the
rainstorm to march in the Fairness Campaign’s
“Human Float” in the Kentuckiana Pride
Parade.
June 21: Fairness Campaign staff and
volunteers sign up hundreds of new
supporters at the Kentuckiana Pride Festival in
Louisville.
June 23: Fairness Campaign Coordinating
Committee member Dr. Alan Bornstein
passes away after years of service as an office
volunteer, financial advisor, gardener, and
leader.
June 25: Fairness staff present "The State of
Fairness" at the U.S. Census Bureau’s LGBT
Pride Month observance in Southern Indiana.
June 28: Fairness Campaign staff and
volunteers sign up hundreds of new
supporters at the seventh annual Lexington
Pride Festival and fifth annual Northern
Kentucky Pride Festival.
Fairness at the Owensboro Pride Picnic
Jessica Rindler
Janet and Richard Rink
Rose Marie Rocha and Carolyn Sue Stiles
Samuel Rodriguez
June 29: Fairness director Hartman addresses
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church in
celebration of their Pride Month service.
June 29: The Fairness Campaign celebrates its
23rd anniversary.
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June 29: Fairness Campaign staff and
volunteers join in the Owensboro Pride Picnic.
July 1: Judge Heyburn issues a second ruling
on Kentucky’s same-gender marriage ban in
Love v. Beshear. He mandates the state issue
marriage licenses to same-gender couples, but
issues an immediate stay on the ruling while
the state appeals.
July 1: Fairness Campaign leaders host a “going
away” dinner for co-coordinator Keith Brooks,
who moves out of state.
Teouline and John Rose
Siddy Rosenberg
Stacey Roussell
Philip Samuel
Barbara and E. Halsey Sandford
Jeff Sauer
Megan Saylor
Cindy and Genny Scheldorf
Josh Schneider
Marcia and Edwin Segal
John Selent
Dr. Christian Settle Altman
Paige Shank
Osha Shireman
July 8: The Atherton High School Site Based
Decision Making Council votes to reject an
appeal of its transgender-inclusive policy.
July 15: Gil Reyes joins Dr. Kaila Story as
co-coordinator of the Fairness Campaign
Coordinating Committee.
July 18-20: Fairness Campaign staff and
volunteers work a charity beer truck at the
Forecastle Music Festival to raise more than
$5,500 for LGBT rights in Kentucky.
July 21: Ousted Boy Scout leader Greg Bourke
(and plaintiff in Kentucky’s marriage equality
lawsuit, Bourke v. Beshear) co-authors an oped with Fairness director Hartman exposing
the Metro United Way’s trick on supporters
by funding Learning for Life, a shadow
organization of the discriminatory Boy Scouts
of America.
July 22: Northeastern University student Mason
Gersh begins his summer internship with the
Fairness Campaign and University of Louisville
student James Silva begins his summer/fall
internship.
UPS employees present a grant check to Fairness
Robert Simpson
Sacha Slone
John "Jack" Smith
Cathy and William Smock
Elizabeth and Jonathan Spalding
Stephen Spanyer
Spectrum Catering
St. Williams Church
William Stallard
Lauren Stapleton
Dorene Stein
Julie Steinau
Dylan Steitz
Michele and David Stengel
Bobbie Stern
George Stinson
LeAnn Stokes
Kaila Story
Gywn Sutherland
James William Svendsen
Rebecca Tamas and Susan Womack
Patricia Taylor
Susan Taylor
July 24: Fairness director Hartman represents
Kentucky at a White House briefing on the
Affordable Care Act and the LGBT community.
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Aug. 5: The Fairness Campaign hosts a booth
at the Louisville Metro Police Department’s
“National Night Out” at Wyandotte Park.
Aug. 5: Fairness Campaign staff and volunteers
rally for same-gender marriage in Cincinnati,
Ohio on the eve of Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals oral arguments in Bourke v. Beshear,
which includes Love v. Beshear, and marriage
lawsuits from Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Aug. 6: Marriage equality supporters crowd
the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear oral
arguments in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and
Tennessee’s same-gender marriage cases.
Aug. 7: Shelbyville Fairness supporters mount
another action at City Hall. For the first time in
nearly three years, the City Council responds
directly to advocates and asks for a Fairness
Ordinance recommendation from the Shelby
County Human Rights Commission.
Aug. 12: Fairness Coalition leaders host a
meeting in Harlan County to strategize with
local supporters.
Aug. 12-24: The Fairness Campaign signs up
thousands of new supporters at the Kentucky
State Fair.
Aug. 17: C Caswell Style hosts a photo and
video shoot to premiere at “Fairness Over
Louisville.”
Aug. 19: Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne
announces the Board of Commissioners will
delay consideration of a Fairness Ordinance
pending further discussion.
July 22: UPS employees present the Fairness
Campaign with a $10,000+ UPS Foundation
grant to support a year’s worth of “LGBT 101”
and “The State of Fairness” trainings and
presentations throughout the region.
July 22: PNC Bank hosts an LGBTA Business
Resource Group reception at Theatre Square
Marketplace with Attorney General Jack
Conway as the keynote speaker.
July 20-Aug. 2: Fairness Campaign leaders join
other state LGBT advocates at the national
Equality Federation’s Summer Meeting in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Aug. 5: The Owensboro Human Rights
Commission proposes a Fairness Ordinance to
the city’s Board of Commissioners.
July 9: A “Social Justice Congress” is hosted
by numerous Kentucky social justice ally
organizations, including the Fairness
Campaign.
July 14: On KET’s “Kentucky Tonight,” Dan
Canon, a plaintiffs’ attorney in Bourke v. Beshear,
and Fairness director Hartman square off on
same-gender marriage against the Family
Foundation’s Martin Cothran and Lexington
lawyer Stan Cave.
July 28: Kentucky Faith Leaders for Fairness
join the “We Do Campaign” with the Campaign
for Southern Equality. Supportive clergy travel
to Metropolis, Illinois with Kristy Sturgill and
Sarah Peacock to marry the couple after they
are denied a marriage license in Jefferson
County.
Kentucky Farm Bureau protest at the State Fair
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church
Madeleine Thompson
Tides Foundation
Bill Tingley
Rose Mary Toebbe
John Tompkins
Amanda Townsell
Twisted Salon
UPS Foundation, Inc
Aug. 20: Bellarmine University first-year
students volunteer at the Fairness Campaign
as part of “Knights in Action: Day of Service.”
Aug. 21: The ACLU-KY, Jefferson County
Teachers Association, and Fairness Campaign
join in a protest of Kentucky Farm Bureau’s
(KFB) discriminatory policies at their annual
Country Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State
Fair. Protesters silently disrupt the breakfast by
forming a protest line before the KFB dais of
dignitaries.
Aug. 23: University of Louisville first-year
students volunteer at the Fairness Campaign as
part of the school’s SOUL orientation program.
Aug. 25: Bellarmine University student Haley
Adams begins her fall/spring internship.
Aug. 26: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for the Louisville Metro Police
Department’s Academy Class of new recruits.
Aug. 28: The Louisville Metro Human Relations
Commission hosts a panel discussion on LGBT
rights and religious liberty titled, “Sincerely
Held Beliefs.”
Sept. 2: After more than three years of
advocacy by Bereans for Fairness, the Berea
City Council holds the first reading of its
proposed Fairness Ordinance.
Sept. 12: Following months of silence from
the Metro United Way regarding their funding
of Learning for Life, the Fairness Campaign
mounts a protest of their annual breakfast.
Former Scout leader Greg Bourke and
Louisville Metro Councilwoman Attica Scott
join Fairness staff and volunteers in a festive
protest line themed “How Low Will They Go?,”
replete with dancing to Chubby Checker’s
“Limbo Rock” on loop and a copy of Bourke
and Hartman’s op-ed.
Sept. 12: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for employees of the Louisville Metro
Human Relations Commission.
Sept. 13: Former Miss Kentucky and recently
out queer woman Djuan Trent keynotes the
5th annual “Fairness Over Louisville” fundraiser
at PLAY Dance Bar. C Caswell Style mounts a
Fairness-themed t-shirt fashion show inspired
by the photo/video shoot. Congressman John
Yarmuth addresses the crowd of hundreds
and the Fairness Campaign honors outgoing
Louisville Metro Councilwomen Tina WardPugh and Attica Scott. Fairness Campaign
volunteer resources manager Nanci Moore
wins the “Jeff Rodgers Unsung Hero Award.”
Sherrie and Stuart Urbach
Suzanne Vance
Russ Vandenbroucke
Elizabeth and Jim Voyles
Carla Wallace
Sarah Walsh
A. Chrisitine Ward
Hal Warheim
LaQuita Washington
Louis Waterman
Elizabeth Waters
Porter Watkins and George Bailey
Marvin Weinberger
Terry and Morris Weiss
Jane Welch
Dona Wells
Marilyn and John Werst
JoAnne Wheeler Bland
Stanley Whetzel
Sept. 21: The Fairness Campaign participates in
the 21st annual Louisville AIDS Walk.
Sept. 21-26: The Fairness Campaign cosponsors The LGBT Center at University of
Louisville’s annual Pride Week.
Sept. 23: Kentucky Faith Leaders for Fairness
convene a statewide caucus in Lexington.
Sept. 26: New Albany Community Montessori
School student Anna Steele begins her fall
internship.
Sept. 26: Fairness staff present “LGBT 101” at a
human trafficking seminar hosted by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families.
Oct. 2: WEKU Public Radio in Richmond hosts
an “Eastern Standard” program on samegender marriage and LGBT rights with the
Fairness Campaign and Family Foundation.
Oct. 2: The U.S. Department of the Interior and
National Park Service award a $25,000 twoyear grant to the Kentucky Heritage Council in
partnership with the Fairness Campaign and
Preservation Louisville to author a Kentucky
LGBT Historic Context and nominate two LGBT
historic sites.
Oct. 2: The Fairness Campaign participates
in Kentucky Special Parent Involvement
Network’s (KY-SPIN) “Unite 2 End Bullying” at
Central High School in Louisville.
Fairness leaders at the C Caswell Style shoot
Clara and Robert White
Bobbie White
Matthew Whittaker
Janet and John Wilborn
Nicholas Wilkerson
Kelly Wilkinson
David Williams
Elysia Williams
Erica Lee Williams
Terri Wills
Dawn Wilson
Merydith Wilson
Andrea Wilson
Max Wineinger
Oct. 5: Chill Bar hosts a Tea Dance benefiting
the Fairness Campaign.
Oct. 7: C-FAIR, the Fairness Campaign’s Political
Action Committee, endorses candidates in 38
contested General Election races in Frankfort,
Lexington, and Louisville. It marks the first
time the organization has made endorsements
in Frankfort races.
Oct. 7: The Berea City Council rejects a Fairness
Ordinance with a 5-3 vote.
Oct. 8: The Fairness Campaign is voted one
of Louisville’s “Best Nonprofits” for the fifth
year running in LEO Weekly’s “Readers’ Choice
Awards.”.
Oct. 11: The Fairness Campaign joins Northern
Kentucky Pride’s “National Coming Out Day”
event.
Sept. 16: The Berea City Council hosts a sharply
divided public forum on Fairness attended by
hundreds.
Sept. 18: Fairness director Hartman presents
“The State of Fairness” at the Indiana University
Southeast Civil Liberties Union "Constitution
Day" observance.
Sept. 24: Fairness staff present “The State of
Fairness” at Elizabethtown Community and
Technical College.
Oct. 13: AIDS Interfaith Ministries (AIM), People
For the American Way (PFAW), and the Fairness
Campaign host a “Senate Debate Watch Party”
at Nowhere Bar.
Volunteer Nanci Moore
Nancy Woodcock
Virginia and James Woodward
Gordon Wright
Catherine and John Yarmuth
Roxanne Yeoman
Mary Lee, Allen, and Alex Younger
Shelly Zegart and Dr. Kenneth Zegart
Marianne Zickuhr
Mary Zriny
Oct. 14: The California Pizza Kitchen at Oxmoor
Mall hosts a Fairness Campaign fundraiser.
Oct. 16: Longtime Richmond Fairness leader
Scottie Saltsman is posthumously inducted
into the Kentucky Commission on Human
Rights’ “Civil Rights Hall of Fame.”
Oct. 17: The Haunted Hotel hosts a Fairness
Campaign fundraiser.
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Oct. 17-19: The fourth annual "Louisville LGBT
Film Festival" is held.
Oct. 20: Fairness staff present “The State of
Fairness” at the University of Louisville Kent
School of Social Work.
Oct. 21: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for the Kentucky Statewide Human
Trafficking Task Force in Frankfort.
Oct. 22: Fairness staff conduct the first-ever
“LGBT 101” professional development training
for Jefferson Community and Technical College
employees.
Oct. 23: Fairness Coalition leaders conduct
the first-ever “LGBT 101” and GLSEN “Project
Speakout” anti-bullying professional
development training for Jefferson County
Public School employees.
Gifts Were Received In Honor Of:
Liz and Chris Boyer
Brandy Brewer and Kate Miller
Kevin Childress and Jeffrey Franklin's wedding
Chuck and Raymond
Ann Deibert and Martha Kenney
Michael Drury and Lane Stumler's wedding
Chuck Fugate
Nick Gowen
Chris Hartman ( and his 11/26 Courier letter)
Susan Hershberg
Jen Hinkle and Nan Price's wedding
Ryan Holliway
Silas House
IUS Gay-Straight Alliance
Jen and Lewis's wedding
Jo Ann Kalb and Debbie Thompson's wedding
Sara Fleck Lord
Oct. 26: The Fairness Campaign hosts a booth
at “For Pete’s Sake,” a Pete Seeger social justice
tribute event at Bellarmine University.
Oct. 27: Fairness staff present “The State of
Fairness” to Compassion, a parishioners’ group
of the Cathedral of the Assumption.
Nov. 1: Fairness Campaign Western Kentucky
organizer Dora James celebrates one year on
staff.
Nov. 4: Kentucky General Election | Fairness
Campaign staff and volunteers phone bank,
GOTV canvass, and sign-wave for C-FAIRendorsed candidates.
Nov. 6: In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals breaks rank with four other
circuits to rule against same-gender marriage
in Kentucky’s Bourke v. Beshear and cases from
Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
"Day of Decision Protest" of 6th Circuit Court ruling
Amanda Muss and Stacie Thompson
Vicki Pettus
John Shaw-Woo
Dorene Stein
Tova Uravitch
Us All
Carla Wallace
Shannon Westerman
Gifts Were Received In Memory Of:
Dr. Alan Bornstein
Danny
Greg Dean
Michelle Gargotto, longtime companion of Laura
Cullinane (37 years)
Don Grisanti
Jim Hensley
Art Kemper-O'Neil
Michael Metts
Jody Nelson
W. Alston Reddy
Russ Stein
Steve Scott
Thom Velez
Henry F. Wallace
Nov. 7: The ACLU-KY and Fairness Campaign
host a “Day of Decision” protest of the Sixth
Circuit ruling with Kentucky plaintiffs and their
attorneys.
Nov. 11: The Murray Human Rights Commission
votes unanimously to recommend the City
Council update its Human Rights Ordinance to
include LGBT Fairness protections.
Nov. 12: HRC scores Kentucky cities for LGBT
inclusion: Frankfort 39, Lexington 60, Louisville
66 and Bowling Green and Owensboro 14.
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Nov. 15: The Fairness Campaign Coordinating
Committee adds three new members:
Ryan Combs of Louisville, Ann Ellercamp of
Shelbyville, and Karen Hatter of Frankfort.
Nov. 17: Frankfort Fairness, through a
partnership with PFLAG Central Kentucky,
launches a Frankfort PFLAG chapter.
Nov. 17: On KET’s “Kentucky Tonight,” Bourke
v. Beshear plaintiffs’ lawyer Laura Landenwich
and Fairness Campaign director Hartman
face off against Martin Cothran of the Family
Foundation and Lexington lawyer Stan Cave
on same-gender marriage.
Nov. 20: Fairness staff present “LGBT 101”
and “The State of Fairness” at the “Governor’s
28th Annual Equal Employment Opportunity
Conference.”
Oct. 24: Fairness Campaign Coordinating
Committee member Jaison Gardner, cofounder Carla Wallace, and director Hartman
join Councilwoman Attica Scott and others
in a keynote panel discussion at Bellarmine
University’s fourth annual “Dialogue on
Diversity” conference.
Oct. 25: Crescent Hill Baptist Church hosts
its first-ever LGBT-themed workshop, “Bible
Battered and Dogma Bit.”
Nov. 13-20: The annual “Transgender Week
of Awareness” and “Transgender Day of
Remembrance” are hosted by Sienna,
Kentuckiana’s transgender support group.
Nov. 25: The Fairness Campaign joins in a “Black
Lives Matters” protest in downtown Louisville
following the “not guilty” verdict in Michael
Brown’s shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.
Dec. 1: The Fairness Campaign and
Kentuckiana AIDS Alliance co-host a “World
AIDS Day” event at the Louisville Free Public
Library.
Dec. 8: More than a hundred residents attend
the Murray Human Rights Commission’s public
forum on Fairness, where two-thirds speak in
favor of a Fairness Ordinance.
Dec. 11: The Louisville Metro Council votes to
increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour by
2017, making it the first city in the South to
raise the wage.
"Black Lives Matter" protest
Dec. 19: The Fairness Campaign joins in
celebrating the 40th anniversary of the
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political
Repression at their 17th annual “Unity Dinner.”
Thank you for your support! Only because of
donors like you are we able to move Fairness
forward in Kentucky!
Dec. 26: PLAY Dance Bar hosts a “Legends of
Louisville” fundraiser benefiting the Fairness
Campaign.
If you sent a donation in 2014 and your name
does not appear here, or is incorrect, we are
very sorry! Please call the Fairness office at
502.893.0788 so we may correct our mistake.
Dec. 31: Fairness staff conduct “LGBT 101”
training for the Louisville Metro Police
Department’s Academy Class of new recruits.
Regional Kentucky Events
NORTHERN KENTUCKY PRIDE FESTIVAL | May 30, 2-10 p.m. | Goebel
Park, 5th-9th Streets along Philadelphia Street, Covington, 41011
KENTUCKIANA PRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL | Parade June 19, 7 p.m.,
209 S. Preston Street to 5th and Main Streets, Louisville, 40202 | Festival
June 20, Noon-11 p.m., Belvedere, 5th and Main Streets, Louisville, 40202
LEXINGTON PRIDE FESTIVAL | June 27, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Robert F. Stephens Courthouse, 40507
OWENSBORO PRIDE PICNIC | June 28, Noon-4 p.m., Panther Creek Park, 5160 Wayne Bridge Road, 42301
The Fairness Coalition hosts monthly meetings in the cities listed below with ally organizations from
across Kentucky. To join a regional Fairness meeting or start your own, please call 502.893.0788 or e-mail
Fairness@Fairness.org!
BARDSTOWN FAIRNESS | BEREANS FOR FAIRNESS | BOWLING GREEN FAIRNESS | E-TOWN FAIRNESS
FRANKFORT FAIRNESS | FRANKFORT PFLAG | NKY FAIRNESS | OWENSBORO FAIRNESS
SHELBYVILLE FAIRNESS | WOODFORD COUNTY FAIRNESS
The Fairness Coalition consists of members and allies of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky,
Fairness Campaign, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, and Lexington Fairness working together to advance
civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Kentuckians.
CALLING ALL OFFICE VOLUNTEERS!
Do you dream of databases? Is your
handwriting the envy of the town? Do boxes of archives arouse your interest? If so, we need you!
The Fairness Campaign is in need of administrative office volunteers to help process legislative
contact cards and more! Call Laura at 502.893.0788 today to schedule an office volunteer shift!
Pride March w/ Fairness!
KY State Fair is Coming!
Parade Friday, June 19 | Festival Saturday, June 20
Volunteer opportunities August 20-30
Join the Fairness Campaign's "Human Float" of
100+ volunteers & help staff our Festival booth—
Laura@Fairness.org or 502.893.0788 to sign up!
We need your help staffing our booth at the
Kentucky State Fair—FREE Fair admission—
Laura@Fairness.org or 502.893.0788 to help!
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