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Coalition Partners

• Celebrant Foundation & Institute
  
  The Celebrant Foundation’s Celebrants throughout North America specialize in officiating at and creating for Same Gender honorees personalized and meaningful life-cycle ceremonies such as: Weddings, Baby Welcomings, Life Tributes, Memorials and other ceremonies.
• Democratic Woman's Club of Kentucky
  
• Equality Forum Equality Forum^TM develops innovative, high-impact educational programming and content in the form of documentary films, history projects and educational forums to enhance understanding of GLBT issues.
  
  This content is distributed in collaboration with educational institutions, professional associations, non- and for-profit organizations and research centers and via live events, traditional media and online media. Equality Forum offers educational content that complements the missions of other non-profit organizations and learning institutions.
• Equality Matters
  On November 4, the nation broke an equality barrier and elected Barack Obama our first African-American President. At the same time, voters in several states cast their ballots against equality for millions of LGBT Americans. It was a painful paradox.
  
  When we began to analyze what had gone wrong, it was clear that LGBT community wasn't doing a very good job of reaching out to our straight allies to explain the facts. Just telling people that discrimination was fair wasn't cutting it.
  
  That's when we realized that we needed a venue to help educate America. Rather than organize another protest, we thought it would be interesting to gather virtually and have an online protest. It seemed we could reach farther and deeper if we leveraged the power of Facebook and other social media sites. The idea was simple: reach out to our friends and begin to educate them about what the word "marriage" really means. While so many view "marriage" as a religious term, they often fail to recognize the powerful economic and legal rights that it infers. But that message has been sorely missing from the debate. Equality Matters is an effort to change that.
  
  
• Equality Northern Kentucky

  

  Equality Northern Kentucky (ENKY) is a new organization formed to advance equality for Northern Kentucky gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people through education, visibility, advocacy and community organizing.

  We will collaborate with local and state-wide GLBT organizations and will support legislative advocacy. However, our first priority will be to raise the level of activism and visibility in the local region.

   

• Fairness Campaign The Fairness Campaign is a grassroots organization working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality within a broad social justice vision.
  
  Louisville, Kentucky is a community in the process of change. The Fairness Campaign focuses on LGBTI social justice in Louisville, KY as well lobbying the Kentucky Legislature. 
  
• Freedom to Marry

  Freedom to Marry is the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Freedom to Marry brings the work of its partner organizations and their many approaches — litigation, legislation, direct action, and public education — into a larger whole, a shared civil rights campaign that fosters heightened outreach to non-gay allies.

  Freedom to Marry enhances progress toward marriage equality by filling four principal roles:

  1. Strategy and Support Center for our local and state partners;
  2. Catalyst that drives and influences the national debate on the freedom to marry;
  3. Partnership and Alliance-Builder enlisting local, regional, and national non-gay allies and non-gay public support; and
  4. Regrantor and Engine of Funding to augment local, state and national freedom to marry efforts, while advising funders and assisting local organizations' stimulation of their own funding.

  Freedom to Marry works closely with every organization — gay and non-gay, national and local — taking part in this effort to end discrimination in marriage. Freedom to Marry has a talented and diverse staff and a Steering Committee that includes non-gay allies, civil rights activists, and experts.

• Gay & Lesbian Medical Association

  GLMA is the leading organization in North America working to ensure that LGBT people are treated competently and not discriminated against when they access health care. GLMA also works to ensure that LGBT healthcare providers do not experience discrimination in their training and at work. GLMA achieves its goals by using expertise in medicine and healthcare in professional education, public policy work, patient education and referrals, and the promotion of research.

  GLMA is a national and international organization. While most of its approximately 1,000  members are in the United States, GLMA has members in such areas as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Nigeria.

• Gay & Lesbian Services Organization The Center is a community space and resource center primarily used by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people in the Central Kentucky area. We are located at 389 Waller Avenue Suite 100 near St. Joseph Hospital in the UK area of Lexington.
  
  The Pride Center of the Bluegrass provides an expanding number of services and opportunities to the community.
• International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA) The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide network of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people everywhere.
  
  Founded in 1978, it now has more than 600 member organisations. Every continent and over 90 countries are represented. ILGA member groups range from small collectives to national groups and entire cities.
  
  ILGA is to this day the only international non-profit and non-governmental community-based federation focused on presenting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation as a global issue.
• Kentucky Equality PAC

  Kentucky Equality PAC endorses and helps elect fair-minded candidates in Kentucky who support full equality for all Kentuckians. 

  Kentucky Equality PAC also supports political campaigns that promote the fair treatment of all Kentuckians and fights misguided efforts that could delay our progress toward true equality.

   

• Kentucky Fairness Alliance The Kentucky Fairness Alliance is an education and advocacy network dedicated to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Kentuckians.
• Lambda Legal - Kentucky Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
• Libertarian Party of Kentucky

  The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. It is one of the largest continuing Third parties in the United States, claiming more than 200,000 registered voters and more than 600 people in public office, including mayors, county executives, county-council members, school-board members and other local officials. It has more people in office than all other third parties combined.

  The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects that group's particular brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration across borders, and non-interventionism in foreign policy that respects freedom of trade and travel to all foreign countries.

• Marriage Equality Kentucky

  Marriage Equality Kentucky ("MEKY") is a grassroots movement that seeks legal recognition of same-sex couples through civil marriage in Kentucky. 

  Marriage Equality Kentucky shares the Equality Center and webhosting with Kentucky Equality Federation.

• Pulaski County Young Democrats Our group is dedicated to electing Democrats locally and increasing our party voter registration. In addition to voter registration drives, our group will be doing trips around Kentucky, fundraisers, picnics, and much more.  Ensuring honesty, integrity, and fresh ideas for the Commonwealth are the ideals of our Kentucky Democratic Party. We strive to protect our Kentucky values, while laying a foundation for a brighter tomorrow for all Kentuckians.
  
• University of Kentucky OUTsource OUTsource seeks to provide an affirming, safe, and confidential space for GLBTQQA students to learn more about gender identity, human sexuality, and related issues by providing access to academic, cultural and interpersonal resources; and to change the campus climate and culture to become more inclusive of GLBTQQA students by embracing diversity.
  
• Western Kentucky Pride Association Western Kentucky Pride Association is a not for profit, non discriminatory, social organization dedicated to promoting a positive image of the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender community residing in Western Kentucky.  It is our hope that through our community activism and the production of local GLBT pride events we can educate the general population and remove the stigma that is so prevalent in our community.
  
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Kentucky Equality Federation Official Links

• KEF OnLine Store Official Kentucky Equality Federation OnLine Store. Find the perfect gift for yourself, partner, friend, or relative. Support equality.....support fairness. A portion of all purchases goes directly to the Kentucky Equality Federation to help pay for expenses, and keep up the fight! Show your pride and support the Federation at the same time!
• Kentucky Equality Federation

  Official website of Kentucky Equality Federation.

• MySpace Discussion Group

  Available to all MySpace users; official MySpace discussion group.  Hosted by Kentucky Equality Federation President Jordan Palmer.

• Official MySpace Profile Official, award winning MySpace page for Kentucky Equality Federation.  Winner of the 2007 Social Justice Award!
• United We Stand United We Stand is the official blog of Kentucky Equality Federation.  Hosted by Jordan Palmer and Paige D. Marks.
• United We Stand (Kentucky Equality Federation Blog) United We Stand is the official blog of Kentucky Equality Federation. 
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Kentucky Gay-Straight Alliances

• Berea College Gay-Straight Alliance

   

• EKU Pride Alliance

  Let's really make a difference Kentucky and bring our community closer together for a strong presence, an educated awareness, and fairness for all GLBTQ individuals!

• Morehead State University ALLYance The ALLYance is an established group determined to shape the views of those around us through providing resources, education, awareness, and support to Morehead State University students, faculty, and staff and the surrounding community.
  
  The organization will focus primarily on, but will not limit itself to, affectional orientation, and work toward gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, and transgender equality throughout the community. The ALLYance is an advocacy organization that envisions an institution where people are insured of their basic human rights and can be open, honest, and safe.
• Murray State University Alliance

  Alliance is Murray State's Student Organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and straight students, faculty, staff. We also serve the Murray community and surrounding areas as well.

  The MSU Alliance is supported by Kentucky Equality Federation.

• NKU Common Gound

  Northern Kentucky University's (NKU) Common Ground is supported by Kentucky Equality Federation.

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  • Kentucky Equality Federation backs off as Administration responds to Federation demands.
  • Northern Kentucky Gays Sustain Record Number of Attacks (all within weeks).
• University of Kentucky Gay-Straight Alliance Established in 2006, we are dedicated to promoting unity, tolerance and understanding among the student body at the University of Kentucky. As a symbol of progression and diversity, we seek to nurture the concerns of gay, lesbian and straight students as well as those who are willing to offer support or willingness to our goal. All who hope to share their experiences and foster enrichment in diversity are welcome to participate.
• University of Louisville commonGround commonGround is the LGBTQQIA organization on the University of Louisville's campus. We are open to individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Our members have the right to anonymity and we respect confidentiality. We promote equality and diversity on and off campus and welcome all people to our meetings, events and gatherings. We have weekly meetings at UofL's Belknap campus and discuss everything from activism to politics to safer sex and more. Along with general meetings, we host several events throughout the year which bring community and campus support.
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LGBT News

• 365gay.com National news relevant to the LGBT community.
• Advocate Award-Winning online home of Advocate Magazine.
• Express Gay News Founded in January 2000, the Express Gay News is South Florida’s cutting-edge gay and lesbian newspaper for the 21st century. Window Media purchased the Express in December 2003. Through the years, the paper has grown into South Florida’s leading source of accurate and compelling information on the gay and lesbian community. Every Friday, 15,000 copies of the Express are distributed to more than 300 venues throughout Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
• Gay News Watch GayNewsWatch.com surfs the Internet for you, gathering the latest gay and lesbian news and entertainment from all over the world — from the gay press, the mainstream media, blogs and more.
• PageOneQ Published by Page One News Media, Inc., an alternative media company based in Washington, DC.
• Queerty Free of an agenda, except that gay one.
• Washington Blade First published in 1969, The Washington Blade has grown impressively becoming the weekly news source for Washington’s large and visible Gay community. We have been recognized by The Society of Professional Journalists, The American Bar Association, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and others, as a highly professional news organization.

  The Washington Blade has impressive and effective pulling power with an affluent and responsive market.

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