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Advocates for LGBTQ+ issues in Kentucky hope that this Pride Month will mark the last one without statewide protections against discrimination for LGBTQ+ indidivudals.

Amid a national discussion on critical race theory, a bill prefiled for the 2022 legislative session would limit classroom conversations about racism.

Amid a national discussion on critical race theory, a bill prefiled for the 2022 legislative session would limit classroom conversations about racism.

Rep. Randy Bridges, who represents District 3,  submitted Bill Request 832 Friday, which would require barriers and main drain protection on residential above-ground and in-ground swimming pools. The measure is in the very early stages and has not been voted on by the Kentucky General Assembly. The prefiled measure, also known as Ava's Law, is named after Ava Jenkins, who was 2-and-a-half years old when she climbed into a neighbor's pool in Reidland in September 2019. Photo credit: Jenkins family Kari Jenkins, Ava's mother, said it was a day like any other. Her oldest son, Devin, had moved...

LOUISVILLE, KY — A bipartisan group of Kentucky State Representatives prefiled several pro-LGBTQ bills for the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly - including the first "Statewide Fairness Law" and the "HEROES Act," which would restore state veterans' benefits to some LGBTQ ex-service members.  The Fairness Campaign — based in Louisville, Kentucky — says the "Statewide Fairness Laws" would add sexual orientation and gender identity to state discrimination protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations.  The laws were prefiled separately as Bill Request 990 by R...