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Greetings,
Next week, the Kentucky Commission
on Human Rights (KCHR) will host the first ever educational
program by a Kentucky government agency on sexual
orientation and gender identity discrimination. This public
hearing will be held in Richmond where local efforts are
underway to pass Kentucky’s fourth local fairness
ordinance. Ordinances are already on the books in
Lexington/Fayette County, Louisville/Jefferson County, and the
City of Covington. A Fair
Future For Kentucky: A Call For An End To
Discrimination The KCHR is conducting a
series of advocacy hearings across the state. Each hearing
focuses on a particular group that is protected under the
Kentucky Civil Rights Act. While the Act has not yet been
amended to include protection from discrimination based on
sexual orientation and gender identity, KCHR unanimously
endorsed the passage of a statewide fairness law through formal resolution last
year. The hearing will include invited panelists/speakers Jody Cofer of Murray, Jennifer Crossen of Lexington, Rev. Don Smith of Covington, and Carla Wallace of Louisville. The program will also include brief remarks by KCHR Executive Director John Johnson. The program will be filmed and broadcast on
local access television in Richmond. Please make plans to join us
and other fair-minded Kentuckians for this historic
program. In Fairness, The Kentucky Commission on Human
Rights is a state agency that was
created in 1960 to encourage fair treatment, foster mutual
understanding and respect, and discourage discrimination. The
Commission consists of 11 commissioners who are appointed
by the Governor from Kentucky's seven judicial districts and the
state-at-large. |
