Get thee to Frankfort tomorrow to rally for equality. It’s maybe your final chance to scare the bejeebers out of Gary Tapp. [Page One]
One of the many reasons I like First Lady Jane Beshear, even if I dislike her husband for the most part: She’ll be speaking at the Kentucky Association of Food Banks [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Discrimination'
Tuesday Morning Dept of Jane Beshear Leads
February 23rd, 2010 · 8 Comments
Tags: Derby Festival · Discrimination · Education · Festival · Gays · Kentucky Derby · Kentucky Kingdom · Mayor's Race 2010 · Ohio River Bridges · Poverty · Six Flags · State Government · University of Louisville
Todd Eklof Releases Interesting Book
January 29th, 2010 · Comments Off
Take note, religious types (and all gays everywhere), cause Todd Ekloff has released a book that is nothing short of intriguing.
It’s called A Gospel for Liberals: Considering the historical Jesus in light of today’s most controversial social issues.
Remember Todd? He’s the heterosexual guy fired by Kentucky Farm Bureau because he didn’t hate the [...]
Tags: Books · Discrimination · Gays · Religion
Dan Spangler Sues Station for Discrimination
January 21st, 2010 · 11 Comments
Remember Dan Spangler, former host of Louisville Live on WBKI? (We were a part of that fancy teevee program for a while – Julie Smith of Southern Belles fame is now the host)
Spangler was oddly canned from the station in June after helping to lead the station through a number of successes. Then [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · CW · Discrimination · Morning Shows · TV
Courier-Journal: Fun Times In Twitter Land
January 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Know what’s awesome? When the Twitter Machine operator at the Courier-Journal’s internets googlebox writes homophobic slurs regarding AP stories and publishes them for the world to see:
FROM TWITTER
Here’s the AP story they’re referencing.
The less than subtle jab at a transgender contestant on that awful show, America’s Next Top Model, has been received coldly by [...]
Tags: Courier-Journal · Discrimination · Oops
Let’s Waste Work Time This Fancy Friday Morning
December 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Want to win tickets to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition? Enter to win. [The 'Ville Voice]
Crit Luallen’s audit of the Kentucky League of Cities is absolutely damning. Surprising reactions and non-reactions from Jerry Abramson and Jim Newberry, who are directly responsible for this scandal. Unbelievable expenditures (strip clubs are included!), details of an [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Contests · Criticism · Discrimination · Downtown · JCPS · Jerry Abramson · Neighborhoods · Newspaper · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · Senate Race · Steve Beshear · Taxes
Finally Friday. You’re Obviously Bored at Work.
December 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Is anybody else’s head gonna explode if they have to endure another round of David Camm television coverage? The coverage will be worse than campaign ads. Especially now that Twitter exists. [Nightmarish Thoughts]
That Fairdale Bigfoot. He is so funny with his advice for faithless heathens. And he is gonna be your next [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Churchill Downs · Courier-Journal · Discrimination · Downtown · Gays · Hype · Indiana · Mayor's Race 2010 · Music · TV · Water · Wayside Mission
Swift Sued for Alleged Racial Discrimination
November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Wow, so, interesting story… After Chris Sanders & Swift spent a few weeks telling the entirety of Louisville that the Butchertown neighborhood is a bunch of racists? One of Swift’s employees is now claiming that he was wrongfully terminated because – get this – he dared report racial discrimination after allegedly being called [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Butchertown · Discrimination
Don’t Forget to Honor Our Veterans Today
November 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
We always have the opportunity to give back. A penny here, an hour there. Just do it. [Metro United Way]
Local band My Morning Jacket will be on American Dad November 22! [My Morning Straightjacket]
Did you know? Gay bars used to be “underground” and subversive. Now they’re so mainstream with their drag queens [...]
Tags: Business · Charity · Discrimination · Gays · Health Care · Journalism · Music
Fairness Campaign in TIME Magazine
November 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Fairness Campaign’s Chris Hartman gets several quotes in a TIME story about the Catholic Church and gay marriage:
Even as Catholic prelates are contemplating more extensive political engagement, grassroots gay activists are now debating how aggressive they should be in their pursuit of changing the laws regarding marriage. Hartman said more ordinary gay and lesbian [...]
Tags: Discrimination · Gays · Religion
It’s Thursday & The Sypher Mess Is Still Around
October 29th, 2009 · 15 Comments
From the Fairness Campaign yesterday: Just before 3 p.m. today, President Barack Obama signed into law the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act that includes the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act as an amendment. The bill will expand the 1969 federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or [...]
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