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KY Lawmakers Reject "SeparateBut Equal" Marriage LicensesThe 2016 Kentucky General Assembly was a whirlwind of surprises, setbacks, and even some

progress for LGBT rights in our commonwealth.

We opened the 60-day session in January debating how many marriage license forms our

state would have. Though Republican Governor Matt Bevin had already removed countyclerks signatures by executive order, state legislators wanted to go a step further. Senator

Stephen West, a Republican who represents Kim Davis hometown of Morehead, proposed

a law that would create Separate But Equal marriage license formsone for gay couples,identifying those marrying as Party 1 and Party 2, and one for straight couples, using

Bride and Groom.

Senator Morgan McGarvey, a Louisville Democrat, worked closely with the Fairness

Campaign and ACLU-KY to propose an amendment that would create a single marriage

license form, allowing folks to simply check a box to identify as Spouse, Bride, or Groom.Following a fiery floor debate, Senator McGarveys proposal was defeated 23-15, but not

without garnering support from a flank of Republicans.

In years past, this might have been the end of the conversation. Senate Leadership seldom reneges on a position. But in Frankfort, one must always expect the

unexpected. Several weeks passed, during which time Kentuckians overwhelmingly made their voices heard in support of a single marriage license formeven

Kim Davis agreed that one form was the right solution for Kentucky. Then, on one of the last working days in the House of Representatives, Governor Bevin sent a

surprise letter to the House Judiciary Committee sharing his own support for a single marriage license form, which fast tracked Senator McGarveys bill. Days latereceived unanimous approval by the House.

Still, the bill could have died after thatit would have to face the Senate again, which denied it the previous month. But there was an uncommon air of bi-

partisanship in the Senate on its second-to-last working day of the session. Senator West stood to address the chamber, acknowledging the hard work everyone

had done on the marriage license issue and lamenting the angry messages he had received for his original Separate But Equal proposal. He voted aye on Sena

McGarveys single form solution, as did every other senator presenta unanimous victory!

Other great moments in the legislature this year included a huge Statewide Fairness Rally and the second-ever hearing on the Kentucky Competitive Workforce A

which would prohibit LGBT discrimination across our commonwealth. Republicans co-sponsored that legislation for the first time in history.

But there were also dire warning signs of whats to come in the fight for LGBT rights, which have been stripped away in states like North Carolina and Mississippi.Kentucky nearly joined their ranks with a License to Discriminate bill that would have nullified LGBT Fairness Ordinances in the eight Kentucky cities that have

them. Though with bi-partisan opposition, the "License to Discriminate" passed the Republican-controlled Senate 22-16. Fortunately, the measure was dead on

arrival in the Democrat-controlled House this year, but we cannot rest and risk our rights.

We must remain vigilant and take action often to ensure our voices are heard in Frankfort so that LGBT rights are preserved and advanced. If we dont, we could l

the few protections weve won in Kentucky. Keep the legislative hotline handy(800) 372.7181and go get your brand new, inclusive marriage license form!

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CFAIR 2016 KENTUCKY PRIMARY ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS

Senate District 33

Senator GeraldNeal

House District 38

Councilman DanJohnson

House District 41

Attica Scott

House District 43

RepresentativeDarryl Owens

House District 46

Allen Schuler

House District 48

Maria Sorolis

Metro Council

District 2

CouncilwomanBarbara Shanklin

Bryan Burns

Councilman David

James

Stephen Reily

Jefferson FamilyCourt Division 9

Judge Gina Kay

Calvert

Metro Council

District 4

Metro CouncilDistrict 6

Metro CouncilDistrict 8

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VOTE MAY 17KY 2016 Primary Election

www.elect.ky.gov

Senator Gerald Neal, who has served nearly three decades in the Kentucky Senate, is C-FAIRs pick for reelection to State SenateDistrict 33. As Minority Caucus Chair, Senator Neal is Louisvilles only Democratic representative in either House or Senate leadership

He has been steadfast on LGBT Fairness and a vocal advocate against discriminatory legislation and civil rights infringements. Hisopponents, Charles Booker and Judge Toni Stringer, are both strong leaders with clear visions for the district.

Councilman Dan Johnsongets the C-FAIR nod for State House District 38 after having received endorsement in his 2014 bid forreelection to the Louisville Metro Council. Councilman Johnson voted for Louisvilles Fairness Ordinance and was a co-sponsor of

Louisvilles successful minimum wage ordinance. He has proven to be a Metro Councilman dedicated to his constituents and webelieve he will serve as vigorously as a state representative. His opponent, McKenzie Cantrell, is a passionate legal advocate for

working families and a first-time candidate we hope to see run for public office again.

Attica Scottis C-FAIRs strong choice for State House District 41 against incumbent Rep. Tom Riner, notable for commandeeringan anti-LGBT letter to the U.S. Supreme Court against the freedom to marry and for brokering the arrangement between Rowan

County Clerk Kim Davis and her lawyers at the Liberty Counsel. As a former member of the Louisville Metro Council, Attica Scott wasoutspoken on issues related to LGBT rights, increasing the minimum wage, vacant and abandoned properties, and was the primary

sponsor of Ban the Box legislation that passed unanimously. She knows how to get things done and wont compromise her strongsocial justice principles.

Representative Darryl Owensis C-FAIR's obvious choice for reelection to State House District 43. Recently appointed Chair of thepowerful House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Owens has been a longtime civil rights leader. He voted for Jefferson Countys LGBT

Fairness Ordinance in 1999 as a County Commissioner, and continues to co-sponsor a Statewide Fairness Law in the General AssembThis year, he granted the second-ever hearing on Statewide Fairness in his committee and led the way to the successful passage of

expungement legislation.

Allen Schuleris a strong progressive who receives the C-FAIR endorsement for State House District 46. A retired school teacher,he notes that charter schools serve the few and undermine our public schools, and he vigorously opposes so-called right to work

legislation and the harm it would do to working families. We believe Allen Schuler has the fire and foresight to lead in Frankfort.

Maria Sorolisis the C-FAIR choice for State House District 48. She has a clear commitment to civil rights and strong opposition todangerously broad religious exemptions, like those proposed in this years License to Discriminate Senate Bill 180. She will be a firm

and pragmatic voice for fairness in Frankfort.

Councilwoman Barbara Shanklinis C-FAIRs endorsement for reelection in Louisville Metro Council District 2. Dr. Shanklin is alongtime friend of Fairness and proponent of LGBT rights. The C-FAIR team was quite impressed with her opponent, Rasean Crawley,

who we hope to see run for office again in the near future.

Bryan Burnsreceives the C-FAIR endorsement for Louisville Metro Council District 4. With a background as varied and diverse as thedistrict he seeks to represent, Bryan Burns brings innovative ideas for economic sustainability, social and educational improvements

and overall community growth based on his true understanding of the inner-workings of both District 4 and metro government.

Councilman David Jamesis a candidate C-FAIR is proud to endorse for reelection to Louisville Metro Council District 6. Councilman

James is not only supportive of LGBT issues, but is well versed in the many issues facing the 6th District, one of the most diverse inLouisville Metro. Councilman James knowledge of the entire breadth and diversity of the district, coupled with his knowledge of hoto get work done, makes him the best choice.

Stephen Reilyis C-FAIRs pick to represent the Highlands Metro Council District 8 long served by Councilman Tom Owen, who isretiring. It is safe to say the entire group of candidates running for this seat represents an embarrassment of richesmost of themwould make excellent council members. Stephen Reily impressed C-FAIR with his leadership style of leading through listening and

with his accomplished record of achievements both professionally and for social justice. He has been a longtime advocate for LGBTrights and reproductive freedom and he characterizes his vision for Louisville Metro as a city that truly welcomes everyone.

Judge Gina Kay Calvertreceives C-FAIRs support for Jefferson County Family Court Division 9 for her continued commitment tofairness and equality and her long career in family law prior to becoming a judge in District Court. She will exercise fairness andcompassion on the bench and add her experience and expertise as a sitting judge.

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Each year the Fairness Campaign prints two Friendsof Fairness lists of our previous years donors inseparate newsletters. The first list is alphabetical, by

name only, and the second is organized by donationamount. We deeply value ALL gifts and thank you for

your incredible support of LGBT rights in Kentucky!

Marc Abrams

Jamie Abrams and Jason Pletcher

Brent AckersonE'Beth Adami

AIDS Services Center Coalition, INCGrace Akers and Maria Price

Michael AldridgeAlex Alexiou

Ton Ali and Dan HouriganAnn Allen

Michael Alt

Dr. Christian Settle AltmanCrystal Angel

Anonymous (75+)Rabbi David Ariel-Joel

Tommy Arnold

Marianna Ashey

Nesher AsnerElsie and Allan AthertonRegan Atkinson

Lisa Aug

Joanne BagshawAria Bailey

George Bailey and Porter WatkinsKen Baker

Nan Baker and Martha Marsh

Colleen BaldersonKimberly Ball

William BallantyneKerri Barger

Mark Baridon

Melissa and Tim BarryBernadette and Randall Barthweeks

David Bartley and Curtis Hawkes

Brooke and Matthew BarzunBryan Bear

Lee Beckhuan and Carolyn KlingeJeff Been and Eric GraningerPatti Bell and Jeanne Hanley

Karen BergBest Buy Co., Inc

Linda and Dale BillingsleyEdith Bingham

Eleanor Bingham Miller

Emily Bingham and Stephen ReilyElzie and Mary Ray Bird

Beth BissmeyerBeth Blackwood

Michael BlairJoAnne Wheeler Bland

Randy Blevins and Matthew Porter

Virginia BlumEthan Boatner

Elaine and Don Bornstein

Gregory Bourke and Michael De LeonFred Borho and Douglas Scott Sorenson

Robert BowdenJason BowenRobyn Bowles

Joan and Dennis BrennanMamie Broadhurst

Carla Sue and Brad BroeckerKeith Brooks

2015 Year in Review & Friends of Fairness Donors

Jan. 9: Papi Edwards, a gender non-conforming

person of color from Indianapolis, is shot andmurdered in Louisville.

Jan. 17: MAP Louisville (Making AcceptancePossible) hosts drag performer Dixie Longate for

an evening benefiting the Fairness Campaign atVernon Lanes.

Collegiate High School student Henry Brousseaubegins an internship with the Fairness Campaign.

Jan. 20: More than 75 Bowling Green businesses

join the Fairness on Fountain Square movementfor a local LGBT Fairness Ordinance at City Hall.

Jan. 26: Chris Hartman celebrates six years as theFairness Campaigns director.

Jan. 28: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101 trainingfor Southern High School JCPS staff in Louisville.

Feb. 1: Statewide Fairness Laws Senate Bill 156

and House Bill 379 are introduced by Senator

Morgan McGarvey and Representative Mary LouMarzian.

Feb. 12: Fairness supporters join Kentuckians For

The Commonwealths (KFTC) I Love Mountainsrally and lobby day in Frankfort againstmountaintop removal coal mining.

Feb. 15: Several Louisville priests and State

Representative Jim Wayne lead the fourth annualCatholics for Fairness Pilgrimage at the Cathedralof the Assumption urging Archbishop Joseph

Kurtz to support a Statewide Fairness Law.

Feb. 19: The Kentucky Senate EducationCommittee holds the first hearing and vote onSenator C.B. Embr ys anti-transgender Bathroom

Bully Bill Senate Bill 76. The measure wouldrequire chromosomal proof of a students gender

to use the restroom and places a $2,500 bountyon transgender students heads. Atherton HighSchool principal Tom Aberli, Fairness Campaign

intern Henry Brousseau and his mother Dr. KarenBerg, and Fairness director Hartman testify

against the legislation, which fails to earn thevotes necessary to pass committee.

Feb. 23: The Senate Education Committee againcalls Bathroom Bully Bill for a vote. Though there

is bi-partisan opposition, the measure passes.

Feb. 25: The Fairness Campaign joins the ACLU-KYand Muhammad Ali Center to prepare youthleaders for an advocacy day in Frankfort.

Feb. 26: The Louisville Metro Police Departmentand Fairness Campaign launch a six-week LGBT

Citizens Police Academy.

Feb. 27: The Kentucky Senate votes 27-9 to pass

the Bathroom Bully Bill. Six Democrats and threeRepublicans vote against the measure.

March 2: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101 andGLSEN anti-bullying training for JCPS Pleasure

Ridge Park High School employees.

March 10: Bardstown Fairness supporters join

the Nelson County Human Rights Commission tvoice their support for a local Fairness Ordinanc

at City Hall. All but one Bardstown City Councilmember speak against LGBT rights.

March 12-15: The Fairness Campaign joins dozeof local social justice groups co-sponsoring the

White Privilege Conference in Louisville.

March 17-18: The Freedom to Marry hosts pane

discussions on the impending Supreme Courtmarriage decision in Lexington and Louisville.

Leaders from the Fairness Campaign, ACLU-KY,and Lexington Fairness join Kentucky marriageplaintiffs and Freedom to Marry executive

director Evan Wolfson.

March 19: Fairness director Hartman joins thenational Funders for LGBTQ Issues in Atlanta,Georgia to share organizing and fundraising

victories and challenges in Kentucky.

March 19-22: Fairness staff join the Equality

Federations Southern Leadership Summit inAtlanta, Georgia.

March 23: Students from across Kentucky rally

with the Prichard Committee Student VoiceTeam to rally against the Kentucky Senatesattempt to include the Bathroom Bully Bi ll as a

amendment to their legislation giving studentsa voice on superintendent selection committee

The amendments were a response to theDemocrat controlled Houses refusal to hear thebathroom bill and other divisive legislation.

March 24: Republican senators remove the

Bathroom Bully Bill from the Prichard

Committees legislation, killing the issue oftransgender bathroom use for the year.

The Kentucky Author Forum hosts David Boies,

whose book, Redeeming the Dream: The Casefor Marriage Equality, details his victoriousarguments against Californias discriminatory

Proposition 8.

March 28: Susan Hershberg and her WiltshirePantry host another sold out We The PeopleACLU/Fairness dinner at the Muhammad Ali

Center.

March 31: Fairness director Hartman keynotesCollegiate High Schools Pride Day assembly.

April 2: A dozen Fairness staff and volunteersgraduate from the first Louisville Metro Police

Department LGBT Citizens Police Academy.

April 7: Fairness staff join advocates and lawyers

at the University of Louisville Brandeis School oLaw for a panel discussion on gender bias.

April 8: Fairness staff present The State ofFairness at the annual Affordable Housing

Conference in Lexington.

April 9: The Fairness Campaign joins Northern

Kentucky Universitys Norse Pride Week.

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April 11: Fairness director Hartman presents The

State of Fairness at the University of LouisvillesCollegiate Youth Rights Conference.

April 12: The Fairness Campaign hosts a BonVoyage fundraiser for Kentuckys freedom to

marry plaintiffs headed to the Supreme Court inWashington, D.C.

April 14-15: Owensboro Fairness co-hosts a two-day Awareness and Fairness panel discussion at

Owensboro Community and Technical College.

April 16: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101

training for UPS employees.

April 18: Fairness director Hartman presentsThe State of Fairness to the Kentucky YoungDemocrats convention in Georgetown and the

GLSEN Moving Forward Together conference inLexington.

April 21: The Fairness Campaign joins the BereaCollege Pride Fair.

April 28: The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral

arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, which includessix plaintiff couples from Kentucky in Bourke v.Beshearand Love v. Beshear. Fairness Campaign

and ACLU-KY staff rally outside the SupremeCourt with supporters.

April 29: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101training for Louisville Metro Police Department

academy recruits.

April 30: Fairness director Hartman presents TheState of Fairness to a class at Jefferson Technicaland Community College.

May 6: Fairness Campaign and ACLU-KY staff

co-host a post-show discussion of the LGBTimmigration/marriage film Limited Partnershipatthe Muhammad Ali Center.

May 7: Local Fairness supporters crowd a Midway

public forum on Fairness.

May 7: C-FAIR, the political action committee of

the Fairness Campaign, releases endorsements intwo Kentucky Primary Election races.

May 12: University of Louisville students LandonLauder and Hannah Wilson begin summer

internships at the Fairness Campaign.

May 13: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101training with the Equal Employment OpportunityCommission (EEOC) in Lexington.

May 14: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101 training

for the Family Law Conference at the KentuckyAdministrative Office of the Courts in Frankfort.

May 16: Fairness director Hartman joins a paneldiscussion at the New Leaders Council gathering

in Springfield.

May 18: The Midway City Council gives a first

reading to a local Fairness Ordinance.

Henry BrousseauBecky Brown

Bobbie and Richard BrownChristina Lee Brown

Gregory Brown and Scott RogersJoseph Brown

Maureen Brown

Mike BrownBrown-Forman Corporation

Vernon BroylesThomas Bruker and Craig Johnson

Donna Bruschi

Kevin BryanPhilip Bryan

Andrea BuckmanBrian Buford

Jeffrey Buhrman

Troy Burden and Mike MayoJim Burgess and Bob Ferland

Jeffery BurgessPunkin Burke

Judy Burkhardt and Monica Wheat

Zena BurnsJared Burton

Jim Busch and Kathleen O'NeilStephen Buss

Marianne Butler

Sonja ByrdBeverly Byrum

Joan Callahan and Jennifer Crossen

Gina Kay Calvert and I. Joel FrocktStephen Campbell and Heather McHold

Stuart Campbell and Cynthia McCartyJ.R. Cannaday and Allen Montgomery

Mark Cannon and John Tederstrom

Adam CapertonCaperton Realty

Robert CaruthersLindy Casebier

Mary Casey

Karen CassidyVicki Catlin and Barbara Howe

Rob ChambersMegan Chernoshy

Debbie and David Chervenak

Rusty CheuvrontChic Designs Interior & Exterior, LLC

Kelly and Michael ChildersBarry Christensen

Karen Christopher and Avery Kolers

Helen ClaiborneJerry Clark

Clay Daniel Walton & Adams PLCDenise Clayton

Clifton Foundation, Inc

Carrie CoaplenLulah Colan

Jacqueline ColeTimothy Combs and Jim Dickinson

Ryan Combs

The Comfy CowCommunity Foundation of Louisville - Alden

FellowshipNicholas ConderJennifer Conklin

Chris Conliffe and Scott HowardConliffe and Hickey Insurance

Curtis Conlin and Chistopher WelshThe Connection and C2

Maureen Connelly

May 19: Kentucky Primary Election is held.

May 21: As part of Preservation Month, the

Fairness Campaign launches the Kentucky LGBTHeritage Initiative with the University of LouisviAnne Braden Center for Social Justice Research,

the Williams Nichols Collection of LGBT archiveshoused in the University of Louisvilles SpecialCollections, the Kentucky Heritage Council, Stat

Historic Preservation Office, and PreservationLouisville. The project is the result of a matching

grant from the National Park Service and U.S.Department of the Interior as part of their receninitiative to increase the number of listings in th

National Register of Historic Places associatedwith Latinos and other underrepresented

communities, including African Americans, AsiaAmericans, and LGBT Americans.

May 26: Jayne Reece celebrates five years as theFairness Campaigns administrative coordinator

May 30: The Fairness Campaign co-sponsorsNorthern Kentucky Pride in Covington.

June 1: With a 4-2 vote, Midway, population

1,657, becomes the eighth city in Kentucky withlocal LGBT Fairness Ordinance.

Northern Kentucky University student MorganBell begins a summer internship.

June 3: The Fairness Campaign joins Brown-Forman Corporations annual Pride Celebration

June 5: The Fairness Campaigns SAGENet

committee hosts a focus group on LGBT agingissues at Play Dance Bar.

June 6: Fairness director Hartman speaksto graduates of the New Leaders Council in

Lexington.

June 7: The Fairness Campaigns SAGENet

committee hosts a focus group on LGBT agingissues at Metropolitan Community Church of

Louisville.

June 9: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101 training

for JCPS Certified Social Workers.

June 10: UPS hosts an Inclusive Leadershipevent at the Muhammad Ali Center highlightingLGBT and racial diversity in the workplace.

June 11: The Fairness Campaign joins supporteat Stanton City Hall to propose a local FairnessOrdinance.

June 13: The Temple hosts its inaugural EqualityShabbat to help celebrate Pride Month.

June 15: The Fairness Campaigns SAGENetcommittee hosts a focus group on LGBT aging

issues at Gildas Club of Louisville.

Earlham College student Andrew Pettyjohnbegins a summer internship with the FairnessCampaign.

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Paul Fridell and Mary Alex RohlederHarriette Friedlander

Friends Meeting of Louisville, IncEileen Frueh

Charles Fugate

Amanda FullerFunders for LGBTQ Issues

Ron GaddieCharles Gamble

Joyce and Gordon Garner

Sarah GarrisonJohn Gatton

Mike GattonGE FoundationLayla George

Linda GeorgeCarla Gibert

Terri and L. Courtney GieselCarla Gilbert

David Gill

David GochmanLinda and Stuart Goldberg

Dana GoldmanJudy Goldsmith and Andrew Klapper

Joanna Goldstein

Michael GoodwinKatherine Gotsick

Benjamin GowenBill Graham

Heather Gram

Rebecca GrantMary Moss Greenebaum

Katharine GriswoldDaniel Grossberg

Steve Grover

William GrubbGlenda and James Guess

Aaron Guldenschuh-GattenSandy GulickMaria Gurren

Kenneth Hagan and Angela StallingsAdam Hall

Marcia HamelinJune Hampe

Sarah Hancock

Africa Hands and Debra MumfordPatrick Hanna

Ann HardmanJerry Hardt and Diane YoderLibby and Jonathan Hardy

Paula HarshawMary Lynn Hartman

Patrick HaydenEnid Trucios-Haynes and Ray Haynes

Anne and Smith Haynie

Louis HelmanJoy and Steven Henry

Ken Herndon

Roberta HershbergKaren Hightower

Maria Hines and Ray SchweriDien Ho

Pam Hodges and Mary Neal LinkerJudy Hunter Hodson

Michael Hoffman

Augusta and Gill HollandWilliam Hollander and Lisa Keener

Amy HollidayJane Hope

Stephanie and Andrew Horne

Mary and David HorvathPeter Howard

Marilyn Hrbek and Jim Roberts

Dora and Tom Hubbard

Kyle Cook

Ginny CopenheferRandall Correll

Margaret Costello

Madeline and Dario CoviBob Crawford

Kathleen Crawford and Cindi RammMike Croghan

Karen Cronin and Rosemary Smith

Rita CrowleyKimberly and John Crum

Cassandra Culin and Kyle Ellison

Amanda CundiffDelores and Robert Cunningham

Rachel Cutler and Curtis StaufferDavid Dafoe

Janet DakanMarilyn Daniel

Tim Darst and Angela Lincoln

Alexandra DavisEdwina Davis and Charlotte Wood

Sonja and Keith Farah de VriesJayne Dean-McGilpin

Ann Deibert and Martha Kenney

Helen DeinesDolores Delahanty

David Dempsey and Steve Monaghan

Derby City SistersLeslie Diehm

Elizabeth DinkinsM.T. Doherty

Nick DonohueSam Dorr and Charles Raith

Douglass Boulevard Christian Church

Andrew DowneyJohn Downs

Kathleen and Gary DrehmelClaude Drouet and Rusty Henle

Claire Drucker and Seymour Slavin

Joan and Tom DubayDebra Dudek

Amber and Brent DukeSarah and Joe Dunman

Alex Durall and Brad Hampton

Christy DurrettDustin Edge

Jean EdwardsJaime Ehringer

Jerry Eifler

Glen Elder and Jim GibsonMarshall Eldred and Andree Mondor

Ann-Lynn EllerkampArt Embrey and Terry Laun

Mark England and Michael Handley

Patrick EnglertThe Event Company

Dan FarrellJudith Faulkner and Meta Mendel-Reyes

Brett FechheimerDianne Feltham and Kaye Thompson

Carole Fetter

Rachel FirkinsJohn Fischer and Jon Hamby

Marjorie and Richard Fitzgerald

Jon Fleischaker and Kim GreeneGeorge Flores

Patria Fielding and Virginia ForestDan Forte and Chris Schuster

Donna Fosberg and Jackie Lucas

D.A. FousheeJeff Franklin and Carl Horton

Stephanie Franklin

Sandra Frazier

Jon Freels

June 16: Fairness director Hartman presents TheState of Fairness to Fifth Third Bank employees ata Pride Month Lunch and Learn.

June 17: Fairness Campaign co-founder Jane

Hope passes away.

June 18: The Fairness Campaign joins the ACLU-

KY and others on a Brown-Forman CorporationMarriage Equality panel discussion.

June 19: Hundreds of Fairness volunteers march

in the Kentuckiana Pride Parade.

June 20: The Fairness Campaign joins theKentuckiana Pride Festival.

June 24: The U.S. Census Bureau National

Processing Center in Indiana hosts a Pride MonthObservance featuring the Fairness Campaign.

June 26: LOVE WINS! The U.S. Supreme Courtrules 5-4 in favor of the freedom to marry in

Obergefell v. Hodges, granting LGBT couples theright to marry in all 50 states. The victory includessix plaintiff couples and their attorneys from

KentuckyRev. Maurice "Bojangles" Blanchard

and Dominique James, Greg Bourke and MichaelDe Leon, Tammy Boyd and Kim Franklin, PaulCampion and Randy Johnson, Tim Love and LarryYsunza, and Jim and Luke Meade-Barlowe with

attorneys Dawn Elliott and Shannon Fauver ofthe Fauver Law Office, the ACLU-KY, and Dan

Canon, Joe Dunman, and Laura Landenwichof Clay Daniel Walton and Adams. Hundreds ofKentuckians join Love Wins! Day of Decision

rallies in Bowling Green, Lexington, andLouisville.

June 27: The Fairness Campaign co-sponsorsLexington Pride and joins Cincinnati Pride.

June 28: The Fairness Campaign joins the

Owensboro Pride Picnic.

June 29: The Fairness Campaign celebrates its

24th anniversary.

June 30: A Marriage Celebration hosted byHighland Tap Room in Louisville shuts downBardstown Road and draws thousands of

supporters.

July 2: Kentucky freedom to marry plaintiffs andthe Fairness Campaign join WEKUs EasternStandard in Richmond for a debate on LGBT

marriage.

First Unitarian Church in Louisville ceremoniouslyremoves their Civil Marriage is a Civil Rightbanner that was hung in 2005 following

Kentuckys ban on marriage.

July 8: The new Southern Indiana Equality groupkicks off in New Albany.

July 9: Nearly 1,000 supporters sign petitionsfor a local Fairness Ordinance at the Bowling

Green Fairness pub crawl Love Takes Over: LGBTFairness on Fountain Square!

Fairness Coalition leaders join Stanton residentsat City Hall in support of a Fairness Ordinance.

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July 11: A Marriage Victory Party is hosted byClay Daniel Walton and Adams, the Fauver LawOffice, Fairness Campaign, and ACLU at Theater

Square Marketplace with special guest MaryBonauto, GLADs Civil R ights Project director wh

argued for marriage before the Supreme Court Obergefell v. Hodges.

July 13: The ACLU-KYs case against RowanCounty Clerk Kim Davis, who refuses to issue

marriage licenses to same-gender couples, hasits first hearing.

KETs Kentucky Tonight hosts a debate onthe Supreme Courts freedom to marry ruling

with Fairness director Hartman, St. MatthewsEpiscopal Church Rev. Kelly Kirby, and membersof the Family Foundation.

July 17-19: Fairness Campaign volunteers raise

funds by working a beer truck at the annualForecastle Music Festival.

July 20: The second hearing against County CleKim Davis is held.

July 22-26: Fairness Campaign leaders attend th

Equality Federations Summer Meeting. Fairnessdirector Hartman is elected to the EqualityFederation Board of Directors.

Aug. 3: Elizabethtown Fairness supporters crowCity Hall to call for a local Fairness Ordinance.

Aug. 6: Georgetown Fairness supporters beginorganizing for a local Fairness Ordinance with th

Scott County Chapter of KFTC.

Aug. 10: The Jefferson County Public School(JCPS) Board votes 5-2 in favor of the first readinof a transgender inclusive non-discrimination

policy.

Aug. 11: The Fairness Campaign joins a HarlanCounty Fairness organizing meeting.

Aug. 12: The Fairness Campaign joins the U.S.Department of Agricultures Kentucky LGBT

Rural Summit.

Aug. 19: New Bellarmine University students

volunteer at the Fairness Campaign as part ofKnights in Action: Day of Service."

Aug. 20-30: Hundreds of volunteers staff theFairness Campaigns booth at the Kentucky Stat

Fair.

Aug. 22: The Frankfort Fairness Celebrationdraws community members, families, andleaders to honor LGBT inclusion and the Fairnes

Ordinance passed two years prior.

New University of Louisville students volunteerat the Fairness Campaign as part of the SOULprogram.

Aug. 24: The JCPS Board votes 6-1 to approve

transgender discrimination protections, makingit the second school district in the state to updaits policies.

Human Rights CampaignChris Hungerford

Thomas Hurd and David SickbertGreg Hutcheson and Leonard Mariani

Gray and Ted Isaacs

S. K. Iseminger and L. M. ToddRose and Ampelio Isetti

Jefferson County Teachers AssociationJane Jenkins

Brad Jennings

Elizabeth JentAmy Johnson

Melissa JohnsonRichard Johnson

Helen Jones and Thomas Pike

Jane JonesKaren Jarboe and Nanci Moore

JP Morgan Chase & CoJustFundKY

Tokue Kajihara

Jo Ann Kalb and Deborah ThompsonBarbara Myerson Katz

Donald KavanaughMary Louis KeenanKellner Green PLLC

Gloria Kemper-O'NeilErin Kennedy

Shaun Kenney and Brian WalkerKentucky Housing Corporation

Ellie Kerstetter

Ronald KestlerCasey Kimball

Debbie KingKathryn King

Patrick King and Ariane Spitaels

John KleberMiriam Klein and Marc Leibson

Kelly KleinertBruce Kleinschmidt

James Klump

Rita KnowlesDonald Kohler

Robert KowsalukCarol Kraemer and Jen Straub

Kathy and Joe Kremer

Ed Kruger and Jeff RodgersLawrence la Fountain

Mary Ann and Michael LambertKathy and Lew Lancaster

Marian Lancaster

Amy LandonRuby Layson

James and Nancy LeachJennifer Leibson

Melanie Levin

Belle and Philip LevySally Levy

Sandra Lewis

Anne and Tony LindauerLisa Linke

Judy and Steven LippmannCory Lockhar

Loren LoogerJudy and Fred Look

Keith Look

Lee LookLouisville Seminary

Jessica Loving and Sheryl SnyderTodd LoweDoug Lowry

Barbara LuckettRebecca Ludlow

Brian Lusk

David Brian Lusle

Lynlee Lynbrook

Alice Lyon and Mary O'DohertySusan Maakestad

Sally MacDonaldDouglas Magee and Anne Marie Regan

Allison Maggiolo

Stephen MagnusDarrell Mahone

Heather MahoneyMAP Louisville

Sam Marcosson

Christine Connerty Marin

Mark England AssociatesAnne and Melvin Maron

Janice MartinMarvin Martin and Neil Mellen

Tom Massey and Richard SchwarzRebecca Matheny

Theresa and James MayerPeggy and Irv Maze

Leslie Brown McBride

Judith McCandlessDebra McChane

Jamie McClardDebra McCurdy

Morgan McGarvey

Randall McKenzie

Diana McLeodEduardo MenesesTodd Mercier

Melissa Mershon

Susan MessingLinda and Ronald Metts

Janice MeyerTheresa and Martin Meyer

Scott Meyer

Meyer Consulting LLCBill Michael

Harriet and Katherine MillerRita Miller

Christopher Miller and William Stanley

Carolyn Miller-CooperTaryn Miller-Stevens

Susan MilliganWeston Milliken

Krista Mills

Marta MirandaTimothy Mitchell

Lisa MontebelloBenjamin MooreJennifer Moore

Kaitlin MoorePatricia Moore

Charlotte MorganMorgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC

Donna Morton

Eric MoserMarc Mourer

Eamon and Jennifer MulvihillMichael NeumannCarrie Neumayer

Lisa NeuttilaNew World Foundation

Carol NiehausJeff Noble

Tom Jones and Rick Nottingham

Ellen and Michael O'ConnellSheila O'Donnell-Schuster

David O'NeillMary Beth and Joe O'Reilly

Robyn Ochs

Dana OliverLisa Osanka

Dianna Ott

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Elizabethtown Fairness supporters speak at CityHall for a local Fairness Ordinance.

University of Kentucky College of Social Workstudent Maggie Carnes and University of

Louisville Kent School of Social Work Mastersstudent Patrick Sherwood begin practicums with

the Fairness Campaign.

Aug. 25: #BlackTransLivesMatter organizers,

including Stand Up Sunday and Fairness leaders,hold an event in Louisvilles Central Park to

call attention to the overwhelming number ofmurders of trans people of color in 2015.

The Fairness Campaign hosts a delegation ofyoung Iraqi leaders with the World Affairs Council.

Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz calls ameeting with Greg Bourke and the Fairness

Campaign to inform Bourke he is still barred fromserving as a Boy Scout leader despite the Boy

Scouts of Americas recent policy change allowingLGBT adult leaders.

Aug, 27: Dozens of volunteers and staff with theJefferson County Teachers Association, ACLU-KY,

and Fairness Campaign protest the KentuckyFarm Bureaus discriminatory policies at theirannual Country Ham Breakfast at the State Fair.

During a silent protest, Kentucky State Policearrest Fairness co-founder Carla Wallace, Sonja

Farah de Vries, and Fairness director Hartman.

Sept. 1: Rowan Countians protest County Clerk

Kim Davis.

Shelby County Fairness supporters, with theShelby County Chapter of KFTC, protest the lackof Human Rights Commission appointments at

the Shelby County Fiscal Court.

Sept. 3: Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is sentto jail for refusing to comply with Federal JudgeDavid Bunnings order that she issue marriage

licenses.

Sept. 14: Kim Davis office begins issuing alteredmarriage licenses to all couples.

Sept. 15: Supporters from all over the U.S. donateto the viral Twitter account @NextToKimDavis'"Pizza Party" benefiting the Fairness Campaign.

Sept. 17: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101

training for the EEOC in Indianapolis and JCPSstaff in Louisville.

Sept. 19: The Fairness Campaign participatesin the inaugural Louisville Pride Festival on

Bardstown Road. Mayor Greg Fischer and theLouisville Convention and Visitors Bureau host theWorlds Largest Wedding Reception for a lesbian

couple who won a Dream Louisville Wedding inthe Say I Do in Lou LGBT marriage promotion by

the city.

Sept. 20: The Fairness Campaign joins the

Louisville AIDS Walk.

Dr. Ryan Combs of the University of LouisvilleSchool of Public Health and Information Sciencesbecomes a Fairness Campaign co-coordinator.

Sept. 22: Fairness director Hartman presents Th

State of Fairness to Transylvania Young Dems.

Sept. 23: Adath Jeshurun Synagogue highlights

the Fairness Campaign arrests and Kentucky FarBureaus discriminatory policies in a Yom Kippur

sermon.

Sept. 24: The Fairness Campaign participates in

Bellarmine University and University of Louisvillcommunity service fairs.

Sept. 26: The Fairness Campaign participatesin an event supporting Planned Parenthood of

Indiana and Kentucky.

Sept. 28-Oct. 2: University of Louisville hostsits annual Pride Week with keynote PatrisseCullors of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, co-

sponsored by the Fairness Campaign.

Oct. 1: Fairness donors participate in theCommunity Foundation of Louisvilles Give LocLouisville day of giving.

Oct. 3: Brown-Forman Corporations Fairness

Over Louisville event at Play Dance Bar honors

2015 Champions of Fairness, including theRowan County Rights Coalition, couples

suing Kim Davis, marriage equality plaintiffsand lawyers, longtime Fairness Campaign

co-coordinator Dr. Kaila Story, longtimeadministrative coordinator Jayne Reece,#BlackTransLivesMatter organizers, and more.

The Fairness Campaign co-hosts an Idea Festiva

talkback on two new films, Under the Mango Trand Deep Run.

Oct. 5: Fairness Campaign intern Henry Brousseaorganizes a protest of the Association of Certifie

Biblical Counselors anti-LGBT convention at TheSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Oct. 8: The Jefferson County Attorneys Officerecommends charges be dropped against theFairness Campaigns Kentucky Farm Bureau

protesters. Judges dismiss charges against allthree protesters.

Shelbyville Fairness supporters continue toprotest the lack of Human Rights Commissioner

this time at the Shelbyville City Council.

Oct. 11: JustFundKY hosts the Kentucky premierof the movie PRIDEin Lexington.

Oct. 12: C-FAIR, the political action committee o

the Fairness Campaign, announces endorsemenin six state and local races.

Oct. 13: Fairness staff conduct LGBT 101

training for Louisville Society of Human ResourcManagement.

Oct. 16-18: The Louisville LGBT Film Festival isheld.

Oct. 22: The Fairness Campaign joins Louisville

Showing Up for Racial Justice in an InternationDay Against Police Brutality event and joinsthe Fair Event Vendors Alliance for a Love Won

Wedding Show.

K. A. Owens

David OyenDave PafundiLinda Pajaujis

Kiri PalmKatherine Parker

William ParkerKathleen Parks

Constance Parrish and David Williamson

Diane PartridgeDjenita and Resad Pasic

Laurel Paul

Beth PerryAndy Perry and John Sistarenik

Nancy PetersonJessica Phelps

Jan PhillipsFrank Pierce

Play Dance Bar

PNCPaula Porter and Vanessa Taylor

Benjamin PostEugenia and John Potter

Colleen Powell

Jan PowellBrian Pozun

D. Michele Prete

DaMara PryorDerek Pugh

Carol PyeGloria Quigley

Race ForwardBridget Radford

Jane Rainey

Joan and Jovelino RamosHeather Randolph

Ron Randolph and Rocky RobinsonNancy Rankin and Whitworth Stokes

Paul Ratliff

Sarah ReedDavid Reeves

Regional First Title Group, LLCSusan Reigler

Edith Rein

John ReisertAnne Renner-Evans

Gil ReyesNancy Reynolds

Eric Rich

Sean RileyJanet and Richard Rink

Christina RiserEllen Robertson

Gregory Robertson and Brian Williams

Stacey RobinsonJack Roby

James RoemerTeouline and John Rose

Elizabeth RosenSiddy RosenbergKynthia Rosgeal

Laura Ruocco

Russell Immigration Law Firm, LLCNancy Russman and Elizabeth Stith

Anne Marie RussoKathy Salomon

Melanie Salsbury

Vincent SanchezBarbara and E. Halsey Sandford

Andrea SandovalElizabeth and Donald Sands

Shelley Santry and Shannon White

Steven and Kate Rudd Sarfin

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Oct. 23-25: Come Together Kentucky is held atMurray Sate University with Fairness Campaign

co-sponsorship.

Nov. 1: Dora James celebrates two years as the

Fairness Campaigns Western Kentucky organizer.

Nov. 3: The Kentucky General Election is held.

Nov. 4: Jamie McClard, an Albany, Kentucky native

who served as a Fairness Campaign intern andhelped lead the Georgetown College movement,

is hired as administrative coordinator.

Nov. 6: Fairness Coalition leaders join a

talkback discussion on Collegiate High Schoolsproduction of The Laramie Project.

Nov. 15: The Fairness Campaign joins HighlandPresbyterian Church for a discussion on LGBT

rights and marriage in Kentucky.

Judith Faulkner, a founding member of Bereansfor Fairness, becomes a Fairness Campaign co-coordinator.

Nov. 17: Bowling Green Fairness jam-packs City

Hall to present the nearly 1,000 signed petitionsand more than 100 local businesses in favor of aFairness Ordinance.

Nov. 21: The first Transwomen NationalBanquet honors several Fairness Campaign and

community leaders along with special guestDr. Marci Bowers, world renowned transgender

gender confirmation surgeon.

Nov. 14-20: Transgender Week of Awareness and

Day of Remembrance is observed.

Dec. 1: The Fairness Campaign helps coordinateKentuckiana AIDS Alliances World AIDS Dayevent at the new Volunteers of America Mid-

States office.

Dec. 10: Fairness director Hartman is named anAlden Fellow by the Community Foundation ofLouisville.

Dec. 11-13: Fairness director Hartman joins the

Equality Federations board retreat in New York,including Race Forward training.

Dec. 17: Louisville earns a perfect 100 from theHuman Rights Campaigns Municipal Equality

Index of LGBT inclusivity, making it one of onlytwo cities in the South outside of Florida andTexas with a perfect score. Other Kentucky

scores include: Bowling Green 17; Covington 57;Frankfort 58; Lexington 73; Owensboro 20.

Dec. 22: Newly elected Republican KentuckyGovernor Matt Bevin issues five executive

orders, including those that repeal voting rightsrestoration for former felons and amend marriage

licenses to remove the names of county clerks.

The Fairness Campaign is a member ofKentucky's Fairness Coalition, which includesthe American Civil Liber ties Union of Kentucky,the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights,and Lexington Fairness.

Jeff SauerZan and Mark Sawyer-Dailey

Eric Schultze

Richard ScruggsCarol Seales

Marcia and Edwin SegalJohn Selent

Danielle Shapiro

John Howard Shaw-Woo and Shiao WooJoshua Shoopman

Lisa ShroyerPatricia Silverberg

Rita Simmons and Carolyn WeaverRobert Simpson

Nancy Singer

Barbara FabricantCeles Smith

Natalie Smith

Rebecca SmithWilliam and Cathy Smock

Shaun SneeSylvie Soulier

Stephen Spanyer

Craig Spears, CPACorinne Spicer

Lonnie St JohnAmanda Stahl

Patrick StallardJennifer Starke

Jane and Eric Stauffer

Judy SteerDorene SteinJulie Steinau

Peggy and David StengelVernon Stephens

Meg SternGregory StevensGeorge Stinson

Randal StroboRoxanne and Elwood Sturtevant

Gwyn SutherlandRay Sutherland

James William SvendsenDavid Tachau and Susannah WoodcockPatricia Taylor

Susan TaylorBeverly Goodman Tchernov

Joann Tenny

Isaac Thacker IVJenelle Therrien

Taral ThompsonKay and Walter Tillow

Natalee Tincher

Cliff ToddRose Mary Toebbe

John TompkinsAnn Trepus

Megan Tucker

Neely TuckerDandrea Turner

United Way of KentuckyUPS Foundation, Inc

Suzanne Vance

Russ VandenbrouckeJohnnie Vaughan

Lucy VinczeElizabeth and Jim Voyles

Robert Wagner

Robert WalkerCarla Wallace

Tom Wallace LyonsSarah WalshHal Warheim

LaQuita WashingtonDeborah and Jim Wayne

Sara Weigle

Mary WeilageMarvin Weinberger

Dan WeissTerry and Morris Weiss

Jane Welch

Dona WellsDon Wenzel

Marilyn and John WerstAlan White

Bobbie WhiteClara and Robert White

Katherine Whiteside and Barry Zalph

Janet and John WilbornNicholas Wilkerson

Art Williams

David WilliamsRicky Williams

Lisa WilnerBeth Wilson

Darrin Wilson

Dawn WilsonMax Wineinger

Anna WolffNancy Woodcock

Virginia and James WoodwardGordon WrightJennifer Wynn

Jenny Bar YaacovYarmuth For Congress

Cathy and John Yarmuth

Roxanne YeomanGary Young

Gail ZachariasDiane Zane

Gifts Were Received in Honor of:

Michael Drury and Lane Stumler's wedding

on 12/14/14 in IndianaDavis Edwards and Steve BassChuck Fugate

Nicholas GowenChris Hartman

Amanda Muss and Stacie Thompson

Jody NelsonBert Rumely

Thom VelezCarla Wallace

Natalie Zanoni

Gifts Were Received in Memory of:

Robert G. Bird

Linda GregoryThelma Hall

Jeanne HeberleJudge John G. Heyburn, II.

Jane Hope

Thank you! Only because of donors like you awe able to move Fairness forward!

If you sent a donation in 2015 and your name doenot appear here, we are very sorry! Please call th

Fairness Campaign office at (502) 893-0788 so wmay correct our mistake.

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"We The People" | 2016 ACLU/Fairness Dinner

Tommy Arnold

Natalie Bajandas, Keller Williams Realty

Steve & Willa BargerBrooke & Matthew Barzun

Bays Beauty Boutique

Jeff Been & Eric Graninger

Karen Berg & Bob Brousseau

Eleanor Bingham Miller

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Brown-Forman Corporation

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Jefferson County Teachers Association

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Kennedy Law Office, PLLC

Kentucky Foundation for Women

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Don KohlerChris Kolb for Metro Council District 8

Ed Kruger & Jeff Rodgers

LaBaugh & Associates

LEO Weekly

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Tom Wallace Lyons

Heather McHold & Stephen Campbell

Lynnie Meyer & Lori Kay Scott Family

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