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PLAN TO ATTEND★ Dismantling Racism Committee – Feb 3, March 3 & April 7, 6:30 p.m., Fairness office. ★ Unlearning Homophobia Film Series – Feb. 4 & 11, 7 p.m., in partnership with Kentucky Health Justice Network, Fairness office, free.

★ Community Building Committee/Archdiocese Action – Feb 10 & 24, March 10 & 24, 6:30 p.m., Fairness office. ★ Fairness Coalition's Legislative Strategy Meetings– Feb. 15, Mar. 1, 15 & 29, 8-10 p.m., Fairness office and by conference call. To get involved, call 893-0788.

★ Busting Out: LGBT Louisville in the '80's – Feb. 16, 7 p.m., Strickler Hall, Room 102, panel discussion hosted by UofLOffice of LGBT Services.

★ We Love Mountains Lobby Day – Feb. 17, hosted by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Capitol Rotunda, carpool leaves Fairness at 8:30 a.m., more at www.KFTC.org.

★ African American History Month Gala – Feb. 19, 7-9 p.m., UofL's Red Barn, sponsored by Fairness, UofL's BlkOut, Anne Braden Institute.

★ Fairness Coalition Lobby Day & Rally – Feb. 24, Capitol, Frankfort, 9 a.m. lobby training, 1 p.m. rally, call 893-0788 or go to www.fairness.org for more info.

★ Louisville Youth Group – support and social group for LGBTQ youth 14 – 21, weekly meetings. Call 499-4427.

★ PFLAG – Louisville - Monthly meeting, 3rd Sunday, 3 p.m., 1st Lutheran Church, 417 E. Broadway. Call 329-0229 for information.

Let Your Voice Make the Difference2010 Fairness Lobby & Rally Day Feb. 24

Hospital Visitation Rights Bill Passes House!

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For the second year, Representative Mary Lou Marzian’s (D-Louisville) hospital visitation rights legislation, House Bill 118, passed out of the Health and Welfare Committee with bi-partisan support and was placed on the consent calendar of the full House of Representatives. It passed the House on January 27, and will now be sent to a Senate committee. The bill, which would “allow a patient of a health facility who is 18 years of age or older to designate, in writing, an individual not legally related by marriage or blood, who the patient wishes to have visitation rights,” was co-sponsored by Reps. Kelly Flood (D-Lexington), Joni Jenkins (D-Louisville), Reginald Meeks (D-Louisville), Darryl Owens (D-Louisville), Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-Lexington), Arnold Simpson, (D-Covington) and Susan Westrom (D-Lexington). Please call the Legislative message line at 1-800-372-7181 and thank Rep. Marzian and the bill’s sponsors for supporting House Bill 118 by calling. You can follow House Bill 118 and other pro-Fairness legislation’s progress on our live Twitter feed at www.Fairness.org.

As of the printing of this newsletter no anti-Fairness legislation has yet been filed in either the Senate or the House—a great sign for Fairness! (Check www.Fairness.org for legislative updates—March 1 is the last day new legislation may be proposed in the House, March 3 in the Senate.) This means, for now, we can focus our efforts on supporting the many pro-Fairness bills that have already been filed. It is vitally important you contact your legislator and ask them to support these bills, or thank them if they are already sponsors by calling the Legislative message line at 1-800-372-7181! (The operator will help you determine who your legislators are if you are unsure.) Then, join us in Frankfort for the Statewide Fairness Coalition’s Lobby Day and Rally in Frankfort on Wednesday, February 24. We will meet for a brief lobby training at 9 a.m. in Captiol Annex Room 131, then disburse in groups to speak with legislators about Fairness issues. At 1 p.m. Fairness supporters from across the Commonwealth will fill the Capitol Rotunda for our Statewide Fairness Rally—don’t miss this important opportunity to help build critical support for Fairness in Kentucky. Legislators have to see and hear from you to know you care! (A carpool will leave the Fairness Campaign office at 2263 Frankfort Ave. at 8 a.m.) You don’t have to wait until Feb. 24 to go to Frankfort! A Fairness staffer will lobby at the Capitol almost every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until the legislature adjourns on April 13. Schedule a day to lobby with Fairness in Frankfort by contacting Kyle@Fairness.org or 502-893-0788. Here are the bills we're supporting this session:SUPPORT House Bill 195 (Dual Parent Adoption) Sponsor: Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville). The bill would “establish that the definition for stepparent means the spouse of the legal parent of the child to be adopted, or any non-relative adult person who, upon the petition for adoption with the written consent of the legal parent of the child to be adopted, the court finds acts in a parental role to the child.”

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SUPPORT House Bill 117 (Statewide Fairness Law) Sponsor: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville) Co-Sponsors: Reps. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-Lexington), Kelly Flood (D-Lexington), Joni Jenkins (D-Louisville), Reginald Meeks (D-Louisville). The bill would “include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity” in employment, housing and public accommodations across the state.

SUPPORT House Bill 17 (Marriage Amendment Repeal) Sponsor: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville). The proposed constitutional amendment would “repeal the definition of marriage” as between one man and one woman.

This January the Fairness Campaign joined Statewide Fairness Coalition partners the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU-KY), Kentucky Fairness Alliance (KFA), the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, and Lexington Fairness to host the 2010 Statewide Fairness Summit at Paul Sawyier Public Library in Frankfort. Building upon the ground laid at the first Statewide Fairness Summit at Centre College in 2008, the 2010 Summit brought together nearly 100 Fairness supporters from across the Commonwealth, including student representatives from Bellarmine University, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, Elizabethtown Community College, Kentucky Community & Technical College, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, University of Kentucky, and University of Louisville. It was a truly historic gathering, and everyone in attendance came prepared to share their honest thoughts and ideas around the Statewide Fairness Coalition’s strategy to pass a statewide Fairness law, which would protect all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Kentuckians f rom discr iminat ion in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Fol lowing a br ief Coalition history lesson by ACLU-KY Executive Director Michael Aldridge and a 2010 Coalition Work Plan orientation by Kentucky Fairness Alliance Board Chair Travis Myles and Lexington Fairness leader Jessica Martin, Summit attendees participated in four Coalition Working Committee break out sessions. Morgan Ransdell, Managing Attorney for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, facilitated a committee on Statewide Organizing/Passing Local Ordinances alongside Travis Myles in which they began building strategies to pass local anti-discrimination Fairness ordinances in Richmond and Paducah by the end of 2010. Michael Aldridge joined Fairness Campaign and KFA board member Nick Wilkerson in a committee on Media and Messaging, which worked toward developing messaging for the “moveable middle” population, whose support will be central to the passage of a statewide Fairness law. A New Ideas and Initiatives committee to foster innovative thought around how we do our collective work was lead by Fairness Campaign Co-coordinator Phoenix Lindsey-Hall and Yana Baker, while I joined KFA lobbyist Wes Wright and newly appointed Lexington Fairness Board Chair Craig Cammack for a Legislative Strategy committee where attendees helped us break down the current political landscape of key legislative committees to guide our 2010 plan. By Summit’s end, I felt confident that the palpable energy, excitement, inspiration, and—most importantly—involvement of those in the room would help catapult us into the Coalition’s very focused campaign to bring about the passage of Kentucky’s statewide Fairness law sooner rather than later (think April 2012). While we still have a long, arduous journey ahead of us, we must look towards taking the next steps to victory, such as growing the number of legislators sponsoring Fairness legislation in the House and Senate, and reaching out to communities throughout the whole state to host lobby trainings and listening tours, where we may better understand the case for Fairness across the Commonwealth. If you are part of any community in Kentucky (church group, reading circle, dinner club—any group) that you think would be willing to host a Fairness Listening Tour or Lobby Training, contact Kyle@Fairness.org or call 502-893-0788. I also ask you to consider joining one of our Statewide Fairness Coalition’s committees—without your voice at the table, we will never know what you think! In the coming months, we will hold committee meetings at various locations across the state, with call-in options for those outside the meeting area. To join the Legislative Strategy Committee, e-mail Chris@Fairness.org; for the Media and Messaging Committee, e-mail Michael@aclu-ky.org; to join the Statewide Organizing/Local Ordinances Committee, e-mail Morgan.Ransdell@ky.gov; and for the New Ideas and Initiatives Committee, e-mail Phoenix@MetropolitanHousing.org. (You may also call 502-893-0788 for any of the committees.) Let your voice make the difference in 2010!

by Chris Hartman

2010 Fairness Summit was held in Frankfort in January.

Ally Action AlertsSUPPORT House Bill 16 - This bill would prevent the execution of severely mentally ill persons.

SUPPORT House Bill 70 - This bill would allow Kentucky to join the 48 other states that automatically restore voter rights to convicted felons after they have served their term.

OPPOSE Senate Bill 38 - This bill would force women seeking an abortion to review the results of a mandatory ultrasound and receive “in person” counseling a minimum of 24 hours prior to the procedure.

Statewide Fairness Coalition Awarded $30,000 The Tides Foundation’s State Equality Fund, a philanthropic partnership that includes the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Gill Foundation, and anonymous donors, has awarded the Kentucky Statewide Fairness Coalition $30,000 to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality across the state. The Fund is programmatically staffed on behalf of the donors by the Gill Foundation’s Movement Building Center. “The State Equality Fund promotes equality through the work of state and local organizations,” said Toni Broaddus, Executive Director of the Equality Federation, national alliance working to further equality in a state-based movement. “Support from the State Equality Fund will assist the Coalition in advancing their work around nondiscrimination and parenting rights of LGBT Kentuckians.” Members of the Kentucky Statewide Fairness Coalition are: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Fairness Campaign, Lexington Fairness, Kentucky Fairness Alliance, and ACLU-KY.

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Fairness 2009 in ReviewCore Values of the Fairness Campaign• We believe gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have the right to respect, dignity and full equality.

• We believe that dismantling racism is central to our work.

• We believe that all issues of oppression are linked and can only be addressed by working in coalition.

• We believe in non-violent, grassroots organizing that empowers individuals and builds a social justice movement that creates lasting change.

Vision StatementThe Fairness Campaign seeks to dismantle oppression and build an inclusive community where all individuals are valued and empowered to reach their full potential.

We are a broad, diverse community of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people and allies committed to transforming society and building a more just world.

Statement of PurposeThe Fairness Campaign is a broad-based community effort dedicated to equal rights. Its primary goal is comprehensive civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Fairness Campaign accomplishes its goals through public education and advocacy, political activity, community building and reciprocal alliances with others in the social justice community.

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★ January 13: Our History in the Time of Milk: a community conversation about Louisville LGBT life in the 1970’s held in University of Louisville’s Ekstrom Library.

★ January 27: Fairness Campaign hires Chris Hartman as its first Director.

★ February 5: Shelbyville Sen. Gary Tapp introduces anti-adoption Senate Bill 68 in an attempt to prohibit all unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children in Kentucky.

★ February 6: LGBT Issues in the Black Community: a dialogue facilitated by University of Louisville Cultural Center Director Michael Anthony.

★ February 25: Over 100 Fairness supporters and more than 30 organizations from across the state join the Statewide Fairness Rally and Lobby Day to advocate passage of the statewide anti-discrimination Fairness law and opposition of anti-adoption Senate Bill 68.

★ March 3: Louisville Rep. Mary Lou Marzian’s hospital visitation rights House Bill 280 passes the KY House of Representatives 93-7.

★ March 6: Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Robert Stivers calls a secret meeting of only Republican Senators to pass anti-adoption Senate Bill 68.

★ March 10: Anti-adoption Senate Bill 68, now a politically toxic bill thanks to thousands of calls from Fairness supporters, dies before ever coming to vote on the Senate floor.

★ March 21: ACLU/Fairness dinner hosted by Susan Hershberg and the Wiltshire Pantry has record-breaking attendance at the Muhammad Ali Center.

★ March 24: Office for LGBT Services and the Vice Provost for Diversity and Equal Opportunity at University of Louisville host a reception to welcome new director of Fairness.

★ March 30: Fairness Director Chris Hartman joins Lexington Sen. Kathy Stein on KET’s Kentucky Tonight to debate anti-adoption Senate Bill 68 against Elizabethtown Rep. Tim Moore and the Family Foundation’s Policy Analyst David Edmunds.

★ April 3: Kyle Riggs joins the Fairness Campaign as its new Administrative Coordinator.

★ April 11: Fairness Campaign sponsors a benefit at The Connection for Rev. Todd Eklof’s Legal Fund to fight his discrimination case against Kentucky Farm Bureau.

★ May: Ernie Flores, Phoenix Lindsey-Hall, Brad Hampton and Meg Stern join Fairness’ Coordinating Committee.

★ May 5: Press conference to announce the Human Relation Commission’s decision under the Fairness ordinance in favor of two customers discriminated against at a downtown McDonald’s restaurant. The men were awarded $2,000 each and 30 area McDonald’s were slated to undergo “Super-Sized” diversity training.

★ May 26: “Day of Decision” rally at Louisville Hall of Justice to protest the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8.

★ June 5: The Perfect 10 presenting Aletha Fields’ poetry benefits the Fairness Campaign.

★ June 15: Fairness Campaign launches new website.

★ June 17: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights hearing in Richmond to support passage of a statewide anti-discrimination Fairness law titled “A Fair Future for Kentucky: A Call for an End to Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.”

★ June 19: The Fairness Campaign’s Community Building Committee marches in the Kentuckiana Pride Parade.

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Fairness Campaign2263 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY 40206 (502) 893-0788 www.fairness.org

★ June 28: Candlelight vigil to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.

★ July: Maurice “Bojangles” Blanchard, Keith Brooks, and Scheri Smith join the Fairness Campaign’s Coordinating Committee.

★ July 17: Women In Transition, Fairness Campaign and other allies stop downtown rush hour traffic as they take to the streets in a “March for Economic Human Rights.”

★ July 18: Over 200 attend the first Fairness Over Louisville fundraiser atop the Hyatt Regency’s rotating spire.

★ July 23: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Lexington Fairness, ACLU-KY, Kentucky Fairness Alliance and Fairness Campaign announce their official Statewide Fairness Coalition on State of Affairs on WFPL 89.3FM.

★ July 31-August 2: Kentucky Social Forum brings dozens of social justice organizations from across the state to Berea, Kentucky.

★ August 15: Woody’s Tavern owner David Norton makes public apology for long-denied racist and sexist actions against UofL professor and students.

★ August 20-30: Fairness Campaign joins Kentucky Fairness Alliance to connect with allies from across Kentucky at the State Fair.

★ August 22: Fleur de Lez hosts Sweet Heat Summer Fling fundraiser for Fairness.

★ September 2: Fairness' Dismantling Racism Committee meetings begin.

★ September 6: Carla Wallace’s 12th annual Lawn Party raises funds for allies - Fairness Campaign, Kentucky Alliance Against Political and Racist Repression and the Carl Braden Memorial Center.

★ September 13: Fairness Campaign’s team of over 20 volunteers join in the 16th annual Louisville AIDS Walk.

★ September 21: Woody’s Tavern owner David Norton launches another tirade of racist and prejudicial remarks against patrons; the Fairness Campaign Coordinating Committee subsequently approves a public boycott of the establishment.

★ September 21-25: UofL’s Pride Week includes Fairness sponsored LGBT media workshop with trans-activists Andrea James and Calpernia Addams.

★ October 11: Fairness Campaign organizes a group of 50 to ride our Equality Express to the National Equality March in D.C.

★ October 24: Fairness X-travaganza celebrates the decade of civil rights under Louisville’s Fairness Ordinance with dinner parties across the city and a community celebration.

★ November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance service held at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary.

★ December 29: Statewide Fairness Coalition Awarded $30,000 from State Equality Fund.

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lobby (v.) To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause.

Be Prepared. You may get less than a minute of time with a legislator, so know WHO you are going to talk to, and WHAT you are going to say. You can try to anticipate common questions, but it’s even more powerful to be able to tell them WHY you believe what you do. If you have a meeting scheduled with your legislator, know who in your group is going to say what and in what order. Know the main points that you need to get across. Be sure to allow time for questions and comments from the legislator.

Be Clear. Identify yourself and let the legislator know if you are a constituent or have some connection with his/her district. Let the legislator know who you are with and that you are a volunteer. Know the name and number of the bill you are lobbying on. Clearly ask the legislator to take a specific action.

Be Honest. Tell your personal story. Expressing to an elected official why YOU care about an issue is always more effective than telling them what you think they want to hear. If you don’t know the answer to a question, tell them so. Make a note of their question and let them know someone will get back to them. Pass it on to a member of the Fairness Campaign's Legislative Committee. We will find out the answer and communicate it to the legislator.

Be Polite. Know when to agree and to disagree. Your visit to a legislator is part of a process, so while you may not change any minds today, we can and will make a difference together. Never threaten or insult a legislator, or anyone else for that matter.

Follow Up. Write a thank you note to any legislator to whom you speak and be sure to include your name and address. Make notes about any encounter you had and provide those to the Fairness Legislative Committee. This helps us be prepared for our next visit with the legislator.

Always remember that lobbying is a long-term strategy Your efforts as a citizen lobbyist are a crucial part of a much larger picture. You help put a face on LGBT issues and you help communicate to the legislature that LGBT people and our allies are everywhere and that we are engaged citizens. It’s hard to know which story or which visit will finally make our issues real for a legislator, so your visit is a very, very important part in the ongoing struggle for justice and full equality for all. THANK YOU!

Lobbying 101 - You Make an Impact

Phoenix Lindsey-Hall Named Co-Coordinator Phoenix Lindsey-Hall has been appointed as Co-Coordinator of the Fairness Campaign. Partnering with current co-c o o r d i n a t o r J e f f R o d g e r s , Phoenix will help l ead Fa i rness ’ C o o r d i n a t i n g Committee, plan o rg a n i z a t i o n a l strategy and foster both leadership d e v e l o p m e n t and fundraising efforts. Phoenix moved to Louisville in August 2004 just after obtaining her BFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. She has worked both locally and nationally on LGBT issue campaigns and as the Volunteer Coordinator and Lobby Coordinator for Fairness. Phoenix is currently the Development Director and Special Projects Coordinator for the Metropolitan Housing Coalition, which is an advocacy organization dedicated to making fair, safe, and affordable housing possible for all. She serves on the Board of Directors of the ACLU of KY and the Policy Council of Head Start/Early Head Start with JCPS.

The Fairness Campaign’s Dismantling Racism Committee joins forces with the Kentucky Health Justice Network (KHJN) in February to explore the roots of homophobia and the intersection of oppression for different groups with a three part film series titled Unlearning Homophobia. The films, including Straight from the Heart, All God’s Children, and De Colores (all approximately 30 minutes in length), take us into a Latino community, an African American community and to families of LGBT individuals to explore and understand from where their homophobia comes, and how many in their communities begin to “unlearn” their homophobia. When asked why KHJN reached out to the Fairness Campaign to partner in hosting the series, Organizer Shannon Garth-Rhodes shared, “In thinking about dismantling generalizations of homophobia, we feel that we must also dismantle the narrow view of reproductive health and access only pertaining to heterosexual relationships.” The first two films will be shown at the Fairness Campaign office (2263 Frankfort Ave.) February 4 and 11 at 7 p.m. The final film will be shown during the Fairness Campaign’s African American History Month Gala at the University of Louisville’s Red Barn Friday, February 19, 7 p.m. Each event will include a group discussion on issues of racism, homophobia and prejudice. The events are free and snacks will be provided by the Fairness and KHJN.

Fairness and Kentucky Health Justice Network Launch Film Series Feb. 4-19

Fairness Campaign's Coordinating Committee:

Tell your legislators you support a Statewide Fairness law!Legislative message line: 1-800-372-7181

The Coordinating Committee wishes to thank and share deep appreciation for the six years of exceptional leadership provided to the Campaign by outgoing board members Aletha Fields and K.A. Owens. Fortunately, both will continue to serve the Campaign as part of the Fairness Leadership Council. If you would be interested in serving on the Coordinating Committee, please contact Director Chris Hartman at Chris@Fairness.org for further information.

Leader Appreciation

Yana BakerMaurice Blanchard

Keith Brooks, Kat CrawfordErnie Flores, Brad Hamption,

Carol Kraemer,Phoenix Lindsey-Hall,

Sam Marcosson, Terry MicklerJeff Rodgers, Scheri Smith,

Dorene Stein, Meg SternNick Wilkerson

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