I want to thank AceWeekly for allowing my guest blog on their web site. To read my thoughts on Fairness and Equality in Lexington, visit http://tinyurl.com/mqlljp.
Also, don't forget about the Lexington Fairness Awards on June 26 and the Lexington Pride Festival on June 27!
Thanks!
Craig
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
June Fairness Celebration!
This month is a momentous month. President Obama has declared it to be LGBT Pride Month and Lexington will celebrate it's pride. The city has had 10 years under the protection of a Fairness Ordinance and continues to be one of the most progressive and equality-driven metro areas in Kentucky.
I am proud to be working with Lexington Fairness for this year's Lexington Fairness Awards and Pride Festival. Do you know someone who has exhibited leadership in the LGBT community? If so, please take a few minutes to visit http://tinyurl.com/mqxghh and nominate someone for one of four awards presented annually by Lexington Fairness. The awards are titled: 1) Ally for Fairness Award, 2) Fairness Leadership Award, 3) The Jennifer Crossen Out for Fairness Award and 4) Political Leadership Award. If you know someone who fits within one of those categories (and you can learn more about the criteria for each on the link above), please let us at Lexington Fairness know so we can consider them to receive praise at this year's awards ceremony.
Along with that, please celebrate with us at the Fairness Awards Ceremony! It will take place on June 26th at the Lexington Downtown Hotel (formerly the Radisson). Will call will open at 5:30 p.m. and the ceremony and entertainment will begin at 7 p.m. There are varying price ranges for tickets, so you can select what you can afford. As a prospective table captain, I am looking for 9 people to sit with me! Let me know (craig.cammack@insightbb.com) if you want to take a seat at my table and I can arrange for the ticket!
Finally, the month of June LGBT Pride celebration is capped off with the Lexington Pride Festival, being held on June 27th at Cheapside Park. This is the time for those part of the LGBT community to come together and celebrate together, as well as show the rest of the city that we are here, and we want to help make the city prosper and become diverse in all ways possible. You can find details of the festival at http://lexpride.com/.
Again, always feel free to connect with me at craig.cammack@insightbb.com and I can fill you in on details of the mentioned events. I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible and talking with you on the ways we all can work together to make Lexington, Central Kentucky and the entire state a more equal, tolerant and progressive place to live.
I am proud to be working with Lexington Fairness for this year's Lexington Fairness Awards and Pride Festival. Do you know someone who has exhibited leadership in the LGBT community? If so, please take a few minutes to visit http://tinyurl.com/mqxghh and nominate someone for one of four awards presented annually by Lexington Fairness. The awards are titled: 1) Ally for Fairness Award, 2) Fairness Leadership Award, 3) The Jennifer Crossen Out for Fairness Award and 4) Political Leadership Award. If you know someone who fits within one of those categories (and you can learn more about the criteria for each on the link above), please let us at Lexington Fairness know so we can consider them to receive praise at this year's awards ceremony.
Along with that, please celebrate with us at the Fairness Awards Ceremony! It will take place on June 26th at the Lexington Downtown Hotel (formerly the Radisson). Will call will open at 5:30 p.m. and the ceremony and entertainment will begin at 7 p.m. There are varying price ranges for tickets, so you can select what you can afford. As a prospective table captain, I am looking for 9 people to sit with me! Let me know (craig.cammack@insightbb.com) if you want to take a seat at my table and I can arrange for the ticket!
Finally, the month of June LGBT Pride celebration is capped off with the Lexington Pride Festival, being held on June 27th at Cheapside Park. This is the time for those part of the LGBT community to come together and celebrate together, as well as show the rest of the city that we are here, and we want to help make the city prosper and become diverse in all ways possible. You can find details of the festival at http://lexpride.com/.
Again, always feel free to connect with me at craig.cammack@insightbb.com and I can fill you in on details of the mentioned events. I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible and talking with you on the ways we all can work together to make Lexington, Central Kentucky and the entire state a more equal, tolerant and progressive place to live.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Lexington rights and giving back...
Lexington Pride Festival is coming up and I hope everyone is eager to help celebrate how far our country has come since the 40 years following Stonewall. Lexington, in particular, is a great city to be in for equal rights. However, Kentucky still lags behind in equality.
I began my fight for equality in fighting Senate Bill 68, which was proposed to ban same-sex adoption. We won our fight, and now it's time to move on. Don't get me wrong, I am fully expecting the bill to be re-introduced during the 2010 legislative session, but there are other fish to fry in the meantime.
So, equal rights... it goes beyond the big picture of adoption and marriage. Visitation is another big item. Shouldn't you be able to visit your partner, if they are in a coma, in the hospital? In many cases, that is not possible.
Equal rights goes beyond the gay aspect as well. Everyone should have equal access to support under the law. We know social mores and norms fight against this daily, but the law is the law and it should be followed. However, when anti-rights legislation is passed, the law gets side-swiped and people use it to their advantage to continue discrimination.
This has been my first post in a long time and I hope to keep up my blogging regularly, as time allows. I'm currently formally representing the Lexington Art League, Lexington Ballet and United Way of the Bluegrass' Get on Board program as a board member. Additionally, I am volunteering with Lexington Fairness and The Living Arts and Science Center. This, of course, is on top of my full-time job with IMG Associations.
So, regularity of posts will entirely depend on activity with my community commitments. I am proud and happy to have the access to serve with these organizations and look forward to giving back to Lexington. The Art League and Get on Board are all about equal rights to respective aspects of the community (art and board service). Lexington Fairness continues the fight for marriage and civil rights for the LGBT community. The Lexington Ballet and Living Arts and Science Center provide equal access to educational programming for the younger generation in Lexington.
I am striving to help make Lexington a better place to live and hope you will help support my endeavors!
I began my fight for equality in fighting Senate Bill 68, which was proposed to ban same-sex adoption. We won our fight, and now it's time to move on. Don't get me wrong, I am fully expecting the bill to be re-introduced during the 2010 legislative session, but there are other fish to fry in the meantime.
So, equal rights... it goes beyond the big picture of adoption and marriage. Visitation is another big item. Shouldn't you be able to visit your partner, if they are in a coma, in the hospital? In many cases, that is not possible.
Equal rights goes beyond the gay aspect as well. Everyone should have equal access to support under the law. We know social mores and norms fight against this daily, but the law is the law and it should be followed. However, when anti-rights legislation is passed, the law gets side-swiped and people use it to their advantage to continue discrimination.
This has been my first post in a long time and I hope to keep up my blogging regularly, as time allows. I'm currently formally representing the Lexington Art League, Lexington Ballet and United Way of the Bluegrass' Get on Board program as a board member. Additionally, I am volunteering with Lexington Fairness and The Living Arts and Science Center. This, of course, is on top of my full-time job with IMG Associations.
So, regularity of posts will entirely depend on activity with my community commitments. I am proud and happy to have the access to serve with these organizations and look forward to giving back to Lexington. The Art League and Get on Board are all about equal rights to respective aspects of the community (art and board service). Lexington Fairness continues the fight for marriage and civil rights for the LGBT community. The Lexington Ballet and Living Arts and Science Center provide equal access to educational programming for the younger generation in Lexington.
I am striving to help make Lexington a better place to live and hope you will help support my endeavors!
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