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6/25 Lex Fairness: 2010 Fairness Awards Dinner & Show

WHAT:

Lexington Fairness presents its

2010 Fairness Awards Dinner & Show

with Hal Sparks & Jujabee

WHEN:

7 p.m. Friday

June 25

WHERE:

Hyatt Regency Hotel

Patterson Ballroom

Lexington

Tickets from $40 per person.  Click here for ticket information. 

DETAILS:

Each year in the month of June Lexington Fairness presents the annual Fairness Awards as a part of Lexington's pride month festivities. This Awards program is designed to recognize those individuals or organizations who devote 110% to keeping Lexington a safe and tolerant city for its GLBT community. To encourage everyone’s participation we open the Fairness Awards nomination process to the public.  Click here to find out more about each award.

Our first performer, known for her wit and beauty, launched into celebrity stardom as a top three finalist on the most recent season of RuPaul’s Drag Race on the Logo Network. Jujubee will join us in Lexington to help celebrate fairness and equality, while showcasing her talents as a drag performer. Now is your chance to rub elbows with the next Drag Superstar! In the meantime you can find Jujubee this summer on RuPaul’s Drag U, a follow-up to the Drag Race series.

We are also very excited to bring another superstar for your entertainment who happens to have Kentucky roots. Making an appearance back in his home state, Hal Sparks will be helping us celebrate fairness and equality. You know Hal from Showtime's Queer as Folk and Talk Soup on E! Entertainment TV. A stand-up comedian and rock band member, Hal is a champion for LGBT rights and actively participates in the NoH8 campaign in California.

SPONSORS:

Lexington Fairness, Inc.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

info@lexfair.org

(859) 951-8565

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4/13 CK ACLU Annual Meeting: KY Journalist Al Cross to Speak

WHAT:

Central Kentucky Civil Liberties Union - Annual Meeting

Kentucky Journalist Al Cross to Speak

WHEN:

7 p.m. Tuesday

April 13

WHERE:

Temple Adath Israel

124 North Ashland Ave.

Lexington

Reception will follow program.  Free & open to the public. 

DETAILS:

The Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky presents Kentucky Journalist Al Cross. Cross is the keynote speaker for the organization’s annual meeting.

Cross will provide an illuminating perspective on the status of civil liberties in our current political climate with his firsthand knowledge of the intermingling of government and the press. Cross became director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky in August 2004 after more than 26 years as a reporter at The Courier-Journal. The last 15 years at the Louisville paper were spent as the chief political writer covering both national and local elections as well as all facets of state government.

Judge Mary Noble will also be honored at the annual meeting with an award granted annually by the chapter to recognize those who have exhibited a long-standing commitment to the preservation and protection of civil liberties.

SPONSORS:

Central Kentucky Chapter

American Civil Liberties Union

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kate Miller M.S.S.W
(o) 502-581-9746
(c) 502-648-7262