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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Kayla Walker, left, and Molly Godbey kiss during an anti-LGBTQ demonstration outside White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Anti-LGBTQ evangelists spark controversy on campus

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter March 9, 2023

Two evangelists, who declined to give their names, attracted large crowds to the lawn by White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, March 8.  They held a sign that read “HOMO SEX IS SIN” on one...

Students watch as Donzella Lee gives a speech during the Kentucky Fairness Rally on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Demonstrators gather for Kentucky Fairness Rally to lobby against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Samuel Colmar, Staff Photojournalist February 28, 2023

Demonstrators gathered at the Kentucky State Capitol for the Kentucky Fairness Rally on Feb. 15 to lobby against recently proposed legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The legislation includes...

The Love is Love Banquet was held at Limestone Hall on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Casey Sebastiano | Staff

Love is Love: Law school organization examines LGBTQ+ legal history and rights

Casey Sebastiano, Reporter February 21, 2023

The UK Rosenberg College of Law’s LGBTQ organization, OUTLaw, held its first Love is Love Banquet at Limestone Hall in Lexington on Feb. 16. The event focused on the legal history and future rights...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

A story known All Too Well: The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster saga

Gracie Moore, Reporter February 14, 2023

Ticketmaster and the Senate saw the wrath of many Taylor Swift fans after chaos ensued while thousands of them hoped to get tickets to Swift’s first tour in four years.  The first round of tickets...

Citizens gathered at the Fayette County courthouse to express opinions and march for the National Organization for Women on January 19, 2019. Photo by Sydney Carter | Staff

Lexington women’s march celebrates recent political gains

Emily Laytham January 19, 2019

Despite harsh wind and pouring rain, a crowd of sign-toting marchers gathered before the Fayette County Courthouse on Saturday afternoon.The marchers braved the weather to support the third annual Women’s...

Emmett Till accuser retracts fatal statement

Ivan Rome January 30, 2017

Black History Month starts this Wednesday, and one of the most notorious events in black history and American history is the murder of Emmett Till by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam in August 1955.14-year-old...

Professor’s side of story distorts facts of case

Jay Blanton January 12, 2017

University of Kentucky professor Buck Ryan in a recent piece in the Herald-Leader is manipulating the facts. Unfortunately, what he is saying is not based in reality.Here are the facts:Ryan traveled in...

Lieutenant governor Jenean M. Hampton is the first black woman to hold statewide office. Photo by Belle Leininger | Staff

Celebrating civil rights

January 27, 2016

By Cheyene [email protected] welcomed two of the state’s top elected officials Wednesday morning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Kentucky Civil Rights Act.Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton,...

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