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WKMS Residents from Murray and other nearby communities begin the Pride parade by Murray State University s campus on Saturday. More than two hundred people gathered in Murray for a parade through town and a picnic at a local park Saturday to celebrate the LBGTQ community, as a part of Pride month. For some, the celebration was the first Pride event they had ever attended, and the event was only the second ever Pride celebration held in the western Kentucky college town. The parade started by Murray State University’s campus and went through neighborhood streets, with many waving flags representing various parts of the LGBTQ community and holding up signs with phrases including “Trans Rights Are Human Rights.” ....
Share on twitter This story is part of a WKMS News series highlighting organizations and groups helping others amid the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic affected lives all over the world in many different ways, but one of the most pressing and troubling outcomes is the rising reports of child abuse, domestic abuse and sexual abuse. Kentucky’s abuse crisis centers not only adapted their services to comply with recommended health and safety guidelines, but also adjusted their approach to reach victims during a time when leaving an abusive situation could be harder than ever. United Nations Women, an organization of the UN, calls it “the Shadow Pandemic.” According to their website, one in three women experienced violence before COVID-19 changed the world, but the virus brings in stressors that experts believe make abuse worse and more frequent. The UN said cramped living conditions, worries over finances, deserted public spaces, and isolation with the abuser are jus ....
4:12 United Nations Women, an organization of the UN, calls it “the Shadow Pandemic.” According to their website, one in three women experienced violence before COVID-19 changed the world, but the virus brings in stressors that experts believe make abuse worse and more frequent. The UN said cramped living conditions, worries over finances, deserted public spaces, and isolation with the abuser are just some of the ways the pandemic could exacerbate abuse. In Kentucky, abuse crisis centers serve entire regions of the state. They usually offer a hybrid of resources for multiple types of abuse: domestic, sexual and child abuse. They also work together in a network of “sister organizations.” ....
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Listen to the radio version of this story. “Obviously the pandemic still hovered over all of us,” Burkey said. “But we just felt like it was better to at least go ahead and open and be able to see people via telehealth, or what other ways that we needed to meet their needs.” Burkey said the past year has been an experiment in engaging prospective clients through nontraditional methods. “So we tried to link arms with the community as best as we could with this different grand opening that we had. But I m thrilled we opened back in August but yes, it has been difficult as it has been for everyone.” ....