Our friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have created the Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) which offers legal support and representation to immigrants in federal detention in direct response to the travel bans …
Self-Defense clinics, by and for transgender folks
By Ivy Gibson-Hill, LGBTQ Rights Toolkit Coordinator Last Friday night I was in Charlotte setting up for a Protect Yourself clinic in a big open room when in walked the most adorable chocolate lab named …
4th Circuit Hearing on May 10th for SB2, North Carolina “Magistrate Recusal” Law
On May 10th, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia will hear arguments in Ansley v. Warren, the federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 2. Passed in 2015, Senate Bill 2 is a North …
The First 100 Days in the LGBTQ South
During the first 100 days of the Trump administration we’ve seen a whirlwind of discriminatory bills crop up at the state level, a number of individuals with anti-LGBTQ records appointed to office, and a sentiment …
Statement on passage of HB142
This afternoon HB142 was signed into law in North Carolina by Governor Roy Cooper. We strongly oppose this law, which purports to be a HB2 repeal bill but fails to fully repeal HB2 and instead …
Open Letter to Gavin Grimm
Gavin Grimm is an American hero. On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court sent Gavin Grimm’s case back to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A senior at Gloucester High School in Virginia, Gavin is a plaintiff in a ACLU federal lawsuit fighting …
Statement on anti-Transgender action by Trump administration
“The Campaign for Southern Equality condemns the action taken by the Department of Justice and Department of Education this evening seeking to undermine protections for transgender students. No child should be denied access to basic …
Hearing at Fourth Circuit set for SB2 lawsuit, North Carolina’s “Magistrate Recusal” Law
Plaintiffs challenging Senate Bill 2 (SB2), an anti-LGBTQ law in North Carolina, have filed their plaintiff’s reply brief to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral arguments before the Fourth Circuit are now scheduled …
Running Legal Clinics across Mississippi for LGBTQ folks
From January 12-16, the Campaign for Southern Equality ran a series of free Community Law Workshops across Mississippi. The legal workshops covered everything from name and gender marker changes for trans folks to health care …
CSE at Creating Change conference
While millions were marching on Saturday, including some CSE team members in Greenville, Asheville and Charlotte, a small cohort of us were at Philadelphia at Creating Change, engaged in lively discussion with folks from across the …
