EDITORS’ NOTE: This post is a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski from the Campaign for Southern Equality. As we approach the end of June, regular legislative sessions have come to an end across the …
Southern State Legislative Spotlight: As Sessions End, Some Bills Die While Others Become Law
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. Many state legislatures in the South have adjourned as of late May – but the anti-LGBTQ bills …
Southern State Legislative Spotlight: Community Rallies Against Oppressive Legislation
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. This week community members rallied at the statehouse in South Carolina to once again oppose legislation targeting …
Southern State Legislative Spotlight: Lawmakers Maintain Focus on Banning Kids from Sports
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. As governors in West Virginia, Arkansas, and Alabama, along with legislators in Florida and Louisiana insisted on …
Southern State Legislative Spotlight: Anti-Transgender Attacks on Youth Continue
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. In the same week that Alabama’s legislature passed a bill excluding transgender kids from sports, brave community …
Southern Legislative Updates: Legislators Interfere in Children’s Medicine and Education
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. Lawmakers across the South keep pushing bills to exclude children from playing sports, and increasingly, they’re attacking …
NC and VA Push Toward Equality as Dangerous Legislation Progresses Across the South
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. While bills aimed at restricting the rights of LGBTQ Southerners is progressing in several states – including …
Southern Legislative Look: Discriminatory Bills Signed in Tennessee & Arkansas as Anti-LGBTQ+ Hostility Continues
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. Our hearts go out to the transgender youth under attack from their legislators. We recognize the harm …
Concern and Relief as Legislative Sessions Continue in the Southeast
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. This week legislatures in the Southeast have given LGBTQ+ residents cause for sadness, concern, and relief. Most …
Legislative Update: Anti-Transgender Bills Near Passage in Many Southern States
The attack on dignity and freedom for LGBTQ Southerners continued this week, as anti-LGBTQ bills moved quickly in several states. Proposed bills include those that would criminalize medical professionals who provide trans-affirming medical care to …
