Today the Movement Advancement Project and Campaign for Southern Equality released Telling a New Southern Story: LGBTQ Resilience, Resistance, and Leadership, a new report examining the experiences and advocacy strategies of LGBTQ people in the …
New Lawsuit Against Trump Anti-Transgender Healthcare Rollback Rule Filed by Civil Rights Orgs, Representing Campaign for Southern Equality and Others
Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Transgender Law Center (TLC), the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School, and law firm …
Campaign for Southern Equality Reopens Applications for COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program – Apply Here
People are shouldering a lot right now. We’re four months into a pandemic that has taken more than 130,000 lives across the country and caused massive disruption. New COVID-19 infections are rising sharply in many …
LGBTQ Southerners Speak Out in Solidarity with Immigrants as U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling on DACA
Today the United States Supreme Court ruled in a set of cases challenging the Trump Administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), the 2012 policy that allows young people who are …
This Week: Two Events Focused on LGBTQ Equality, Racial Injustice, and Voting in North Carolina
June has been a busy time, to say the least. For weeks the country has been engaging in a deepened and long overdue conversation about racial injustice, police brutality, and the importance of dismantling white …
In Major Victory, U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Employment Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ Americans
Historic SCOTUS ruling will guarantee more than 5 million LGBTQ Southerners workplace protections, more vital than ever as millions of Americans face unemployment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Today the United States Supreme …
Resources to Support Trans Southerners as Trump Administration Rolls Back Healthcare Protections
On Friday, June 12, the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule change to roll back protections for transgender people from the Affordable Care Act. Making it harder to access healthcare …
LGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence
NOTE: The Campaign for Southern Equality signed onto this statement, initiated and coordinated by leaders from Equality Florida, the Human Rights Campaign, and more – and signed by dozens of LGBTQ leaders (see below). “If …
Southern Equality Book Club: In Southern. Gay. Teacher., Randy Fair Reflects on Decades of Teaching in the South
The school experience for young people is always evolving – a reality perhaps more obvious than ever in recent months, as students nationwide have turned to virtual or at-home learning in the face of the …
J. Chong Eats Episode 5 – RSVP for the Friday, May 29 Cooking Class on The Front Porch!
On Friday, May 29, the Campaign for Southern Equality is proud to host a special recurring webinar, “J. Chong Eats: A Cooking Show for These Times,” the latest in our #LGBTQSouth virtual gathering series on The …
