As our team begins to wrap up projects for 2021 and look toward all of our work to strive for lived and legal equality for LGBTQ Southerners in the new year, we wanted to share …
“Spectrum of Hope” Art Project Inspires LGBTQ Folks to Envision a Brighter Future
This fall Liz Williams, who works as the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern Equality Studios Director, debuted a new art installation, Spectrum of Hope: What We See at the End of the Rainbow. The project …
Southern Equality Studios Names Artist in Residence for 2021-2022: Carolyn Rose-Grayson
This week the Campaign for Southern Equality announced the 2021-2022 Artist in Residence for Southern Equality Studios, a project that explores how the arts can be a catalyst and force in achieving lived and legal …
New Southern Equality Fund Grants Now Available: Emergency Assistance, Southern Healers + TDOR Projects
Our team is sending love and support to everyone across the LGBTQ South, especially those who continue to be impacted disproportionately by the hardships of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. If you have not yet, we …
Queer Southern Latinx Leaders Reflect on Latinx Heritage Month
As we close out Latinx Heritage Month – the annual month dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and lifting up the culture, history, and achievements of Latinx people – our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality …
Campaign for Southern Equality Calls on Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to Resign, Following Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric
The Campaign for Southern Equality issued this statement in response to shameful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric from North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson: “We condemn Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s vitriolic statements dismissing LGBTQ people as “filth,” characterizing …
Southern Equality Fund Extends Frontline Grant to Texas Reproductive Justice Groups
On September 1, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a dangerous new law to take effect in Texas – a law that essentially outlaws abortion after six weeks (before many people know that they are pregnant) …
Applications Now Open: Southern Equality Studios 6-Month Artist Residency
The Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Southern Equality Studios Artist in Residence program. Southern Equality Studios is a project of CSE that explores how the arts can be …
Southern Equality Studios Presents: Shapes & Angles of a Creative Queerantine
Through the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern Equality Studios program, we’ve been highlighting queer artists in the South since 2018 – and over the past year and a half, since the onset of the COVID-19 …
New Survey Launches to Understand Experiences, Needs, and Priorities of LGBTQ Southerners
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and Campus Pride announced the launch of the Survey of Southern LGBTQ Experiences, a new in-depth research project dedicated to understanding the experiences, needs, and priorities of LGBTQ …
