As attention turns to Georgia one week before a consequential U.S. Senate runoff, new research provides insights into health disparities and needs around HIV care and mental health. Read the Report Today the Campaign for …
Key Prong of House Bill 142 Sunsets, Clearing the Path for Local Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ North Carolinians
Today, one prong of North Carolina’s House Bill 142 officially sunsets, ending a years-long moratorium that blocked cities and towns in the state from protecting their LGBTQ residents through local nondiscrimination ordinances. North Carolina is …
Join Us for a Community Town Hall to Mark the Sunset of Sections of North Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ HB142!
Join Equality North Carolina and Campaign for Southern Equality for a joint Town Hall about the sunset of HB142 and what it means for LGBTQ people and nondiscrimination laws in North Carolina. We’ll be joined …
New Report Details Black Transgender Southerners’ Disparate Experiences with Health and Health Care
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) released a new report about the health experiences of Black Transgender Southerners, as a supplement to The Report of the …
An Election Day Reminder for All LGBTQ Southerners
It’s Election Day – and I know that you’ve probably been reminded dozens of times in the last week to cast your ballot and encourage everyone you know to vote, too. That’s because this election …
Days Ahead of Election, New Report Details LGBTQ Southerners’ Voting Behaviors and Beliefs
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) released a new report about LGBTQ Southerners’ voting behaviors and beliefs. The report highlights why political participation from LGBTQ Southerners …
‘Unprecedented Statement’ on the Freedom to Marry from Two Supreme Court Justices Is a Reminder of What’s At Stake
On October 5, during the first day of the new U.S. Supreme Court term, the Court denied review in a case brought by Kim Davis, who made headlines in 2015 when she refused to issue …
Now Open: New Grants Supporting Black-Led Organizing in the LGBTQ South, Funded by East Fork Pottery
This week the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) opened a special grant round dedicated to resourcing and celebrating the Black-led organizing across the LGBTQ South. Grants of up to $1,000 will support Black LGBTQ organizers …
Have You Experienced Anti-Transgender Healthcare Discrimination? We Want to Hear From You
Transgender people living in the South know all too well the impact of anti-LGBTQ healthcare discrimination. So often, trans folks are turned away from providers, treated with disrespect, or forced to educate their providers about …
Q&A: How Zakia McKensey is Blazing a Trail for Black Trans Folks in Virginia with Nationz Foundation
Whether she’s competing in a beauty pageant or working to build a nonprofit from the ground up, Zakia McKensey is in a league of her own. As a healthcare educator, activist and performer, McKensey has …
