Families of transgender youth in South Carolina are grappling with the passage of H.4624, a broad intrusion into medically necessary healthcare for transgender South Carolinians. A core component would ban medically necessary healthcare for transgender …
Families of Trans Youth in Tennessee Can Still Seek Out-of-State Healthcare, Despite Passage of New Amendment
Parents can still seek gender-affirming health care for their children outside of Tennessee, despite legislation headed for the governor’s desk aimed at creating confusion and fear for these families. The Tennessee legislature approved HB2310 Thursday, …
Campaign for Southern Equality Statement on Mark Robinson Becoming Republican Nominee for North Carolina Governor
Tonight, Mark Robinson secured the votes necessary to become the Republican nominee for Governor in North Carolina. Robinson is one of the most virulently anti-LGBTQ+ elected officials in the country. He stoked the flames that allowed …
Advocates File Federal Complaint Featuring Testimonials from Students, Parents and Educators Underlining How NC’s “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” Law Violates Title IX
The complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice, includes accounts of harm and hostility from 24 North Carolina students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Today the …
As Ohio Senate Overrides Governor’s Veto of Ban on Medically Necessary Care for Trans Youth, Advocates Launch Emergency Resources to Help Impacted Families
Ohio families are now eligible for support from the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project, including grant funding and patient navigation services. COLUMBUS – Yesterday the Ohio Senate voted to override Governor Mike DeWine’s December veto …
WATCH: Town Hall on Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Law in Ohio
Trans youth and their families in Ohio are grappling with the passage of HB68, a bill that prohibits access to medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth in Ohio. Following the righteous veto of the bill …
A Texas Parent Shares the Impact of the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project
NOTE: This post was written by Danielle, the mother of a trans young person in Round Rock, Texas. Warmest greetings to all of our allies in the Campaign for Southern Equality community! My name is Danielle …
Why I Give to the Campaign for Southern Equality
NOTE: This article was written by Ria Ireland Drane, a supporter of the Campaign for Southern Equality. 2023 was an extremely challenging year to be a transgender person living in the South. It felt like our …
Expanding the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project into Missouri
Over the past year our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality created the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP) in response to the brutal barrage of laws that prohibit transgender youth from accessing life-affirming …
LGBTQ+ Organizations File Title IX Complaint Against Buncombe County Board of Education for Implementing SB49, Anti-LGBTQ+ State Law
On Tuesday, December 12, Youth OUTright, PFLAG Asheville, and Campaign for Southern Equality filed a Title IX complaint against the Buncombe County Board of Education (BCBE). The complaint alleges that the policies passed by BCBE …
