This week marked the start of the several-months-long legislative sessions in many states, including many in the South – and one overall trend is clear: Momentum for LGBTQ equality is growing. We saw lawmakers in …
New Directory of Trans-Friendly Medical and Legal Services Fills Critical Need for Trans Southerners
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality released an updated and expanded version of Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services to help transgender Southerners access the medical and legal services they need. …
Campaign for Southern Equality Staffers Share Favorite 2018 Memories to Fuel Our Work in 2019
From all of us at the Campaign for Southern Equality, Happy New Year! Together, we can move equality and justice for LGBTQ Southerners forward. We’re already off to a busy 2019, but this week some team …
South Carolina Lawmaker Pre-Files LGBTQ Bill for 2019 Session
Southern lawmakers are already gearing up for a busy 2019, preparing for the beginning of the year’s legislative sessions – and we are glad to see that dignity and equality for LGBTQ people is on …
Groundbreaking New Report Shows Urgent Needs, Reasons for Hope
Today, the Campaign for Southern Equality and Western NC Community Health Services published a groundbreaking new executive report on transgender health in the South. “The Report of the 2018 Southern Trans Health Focus Group Project” …
Farewell to Aaron Sarver After 7 Years at the Campaign for Southern Equality
This week, after seven years with the Campaign for Southern Equality, our Communications Director Aaron Sarver is stepping down to work on diversion programs with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Quentin Miller. Jasmine …
2017 Southern Equality Fund Annual Report
Back in 2015, the Campaign for Southern Equality launched the Southern Equality Fund to support LGBTQ grassroots organizers doing heroic frontline work across the South. Since then, we’ve given $96,848 in grants to 155 individuals and organizations across 12 Southern …
Addressing LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in Charleston
Through the LGBTQ Rights Toolkit Fund, an initiative of the Southern Equality Fund (SEF), the Campaign for Southern Equality provided a grant of $3,000 to We Are Family to support the Charleston YOUth Count. This will …
Fighting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the LGBTQ South
One half of all HIV diagnoses nationally occur in the South and 52 percent of all AIDS deaths occur in our region, according to the Center for Disease Control. Simply put, HIV is a crisis in …
Trans Leadership Initiative: Interview with Suzy Geronimo
The former director of the Southern Equality Fund Chloe Stuber interviewed Suzy Geronimo, Founder and Executive Director of FUM (Fuerza y Unión Múltiple), and member of the Trans Leadership Initiative (TLI). Suzy Geronimo is from Cherán, …
