Eighteen grassroots organizers and professionals – the majority of them identifying as trans or gender non-conforming – joined together over the weekend of December 2-4 to workshop their own trainings on trans issues. The gathering …
The Southern Equality Fund: A Year in Review
By Chloe Stuber, Hometown Organizing Project Director We’re just two years into giving away a modest percentage of our budget to support grassroots work, and the impact is incredible. The Southern Equality Fund, launched in …
WNCCHS and Campaign for Southern Equality Launch GOTV Initiative
As early voting rates in Buncombe County continue to outpace the rest of the state, Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) and the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) have launched a new non-partisan effort …
OUT in the High Country
“Clothing!,” one participant shouted. “Leg hair!,” shouted another. Makeup. Accessories. Hip-to-shoulder ratio. Voice pitch. Shoes. Facial hair. Ivy and Fletcher recorded each of these responses on flip-chart pages stuck to the wall. They had just …
Supporting Southern Trans Organizers
“If I didn’t have hope knowing that there was a better tomorrow, I would’ve already given up, because my community is so underserved and I am the only resource where I live for Trans women …
Funding the Future of Queer Youth in NC
The Campaign for Southern Equality is thrilled to announce the most recent round of grantees of the Southern Equality Fund. Last month, CSE awarded $3,350 to nine groups and individuals working to support Queer youth across NC. …
$2800 Awarded to LGBTQ Organizers Through the Southern Equality Fund
During the 2016 LGBT* in the South conference, the fifth round of the Southern Equality Fund granted $2,800 to support 8 unique projects across five different Southern states. The Campaign for Southern Equality believes the work being …
From Hattiesburg to Birmingham to Asheville
CSE held two grassroots convenings in Mississippi and Alabama awarding $3500 through the Southern Equality Fund, and ramps up for the annual LGBT* in the South conference March 18-20 in Asheville, North Carolina. We held …
CSE Funds Grassroots Organizers Through the Southern Equality Fund
The Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) has launched the Southern Equality Fund with grants to eight organizations and individuals working to achieve legal and lived equality for LGBT people in the South. The Fund is …
CSE Awards First Recipients of Southern Equality Fund Grants
While the South is home to more than a third of the U.S. LGBT population, less than 4 percent of national LGBT funding goes to the South, according to a 2014 report. Much of the vital work …
