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 …
RSVP: Town Hall on Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Law in Missouri
Following the passage and implementation of SB49, a law that prohibits access to medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth in Missouri, community advocates in Missouri and beyond are coming together for a virtual event focused …
Buncombe County Board of Education Passes Implementation Plan for SB49, Anti-LGBTQ+ State Law
Left with no guidance from the NC Department of Public Instruction and facing January 1 deadline, Buncombe County School Board implements dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ law SB49. On Thursday, December 7, the Buncombe County Board of Education …
New Reporting on Medical University of South Carolina Details Over-Compliance with Anti-Transgender Legislative Attacks, Causing Harm to Transgender Youth and their Families
Today, new reporting from ProPublica details the far-reaching impacts of a South Carolina budget proviso passed in 2022 that targeted the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and threatened the institution’s state funding if it …
As Laws that Restrict Gender-Affirming Care Take Effect Across the South, Overcompliance Leads to Compounding Harms for Transgender Youth and their Families
The Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project has provided navigation resources and $300,000 in travel grants to 600+ families and individuals impacted by gender affirming care bans, and is also mapping reports …
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), Longtime Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremist, Elected Speaker of the House
Today the Republican caucus of the House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House. A far-right Republican from Louisiana, Rep. Johnson has a long and troubling track record of attacking LGBTQ+ Americans, in …
