Yesterday, an Ohio court ruled to uphold House Bill 68, which restricts gender-affirming healthcare for youth and blocks transgender women and girls from playing on women’s school sports teams. The healthcare portion of the law …
Nearly Every State in the South Has Now Passed A Gender-Affirming Care Ban: New Report Details Burdens of Accessing Care
This May, South Carolina passed one of the most extreme gender-affirming care bans in the country, prohibiting transgender youth under 18 from accessing gender-affirming care, as well as preventing public funds, like Medicaid insurance, from …
Join Our Emergency Town Hall About Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in South Carolina – May 8th at 4PM ET
The South Carolina Senate just passed a dangerous, anti-transgender healthcare bill: H. 4624, which bans medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth, prevents Medicaid and state health insurance plans from covering gender-affirming care, and requires staff …
Meet Our 2024 Southern Healers Grant Recipients
We are so excited to share the work of the twenty recipients of the 2024 Southern Healers grant round, a project of the Healing and Resilience programming! These grants are dedicated to so many of the …
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Just Ruled That A Trans Sports Ban in West Virginia is Unconstitutional
Huge win for transgender student athletes! The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a West Virginia policy preventing transgender youth from participating in the sports team that aligns with their gender identity violates …
“I Can be a Voice for People”: meaning making among transgender grassroots organizers in the U.S. Southeast
We are proud to share that two of our staff, Austin Johnson and Ivy Hill, recently worked with a team of researchers to publish an academic article exploring the experiences of transgender grassroots organizers in …
Canaries in the Coal Mine: The New Ways States Are Restricting Gender-Affirming Care
In 2023, there was a massive wave of legislation in states across the country to ban or restrict access to gender-affirming for transgender youth. Gender-affirming care bans targeting youth continue to be passed in 2024, …
February 2024 Legislative Update: Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Advancing Across the South
This is the second of regular legislative updates the Campaign for Southern Equality will be releasing in an effort to provide you with up to date and accurate information about the progression of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in …
Campaign for Southern Equality Joins 300+ Groups in Demanding Justice for Nex Benedict
Read the Letter On February 7, Nex Benedict was brutally assaulted in the bathroom by his fellow students at Owasso High School. He died the next day. Nex was 16-year-old 2STGNC+ (Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender …
January 2024 Legislative Update: Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Advancing Across the South
The attack on dignity and freedom for LGBTQ+ Americans has accelerated quickly in 2024, with nearly 400 anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in the month of January alone. Proposed bills include those that would ban and restrict …
