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 …
Hope in Supporting Trans Youth
Click here to donate to the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project. At the Campaign for Southern Equality, we make the choice each day to be relentlessly hopeful. During this time of extraordinary courage and strength …
Putting Care Packages in the Hands of LGBTQ Youth
Over the past few weeks, we mailed care packages to LGBTQ youth across the South, in an effort to let them know that we are standing with them during a time when more than 30 …
New Virtual Wellness Toolkit Provides Resilience Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth
It’s been an extraordinarily difficult year for LGBTQ+ youth – and that’s why we are honored this week to publish a new offering to support the healing and resilience of young people in the South …
