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 …
Join CSE and Equality NC for a North Carolina Trans Wellness Workshop
It’s a challenging time for transgender youth in North Carolina, following the passage of three anti-LGBTQ+ state policies. We recognize the stress surrounding this situation has undoubtedly taken a toll on LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender …
RSVP for an Emergency Town Hall About Alabama’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban
Families of transgender youth in Alabama – as you are grappling with the implementation of the cruel anti-transgender law SB184, please know that help is available. SB184 criminalizes Alabama healthcare professionals for providing medically necessary …
Emergency Town Hall About Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in North Carolina
A slate of dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ bills has been passed by the NC General Assembly: HB808 (which prohibits the initiation of gender-affirming care for trans youth, although youth who initiated a “course of treatment” prior to August 1 …
