Friends – Every single day that our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality shows up at work – now remotely – we are made hopeful by your support for us. We’re made hopeful because …
An End-of-Year Letter from Jasmine Beach-Ferrara on What Is Possible for LGBTQ Southerners in the Next Decade
If you’re like me, you’ve been spending a good chunk of your last few days reading stories that reflect on the past decade and predict what comes next. And as we turn the page on …
Supporting Migrant Families and Children at the Border
There is a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border – a human rights crisis in which the most basic human rights, safety and dignity of children and families are being flagrantly violated. Children are being separated …
Moving Money in the South: Meet our Resource Mobilization Team
In June 2018, the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) launched its second iteration of the Southern Equality Fund Advisory Council, now known as the Resource Mobilization Team. As part of our Southern Equality Fund, the …
Lindsey Wilson Reflects On 7 Years With CSE As She Says Farewell
It’s a bittersweet moment at the Campaign for Southern Equality as we prepare for Lindsey Wilson’s transition from our staff team. We are thrilled for Lindsey about her new job at Rural Support Partners and …
Reflections on Art and Activism
By Maya Washington, Tzedek Social Justice Fellow Art as activism has had a long history in civil rights movements all over the world. Nina Simone, legendary singer and musician, pushed to redefine beauty standards with …
Southern Equality Studio – a new project, an age-old idea
In May, we launched the Southern Equality Studio, a new CSE project to explore how the arts can be a catalyst and force in achieving LGBTQ equality – both legal and lived – in the …
Fighting the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the South
By Britney Nesbit, Southern Equality Fund Coordinator One half of all national HIV diagnoses occur in the South and 52 percent of all AIDS deaths occur in our region, according to data from the Centers …
CSE’s Road Blog: Greenville to Selma
CSE is on the road! We’re traveling across the South to coordinate focus groups about transgender health as part of our Southern LGBTQ Health Initiative, working alongside amazing partner groups like The Knights and Orchids …
Roy Moore wins Alabama Senate primary; the crisis of trans youth homelessness
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