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Vote on Charlotte non-discrimination bill, Proposed GA. conversion therapy ban
TOP STORIES JANUARY 28, 2016 NATIONAL Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post“President Obama on Monday announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison …
New birth certificates for trans Texans, attacks on healthcare access
TOP STORIES JANUARY 14, 2015 NATIONAL This is the problem facing LGBT equality, Moore or Less By Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post “Roy Moore is the Hiroo Onoda of the U.S. culture wars.” “The latter is the Japanese …
New wave of anti-LGBT bills engulfs the South as 2016 begins
TOP STORIES JANUARY 7, 2016 NATIONAL Can States Protect LGBT Rights Without Compromising Religious Freedom? By Emma Green, The Atlantic “The irony of gay marriage becoming legal in the United States is that it has made …
Pride and protest in Hattiesburg, MS
By Felicia Blow My first trip with the Campaign for Southern Equality and my first trip to the Deep South were one and the same. Although I’ve lived in the South all my life, I’ve …
First out elected was not Harvey Milk, Southern judges defy SCOTUS
THE LGBT SOUTH is a weekly email newsletter from the Campaign for Southern Equality that highlights the voices and experiences of LGBT people living in the South. Send feedback and story tips to felicia@southernequality.org. TOP STORIES DECEMBER 17, 2015 …
$20 million devoted to transgender causes, NC magistrate law challenged
TOP STORIES DECEMBER 10, 2015 NATIONAL Marco Rubio pledges to reverse Obama’s LGBT executive order By Chris Johnson, The Washington Post“Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has pledged to reverse President Obama’s executive order barring …
World AIDS Day, Ohio highway commemorates Leelah Alcorn
TOP STORIES DECEMBER 3, 2015 NATIONAL Obama’s quiet transgender revolution By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post “Years before the White House was lit in rainbow colors celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage, President …
Congressional forum on violence against transgender community
Top stories (Week of 11/19/15) Why Money Didn’t Dry Up for LGBT Organizations By Kerry Eleveld, The Advocate “Marriage has also been unusual; philanthropists generally tend to be more apolitical in their giving, and same-sex marriage …
White House endorses Equality Act, Miss. adoption hearing
Top stories (Week of 11/12/15) White House Endorses LGBT Anti-Discrimination Bill By Ruby Mellen, Huffington Post “The White House has endorsed historic legislation that would give lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals full federal protection …
