On Friday, June 12, the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule change to roll back protections for transgender people from the Affordable Care Act. Making it harder to access healthcare …
Community Health
Groundbreaking New Research Documents LGBTQ Southerners’ Experiences with Health and Health Care, Highlighting Alarming Disparities and Reasons for Hope
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) released The Report of the 2019 Southern LGBTQ Health Survey, which provides a groundbreaking look at the health and health …
Campaign for Southern Equality Submits Public Comment Urging HHS to #ProtectTransHealth
Transgender and nonbinary Southerners have long felt a disparity in adequate and safe health care. But right now, a proposed new regulation from the Trump administration is seeking to underline that disparity by removing language …
Photos: Sharing Findings on LGBTQ Health Equity at the North Carolina Primary Care Conference
Today, June 27, 2019, team member from the Campaign for Southern Equality were thrilled to be at the North Carolina Primary Care Conference in Asheville, North Carolina to share findings about the critical importance of …
Trump Administration’s Rollback of Healthcare Nondiscrimination Protections Will Disproportionately Harm Transgender Southerners
Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule change that removes language explicitly protecting transgender people from discrimination in healthcare programs and activities. Earlier this month, the Administration also granted …
A North Carolina Physician Recalls How She Started Treating Trans Patients
These days, Dr. Jennifer Abbott is one of the leading physicians caring for transgender people in North Carolina. As a family physician at Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) in Asheville, she heads up …
Watch: Webinar Diving Into Our Research on Trans Southerners’ Experiences with Healthcare
Need. Anxiety. Lacking. Uneducated. Alone. These are just a few of the words that dozens of folks shared last week when we asked them what came to mind when they thought about healthcare for trans …
Queer and Trans Healthcare in the South: 3 Key Findings from the LGBTQ Institute’s Southern Survey
Note: This post was written by Dorian Rhea Debussy, Ph.D., (they/them), the Assistant Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Kenyon College. They are a recent graduate from the Dept. of Political …
New Directory of Trans-Friendly Medical and Legal Services Fills Critical Need for Trans Southerners
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality released an updated and expanded version of Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services to help transgender Southerners access the medical and legal services they need. …
Groundbreaking New Report Shows Urgent Needs, Reasons for Hope
Today, the Campaign for Southern Equality and Western NC Community Health Services published a groundbreaking new executive report on transgender health in the South. “The Report of the 2018 Southern Trans Health Focus Group Project” …
