CSE is hosting its second annual Shop for Equality on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Participating Asheville-area businesses will donate 5% of proceeds to CSE and all funds will go towards our work for full LGBTQ …
Hometown Organizing
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 …
Trans Leadership Initiative: Interview with Fletcher Page
CSE Community Organizer Britney Nesbit interviewed Fletcher Page, Assistant Director of the Gender Benders (GBs) and member of CSE’s Trans Leadership Initiative. Fletcher Page is a 24-year-old Trans man living in Greenville, South Carolina where he was born …
Train the Trainers
Eighteen grassroots organizers and professionals – the majority of them identifying as trans or gender non-conforming – joined together over the weekend of December 2-4 to workshop their own trainings on trans issues. The gathering …
Taking Charge in the South: An Interview with Daroneshia Duncan
By Britney Nesbit, Community Organizer/Tzedek Social Justice Fellow, Campaign for Southern Equality As a self-identified female illusionist, pageant expert, HIV treatment and prevention specialist, Daroneshia Duncan is a one-of-a-kind southern force to be reckoned with. After …
OUT in the High Country
“Clothing!,” one participant shouted. “Leg hair!,” shouted another. Makeup. Accessories. Hip-to-shoulder ratio. Voice pitch. Shoes. Facial hair. Ivy and Fletcher recorded each of these responses on flip-chart pages stuck to the wall. They had just …
2016 LGBT* in the South Photo Blog
During March 18-20 more than 650 activists and organizers from across 26 states and D.C. gathered in Asheville, North Carolina for the 3rd annual 2016 LGBT* in the South conference. A big thank you the conference …
2016 conference keynote – LGBT rights and criminal justice
We’re very excited to announce our keynote for the 2016 LGBT* in the South conference – a panel on criminal justice and LGBTQ issues featuring an amazing lineup of leaders. Urvashi Vaid of The Vaid Group, …
From Hattiesburg to Birmingham to Asheville
By Chloe Stuber, Hometown Organizing Project Coordinator CSE held two grassroots convenings in Mississippi and Alabama awarding $3500 through the Southern Equality Fund, and ramps up for the annual LGBT* in the South conference March …
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 …
