Today the Campaign for Southern Equality will reopen applications for our COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Grants, which provide immediate financial support of $250 to LGBTQ people in the South. The easy application process quickly moves funds …
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A Call for Action on Trans Day of Visibility from a Young Trans Southerner
This year, Transgender Day Of Visibility feels timely and extremely necessary. Trans people, and trans youth especially, have been in the news constantly in the past few months – but mostly due to the wave …
Five Years After HB2, North Carolina Lawmakers Introduce Ground-Breaking Package of LGBTQ-Inclusive Legislation
Today, state legislators in North Carolina introduced a package of bills to advance dignity and equality lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in North Carolina. The filing comes almost exactly five years after …
Southern Legislative Look: Discriminatory Bills Signed in Tennessee & Arkansas as Anti-LGBTQ+ Hostility Continues
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. Our hearts go out to the transgender youth under attack from their legislators. We recognize the harm …
Buncombe County – Get Involved in the Work to Pass a Local LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Ordinance!
Across North Carolina, LGBTQ folks and allies have been organizing all year to support the passage of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances at the local level. And in three days we’ll have our chance to make our …
Concern and Relief as Legislative Sessions Continue in the Southeast
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. This week legislatures in the Southeast have given LGBTQ+ residents cause for sadness, concern, and relief. Most …
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Transgender Youth from Participating in School Sports, the First Anti-LGBTQ Bill Passed in 2021
Today Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed into law Senate Bill 2536, a bill that would restrict transgender students from participating in school athletics. It is the first anti-LGBTQ bill to pass in 2021, during a …
In Important Victory for Transgender Students’ Safety and Privacy, North Carolina Will Default to Students’ Preferred Name for School Records
This week the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced an upcoming update to its student information system that will better protect the safety and privacy of transgender students in North Carolina. In North Carolina, …
Legislative Update: Anti-Transgender Bills Near Passage in Many Southern States
The attack on dignity and freedom for LGBTQ Southerners continued this week, as anti-LGBTQ bills moved quickly in several states. Proposed bills include those that would criminalize medical professionals who provide trans-affirming medical care to …
Alabama Senate Passes Extreme, Reckless Bill Prohibiting Medical Providers from Caring for Transgender Young People
Today the Alabama Senate approved Senate Bill 10, a bill that would make it a Class C felony for medical professionals to provide transition-related care to transgender patients under the age of 19. A Class C …
