The attack on dignity and freedom for LGBTQ+ Americans has accelerated quickly in 2024, with nearly 400 anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in the month of January alone. Proposed bills include those that would ban and restrict …
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Advocates File Federal Complaint Featuring Testimonials from Students, Parents and Educators Underlining How NC’s “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” Law Violates Title IX
The complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice, includes accounts of harm and hostility from 24 North Carolina students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Today the …
As Ohio Senate Overrides Governor’s Veto of Ban on Medically Necessary Care for Trans Youth, Advocates Launch Emergency Resources to Help Impacted Families
Ohio families are now eligible for support from the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project, including grant funding and patient navigation services. COLUMBUS – Yesterday the Ohio Senate voted to override Governor Mike DeWine’s December veto …
WATCH: Town Hall on Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Law in Ohio
Trans youth and their families in Ohio are grappling with the passage of HB68, a bill that prohibits access to medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth in Ohio. Following the righteous veto of the bill …
Mark Robinson’s History of Anti-LGBTQ+ Comments
There are a number of candidates for local, statewide, and national offices that have said and done horrible things about LGBTQ+ people, and are threatening to target more of our rights in 2024. But one …
Studies Show that Supporting LGBTQ+ Equality is Good for Business
LGBTQ+ people bring creativity, innovation, and joy to the communities we work and live in. In light of recent legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ equality, we wanted to uplift some studies from the last few years …
Send a Message of Solidarity to South Carolinians Organizing Against the Anti-Trans Healthcare Ban
In my home state of South Carolina, just days into the 2024 legislative session, extreme lawmakers have already voted to advance legislation blocking transgender youth from accessing affirming medical care. A House vote could happen …
A Texas Parent Shares the Impact of the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project
NOTE: This post was written by Danielle, the mother of a trans young person in Round Rock, Texas. Warmest greetings to all of our allies in the Campaign for Southern Equality community! My name is Danielle …
Why I Give to the Campaign for Southern Equality
NOTE: This article was written by Ria Ireland Drane, a supporter of the Campaign for Southern Equality. 2023 was an extremely challenging year to be a transgender person living in the South. It felt like our …
Expanding the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project into Missouri
Over the past year our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality created the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP) in response to the brutal barrage of laws that prohibit transgender youth from accessing life-affirming …
