In the months following the election of President Donald Trump, journalist and author Samantha Allen set out on a road trip through red states – states that, for the most part, overwhelmingly voted for a …
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CSE and Elementary School in North Carolina Team Up for Training on Understanding Gender Identity
On Thursday, March 7, the Campaign for Southern Equality teamed up with Claxton Elementary School in Asheville, North Carolina to present a workshop on Creating a Gender Inclusive School to about 50 parents, educators and community …
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 …
Take Action: Urge Your Senator to Support Voting Rights Reform Bill
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the heart of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, we’ve seen a wave of laws pass across the South to disenfranchise voters. “Voter ID” laws are now in …
How You Can Support a First-of-its-Kind GSA Summit for Students in Western North Carolina
Note: This post was written by Craig White and LB Brier, who work on the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Supportive Schools Initiative: High school. At its best, it’s a blur of fitting in, feeling left out, …
Tennessee Same-Sex Couple Met with Outpouring of Support After Facing Discrimination at Bakery
“Well cake tasting didn’t go as planned today,” Brandi Ray published to Facebook in late February 2019, attaching a screenshot of a text conversation she had with the owner of a bakery in Dickson County, Tennessee. …
Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Takes Center Stage in Southern States This Week
State legislatures have been in session in most states for several weeks now, and in the next week, legislation seeking to discriminate against LGBTQ people is set to take center stage. Discriminatory laws have been …
Standing in Solidarity with LGBTQ People and Allies in the United Methodist Church
This week policymakers from the United Methodist Church gathered in St. Louis, Missouri for a special session of the General Conference dedicated to the discussion of human sexuality. Ultimately, the denomination voted to strengthen its …
Thank You for Helping Us Meet a $25,000 Match to Fund Southern LGBTQ Health Initiative
There’s not enough focus on the challenges LGBTQ Southerners face in accessing healthcare. There’s not enough quantitative data about these experiences or enough understanding about what LGBTQ Southerners experience around their health. There’s not enough …
LGBTQ Community to Call for Action Against Anti-Transgender Violence at Alabama Capitol
This Saturday, February 16 at 4pm, LGBTQ advocates and allies will gather on the steps of the State Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama to discuss the epidemic of violence that trans and nonbinary Southerners experience …
