Same-Sex Couples, Clergy and Elected Officials Call for Full Equality as the WE DO Campaign Enters a Second Week in Asheville, NC Today, three more couples will join the thirteen same-sex couples that have requested …
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There Comes a Time
This is a truth I would stake everything on: LGBT people are fully human and fully equal. As LGBT people in the South, however, we are told in ways both explicit and implict that despite …
WNC Volunteers Work Against Anti-Gay Amendment
In this story, WLOS News 13 covers Equality NC’s Asheville efforts to defeat the anti-gay amendment and our August 17 phone bank, which brought together volunteers from Asheville, Black Mountain and Hendersonville.
Heather and Lee
Action: Heather and Lee wrote a commentary about being LGBT in the South that appeared in the Mountain XPress, a weekly paper in Asheville, NC, that reaches thousands. They also wrote a companion piece sharing …
Continued Coverage of Dollywood Incident
The New York Times covers Dolly Parton’s statement of support and Olivier Odom and Jennifer Tipton’s continued efforts to clarify Dollywood’s policies.
Asheville Hate Crime Highlights Need for LGBT-Sensitive Policing
WLOS reports that when Luke Hankins was assaulted last week, his attackers targeted him because they thought he was gay, despite the fact that he is straight. Then, when the Asheville Police Department (APD) was …
Hate Crime in Asheville, NC
On July 14, 2011 an unidentified 27-year-old man was assaulted in Asheville, NC, by a group of four attackers who targeted him because they believed him to be gay. The man is currently recovering from …
July 30 Family Dinner
Join us for CSE’s July 30 Family Dinner! Check out – and share – the invite. What: Eat good food, meet good people, connect directly to CSE’s actions for equality. When: Saturday, July 30, …
CSE’s Boston Team to Launch
If you’re in the Boston area and care about LGBT rights in the South, this one’s for you! Based in Asheville, NC, CSE is also building communities of support in Boston, MA and San Francisco, …
Building CSE’s Foundation
A surprising number of the lessons I learned working construction are proving helpful as we launch CSE. Like: the walls you build won’t be true – or stay up – unless you’ve first built a …
