On August 8 at 9:30 a.m. in Asheville, U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. will hold a hearing in Ansley v. Warren, the federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 2. Passed in 2015, Senate …
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Trans Employment Clinic and Job Fair to Take Place in Asheville
The Campaign for Southern Equality has organized the first-ever Trans Employment Clinic and Job Fair in Asheville. These joint events are designed to connect the Transgender community in WNC with support related to job-readiness and …
Mississippi HB 1523 – The Law to Evade Obergefell
By Jordan Terry It has been almost a year since marriage equality became the law of the land, ensuring that same-sex couples could marry in every state. But in the year since the historic Obergefell …
Nation’s most sweeping anti-LGBT law headed to Federal Court in Mississippi week of June 20th
The nation’s most sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 1523, is headed to federal court in Jackson, Mississippi this week for a series of hearings before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves. Passed this spring, HB 1523 …
New Complaint Challenges Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law HB 1523, Seeking Preliminary Injunction
On Monday, a motion for preliminary injunction was filed challenging the constitutionality of HB 1523, a sweeping anti-LGBT Mississippi law, under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. This followed the filing on Friday evening …
Orlando
Safe harbor. Sanctuary. A place where you can breathe more easily, where you can just be. That’s what I felt the first time I went to a gay club and what I’ve felt every time …
Lawsuit filed in Tenn. RFRA; #HireTrans campaign launches
THE LGBT SOUTH is a weekly email newsletter from the Campaign for Southern Equality that highlights the voices and experiences of LGBT people living in the South. Send feedback and story tips to [email protected]. Subscribe to our mailing list Email …
A Trans Vocabulary Lesson
With so much anti-trans legislation and misinformation out there these days, we thought a quick lesson in the right (and wrong) vocabulary to use when fighting back would be helpful. First and foremost: TRANSGENDER IS …
Lawsuits fly in N.C. and Miss.; Loretta Lynch makes history
THE LGBT SOUTH is a weekly email newsletter from the Campaign for Southern Equality that highlights the voices and experiences of LGBT people living in the South. Send feedback and story tips to [email protected]. Subscribe to our mailing list Email …
We’re Challenging Mississippi’s HB 1523 in Court!
Today, the Campaign for Southern Equality moved to reopen its prior lawsuit, Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant, which had overturned Mississippi’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples, to incorporate a challenge to the constitutionality …
