New partnership between WNCCHS and Campaign for Southern Equality Highlights National Model for Transgender Health Care The Campaign for Southern Equality and Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) have announced an expanded partnership to …
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Vote on Charlotte non-discrimination bill, Proposed GA. conversion therapy ban
TOP STORIES JANUARY 28, 2016 NATIONAL Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post“President Obama on Monday announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison …
Equality Act gains GOP co-sponsors, Ala. counties refusing to comply with Obergefell ruling
TOP STORIES JANUARY 21, 2015 NATIONAL Senator Mark Kirk is First Republican Senator to Sponsor Equality Act By Adam Polaski, Freedom for All Americans “United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) became the first Republican Senate …
11 to 15 Alabama Counties Still Refusing to Comply with Obergefell Ruling
11 to 15 Alabama Counties Still Refusing to Comply with Obergefell Ruling Same-sex marriage became the law of the land in June 2015, but Alabama has yet to fully comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling. …
New birth certificates for trans Texans, attacks on healthcare access
TOP STORIES JANUARY 14, 2015 NATIONAL This is the problem facing LGBT equality, Moore or Less By Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post “Roy Moore is the Hiroo Onoda of the U.S. culture wars.” “The latter is the Japanese …
New wave of anti-LGBT bills engulfs the South as 2016 begins
TOP STORIES JANUARY 7, 2016 NATIONAL Can States Protect LGBT Rights Without Compromising Religious Freedom? By Emma Green, The Atlantic “The irony of gay marriage becoming legal in the United States is that it has made …
A look back at 2015 in photos from CSE
It’s been quite a year in the #LGBTSouth. This photo recap highlights the best of 2015. Andrea and Becky address the media after a hearing at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans …
First out elected was not Harvey Milk, Southern judges defy SCOTUS
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]. TOP STORIES DECEMBER 17, 2015 …
$20 million devoted to transgender causes, NC magistrate law challenged
TOP STORIES DECEMBER 10, 2015 NATIONAL Marco Rubio pledges to reverse Obama’s LGBT executive order By Chris Johnson, The Washington Post“Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has pledged to reverse President Obama’s executive order barring …
Legal Challenge Filed Against SB2, North Carolina “Magistrate Recusal” Law
On December 9th, six plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 2, the state law passed in defiance of federal court orders that struck down Amendment One and declared that marriage is a fundamental …
