In times when queer histories, presents, and futures are targets of censorship, knowledge stands out as a critical tool of resistance. When I was in college, I decided to pursue Gender and Sexuality Studies as …
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As The World Caves In
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercifully, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon …
A Love Letter to the South
Jensen Smith is the Events and Communications Coordinator at Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), an LGBTQ+ rights organization based in South Carolina. I was too little to recall, but I hear there were yellow butterflies …
The Future of Our Queer South
I woke up to an obscure link from my partner to a website reminiscent of early Internet Explorer. It read “A BILL TO BE ENTITLED / AN ACT.” A bill was introduced in my home …
Creating Space for Joyful Resistance As A Black Lesbian Therapist in the South
Growing up as a Black girl in the South, I was forced to understand the experience of marginalization and intersectionality. There was no getting around discrimination on all fronts. Once I came out as a …
I Came to the U.S. Fleeing Anti-Trans Hate. I Was Met with the Trump Administration.
Content Warning: anti-trans violence and hate. My name is Renae Green, and I am a Black trans woman from Jamaica currently seeking asylum here in the U.S. I was born and raised in St. Ann’s …
Campaign for Southern Equality Submits Public Comment to Protect Healthcare Access for Trans People and DACA Recipients
The Trump administration is seeking to limit access to healthcare for transgender people and DACA recipienets. A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would make DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood …
Enduring, Resisting, Reclaiming: A Call to Action
Growing up in North Carolina, I became acutely aware of my own and other’s identities at an early age. To endure the climate in the South, we are socialized to self-surveil as a means of …
Keep Dancing, Keep Fighting
I allowed myself to release a violent, joyous sound as I drove the pick hammer through the glass plate. Shards flew around, bouncing off my goggles and thick work gloves, and a camera shutter clicked …
Report your school on the Department of Education’s Anti-DEI website. No, really!
On February 27, the Trump administration released a new Department of Education website that allows people to report their school districts for participating in training or content related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This …
