Yesterday, an Ohio court ruled to uphold House Bill 68, which restricts gender-affirming healthcare for youth and blocks transgender women and girls from playing on women’s school sports teams. The healthcare portion of the law …
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Trans Youth Emergency Project Expands to National Scope, Providing Direct Support to Families of Transgender Youth in All 25 States with Bans on Gender-Affirming Care
National expansion comes as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the bans – leaving families in legal limbo and forcing many to travel long distances while navigating a complex, expensive landscape to access care. …
Responding to Biden Administration’s Opposition to Gender-Affirming Surgery for Transgender Young People
Today The 19th reported that the Biden Administration issued a statement opposing gender-affirming surgical care for transgender minors. A White House spokesperson said: “These are deeply personal decisions and we believe these surgeries should be …
Nearly Every State in the South Has Now Passed A Gender-Affirming Care Ban: New Report Details Burdens of Accessing Care
This May, South Carolina passed one of the most extreme gender-affirming care bans in the country, prohibiting transgender youth under 18 from accessing gender-affirming care, as well as preventing public funds, like Medicaid insurance, from …
Girl Scout Troop Mails Banned Books to Kids Living Under Book Bans
In the spring of 2024, a North Carolina Girl Scout troop volunteered for a banned book project with a local bookstore. Stacks of censored books had been saved from the shredder in Florida, and the …
Join Our Emergency Town Hall About Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in South Carolina – May 8th at 4PM ET
The South Carolina Senate just passed a dangerous, anti-transgender healthcare bill: H. 4624, which bans medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth, prevents Medicaid and state health insurance plans from covering gender-affirming care, and requires staff …
A Trans Teen Shares What It’s Like Living Under Tennessee’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban
Cecil Robinson is a writer for Campaign for Southern Equality. Whether he’s hanging out with his friends, taking pictures or playing video games, 16-year-old Ethan is making the most of his teenage years. As a …
Meet Our 2024 Southern Healers Grant Recipients
We are so excited to share the work of the twenty recipients of the 2024 Southern Healers grant round, a project of the Healing and Resilience programming! These grants are dedicated to so many of the …
The Rise of Anti-Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bills in the South
Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at colleges and universities have existed for decades, with the purpose of improving the college experience and graduation rates for minority students. During 2020, conversations around social justice and the …
Queer Black History and the Importance of Celebration Outside of February
Each year during Black History Month in February, Americans raise their hands in celebration of the Black lives that have come before us. Many are the same notable figures we learn about in textbooks – …
