In its latest attack on LGBTQ+ communities, the Trump administration is shutting down the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline as of July 17. In a statement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration … Read More
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Now Hiring: Program Director, Trans Youth Emergency Project
The Campaign for Southern Equality is hiring for a new Full-Time Staff Position – the Program Director of the Trans Youth Emergency Project. Details on the position and how to apply are below. About Campaign … Read More
Now, Serenity
Content Warning: Discussion of suicide There are moments when everything stops. Like a freeze frame in a movie, time fractures, suspended between past and future. That’s how it felt last October when I received the … Read More
Unbroken: From Survival to Resistance
I grew up in the South, a preacher’s kid in a conservative Seventh-day Adventist household. In a world where queerness wasn’t just frowned upon—it was condemned. From an early age, I was taught that being … Read More
It’s Not You, It’s Them
An open message to trans and nonbinary youth on the Skrmetti decision The Supreme Court got it wrong. This isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. In 1896 the Court decided, in … Read More
“We Keep Moving Forward”: One Couple Copes with the Anti-Immigrant Hate Spurred by Trump’s Election
I moved to Orlando in 2014 when I was 26 years old. I come from a humble family in Puerto Rico, and my rural roots have always been a fundamental part of my identity. I … Read More
“Love Will Always Win” Event in Birmingham, AL Celebrates 10 Years of the Freedom to Marry
10 years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, affirming the freedom to marry for same-sex couples nationwide. Last night, LGBTQ+ advocates and community members gathered in Birmingham, Alabama … Read More
RSVP: Support Group for Families of Trans Youth
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, we are hosting a Support Group for Families of Trans Youth, facilitated by Campaign for Southern Equality’s Kenni Cummings. We know that many … Read More
RSVP: Post-Skrmetti Town Hall for Trans Youth & Their Families
Following the recent Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, we’ll be hosting a town hall to help our community process the news, and share a breakdown from legal partners on what the ruling does … Read More
In the Face of U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, Trans Youth Emergency Project Commits Continued Support for Families Nationwide
Today in United States v. Skrmetti, the United States Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s SB1, a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for youth. The ruling means that the cruel bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth that … Read More