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 … Read More
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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 … Read More
Protected: RSVP: Resilience Town Hall on Recent Supreme Court Decision
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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 … Read More
We’re Hiring! Southern Equality Studios Coordinator
Position: Southern Equality Studios Coordinator Part-Time Contract Position About Campaign for Southern Equality: The Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) is working to build a South where LGBTQ people are equal in every part of life. … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Sign Up for Updates About “Trans Cookout”
The Campaign for Southern Equality team is excited to announce Trans Cookout: A Virtual Drop-in Space and Listening Series, led by our Director of Healing & Resilience, Holiday Simmons. This event series will focus on issues affecting … Read More
