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Today the United States Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, a major step toward protecting the freedom to marry from the threat of far-right political forces seeking to overturn U.S. Supreme Court precedent on …  Read More

Throughout 2022, we saw a far-right political movement roll back fundamental American rights and freedoms, including attacks on LGBTQ+ dignity, abortion, and American democracy on the whole. It’s been both powerful and critical, then, to …  Read More

Taking the developments of this year into consideration, the Oasis Center is keenly aware of the precarious state that many LGBTQ+ and marginalized youth are finding themselves in now more than ever. The Oasis Center …  Read More

This year Alabama became an overwhelming hotbed of anti-LGBTQ legislation, with multiple bills being proposed and discussed to marginalize and exclude transgender youth. Ultimately, some of the worst anti-LGBTQ bills in the country passed here, …  Read More

While North Carolina has so far evaded most of the staunchly anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed in and plaguing states in the Deep South, queer youth are still facing many of the same problems …  Read More

 The first half of 2022 was marked by a brutal wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation in statehouses across the country – and South Carolina was far from exempt, with several bills directly targeting queer youth. That’s …  Read More

Today the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) published an open letter calling for passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, signed by many of the LGBTQ people who helped lead a Southern campaign calling for …  Read More

This letter was submitted calling on the United States Senators representing Southern states to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. The letter is signed by 30+ participants and submitted on behalf of the 200+ same-sex …  Read More