NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. In the same week that Alabama’s legislature passed a bill excluding transgender kids from sports, brave community … Read More
The Latest from CSE
Asheville, Urge the City Council to Pass an LGBTQ-inclusive Nondiscrimination Ordinance!
Across North Carolina, LGBTQ folks and allies have been organizing all year to support the passage of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances at the local level. And tomorrow (Tuesday, April 27), we have our best chance yet … Read More
RSVP for a Trans and Nonbinary Community Care Space
It’s been a tough few months for trans and nonbinary folks across the country – but especially in the South, where anti-LGBTQ legislation has proliferated throughout this legislative session. It can be hard to read … Read More
Arkansas LGBTQ Residents: Share Your Story to Challenge Medical Discrimination Law SB289
In March 2021 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law SB289, an anti-LGBTQ law that gives healthcare professionals “the right not to participate in a healthcare service that violates his, her, or its conscience.” Effectively, … Read More
Expanded, Digital ‘Trans in the South’ Guide Released to Connect Transgender Southerners with Affirming Health and Legal Service Providers, as LGBTQ Community Pushes Back Against Anti-Trans Bills
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) released the 2021 edition of Trans in the South: A Directory of Trans-Affirming Health & Legal Service Providers. Nearly 400 providers from across the South – including primary … Read More
CSE Joins Other LGBTQ Groups in Committing $10,000 and Issuing Match Challenge Supporting Black Trans Women in Charlotte
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality is honored and humbled to join with other LGBTQ community organizations that serve members in the Charlotte area in an initiative to support and defend the lives of Black … Read More
In a First for Western North Carolina, Buncombe County Commission Passes LGBTQ-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Ordinance
Tonight, the Buncombe County Commission voted 6-0 to pass an ordinance that protects residents from discrimination based on race, natural hair or hairstyles, ethnicity, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin … Read More
Buncombe County – Help Pass a Local LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Ordinance!
Across North Carolina, LGBTQ folks and allies have been organizing all year to support the passage of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances at the local level. And this month we have our best chance yet to make … Read More
Southern Legislative Updates: Legislators Interfere in Children’s Medicine and Education
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. Lawmakers across the South keep pushing bills to exclude children from playing sports, and increasingly, they’re attacking … Read More
New Work from Southern Equality Studios Debuts as Featured Work in New Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Exhibition
Today the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) opens a new exhibition, I AM A CITIZEN OF WORLD, which features the artwork of Southern Equality Studios artists Liz Williams and Al Murray. Southern … Read More
