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
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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
Republican Governor of Arkansas Vetoes Dangerous Bill Prohibiting Trans-Affirming Medical Care for Youth
Today Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, vetoed House Bill 1570, which would have prohibited any trans-affirming medical care for transgender young people. In a press conference today he dismissed HB 1570 as “vast government … Read More
NC and VA Push Toward Equality as Dangerous Legislation Progresses Across the South
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. While bills aimed at restricting the rights of LGBTQ Southerners is progressing in several states – including … Read More
Campaign for Southern Equality Opens Eighth Round of COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Funds, Increasing Total Distributed to LGBTQ Southerners to $335,000
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality will reopen applications for our COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Grants, which provide immediate financial support of $250 to LGBTQ people in the South. The easy application process quickly moves funds … Read More
A Call for Action on Trans Day of Visibility from a Young Trans Southerner
This year, Transgender Day Of Visibility feels timely and extremely necessary. Trans people, and trans youth especially, have been in the news constantly in the past few months – but mostly due to the wave … Read More
Five Years After HB2, North Carolina Lawmakers Introduce Ground-Breaking Package of LGBTQ-Inclusive Legislation
Today, state legislators in North Carolina introduced a package of bills to advance dignity and equality lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in North Carolina. The filing comes almost exactly five years after … Read More
Southern Legislative Look: Discriminatory Bills Signed in Tennessee & Arkansas as Anti-LGBTQ+ Hostility Continues
NOTE: This blog post was a collaboration between Abby Bowen and Adam Polaski of the Campaign for Southern Equality. Our hearts go out to the transgender youth under attack from their legislators. We recognize the harm … Read More
