Note: Dr. Randy Fair, who wrote this article, is the author of Southern. Gay. Teacher. https://southerngayteacher.com. “I want people to realize that you don’t have to be a celebrity to be part of LGBTQ history,” … Read More
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Campaign for Southern Equality Reopens Applications for COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program – Apply Here
People are shouldering a lot right now. We’re four months into a pandemic that has taken more than 130,000 lives across the country and caused massive disruption. New COVID-19 infections are rising sharply in many … Read More
WATCH VIDEOS: The Campaign for Southern Equality Team Explores: “What To The ______ Is the 4th of July?”
On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass delivered the epic speech, “What To the Slave is the 4th of July,” addressing approximately 500 attendees in Rochester, NY. Douglass was a fiery orator, a writer, and an … Read More
Submit a Nomination for the #BlackLivesMatter Southern Equality Fund Special Grant Round!
Nominate an inspiring project or organizing effort led by Black LGBTQ folks (whether it’s based in art, activism, organizing, healing or something else) for a Southern Equality Fund grant of up to $500 through our … Read More
LGBTQ Southerners Speak Out in Solidarity with Immigrants as U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling on DACA
Today the United States Supreme Court ruled in a set of cases challenging the Trump Administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), the 2012 policy that allows young people who are … Read More
This Week: Two Events Focused on LGBTQ Equality, Racial Injustice, and Voting in North Carolina
June has been a busy time, to say the least. For weeks the country has been engaging in a deepened and long overdue conversation about racial injustice, police brutality, and the importance of dismantling white … Read More
In Major Victory, U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Employment Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ Americans
Historic SCOTUS ruling will guarantee more than 5 million LGBTQ Southerners workplace protections, more vital than ever as millions of Americans face unemployment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Today the United States Supreme … Read More
Resources to Support Trans Southerners as Trump Administration Rolls Back Healthcare Protections
On Friday, June 12, the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule change to roll back protections for transgender people from the Affordable Care Act. Making it harder to access healthcare … Read More
LGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence
NOTE: The Campaign for Southern Equality signed onto this statement, initiated and coordinated by leaders from Equality Florida, the Human Rights Campaign, and more – and signed by dozens of LGBTQ leaders (see below). “If … Read More
Southern Equality Book Club: In Southern. Gay. Teacher., Randy Fair Reflects on Decades of Teaching in the South
The school experience for young people is always evolving – a reality perhaps more obvious than ever in recent months, as students nationwide have turned to virtual or at-home learning in the face of the … Read More
