Today the Movement Advancement Project and Campaign for Southern Equality released Telling a New Southern Story: LGBTQ Resilience, Resistance, and Leadership, a new report examining the experiences and advocacy strategies of LGBTQ people in the … Read More
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Why We Joined a Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Anti-Transgender Rollback of Healthcare Nondiscrimination Protections
I’ve been organizing for LGBTQ equality in the South for a little over 15 years now, but even that didn’t quite prepare me for the latest, lowest blow from the Trump Administration. Last month – … Read More
New Lawsuit Against Trump Anti-Transgender Healthcare Rollback Rule Filed by Civil Rights Orgs, Representing Campaign for Southern Equality and Others
Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Transgender Law Center (TLC), the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School, and law firm … Read More
Queer Artists in Asheville Amplify Movement for Black Lives with Innovative Projections
Since launching the Southern Studio Equality in May 2018, this project has been used by artists and activists alike to serve as a catalyst in achieving LGBTQ equality. The studio has been a space for … Read More
Making the Invisible Visible: Reclaiming Southern LGBTQ History
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
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
