Last week we had a successful first week of daily webinars through our new initiative, The Front Porch: Virtual Gatherings for the #LGBTQSouth. We hosted a support/networking group, a Queer Artist Meet-Up, a cooking class, … Read More
The Latest from CSE
An Update on COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants – and How You Can Help Out
UPDATE MARCH 27: We are temporarily closing the Emergency Assistance Grant Round. We will be awarding the first 100 grants we received, and we now have a waiting list of 100 that we are fundraising … Read More
Campaign for Southern Equality Announces $25,000 of COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants to Support LGBTQ Southerners
UPDATE MARCH 27: We are temporarily closing the Emergency Assistance Grant Round. We will be awarding the first 100 grants we received, and we now have a waiting list of 100 that we are fundraising … Read More
Webinar: Strategies for Getting Grounded and Staying Principled in Uncertain Times
Isolation can be hard and stillness even more difficult. There is a lot of information out there about COVID-19 – much of it helpful, some of it scary, some of it is anxiety-provoking or overwhelming. … Read More
Introducing “The Front Porch,” Our New Slate of Virtual Programming to Support LGBTQ Southerners During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Today the Campaign for Southern Equality is excited to announce The Front Porch: Virtual Gatherings for the #LGBTQSouth, a new initiative to support LGBTQ Southerners through the unique challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual programming … Read More
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Students in the Age of At-Home Learning
Up until last week, as the Supportive Schools Coordinator for the Campaign for Southern Equality, I was driving around to schools doing faculty training, meeting with administrators, and visiting student groups. Young people are coming … Read More
Campaign for Southern Equality: Here’s How We Are Responding to COVID-19
Friends – Every single day that our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality shows up at work – now remotely – we are made hopeful by your support for us. We’re made hopeful because … Read More
Following Advocacy from Community Members, Greenville County Council Effectively Repeals Anti-LGBTQ Resolution
Today, March 11, the Greenville County Council adopted a resolution to sunset all resolutions older than four years – including a resolution from 1996 that defamed members of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender … Read More
VICTORY: South Carolina Court Strikes Outdated Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law as Unconstitutional
Today, March 11, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a consent decree that declares South Carolina’s 1988 discriminatory anti-LGBTQ curriculum law unconstitutional and bars its enforcement. The court’s decree comes … Read More
Statement on Greenville County Council Efforts to Repeal Antiquated LGBTQ Resolution
UPDATE: We’ll have more soon – but following a first vote tonight where an anti-LGBTQ resolution was effectively repealed, the Greenville County Council took a second vote where the measure – which would sunset all … Read More
