“Well cake tasting didn’t go as planned today,” Brandi Ray published to Facebook in late February 2019, attaching a screenshot of a text conversation she had with the owner of a bakery in Dickson County, Tennessee. … Read More
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Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Takes Center Stage in Southern States This Week
State legislatures have been in session in most states for several weeks now, and in the next week, legislation seeking to discriminate against LGBTQ people is set to take center stage. Discriminatory laws have been … Read More
Standing in Solidarity with LGBTQ People and Allies in the United Methodist Church
This week policymakers from the United Methodist Church gathered in St. Louis, Missouri for a special session of the General Conference dedicated to the discussion of human sexuality. Ultimately, the denomination voted to strengthen its … Read More
Thank You for Helping Us Meet a $25,000 Match to Fund Southern LGBTQ Health Initiative
There’s not enough focus on the challenges LGBTQ Southerners face in accessing healthcare. There’s not enough quantitative data about these experiences or enough understanding about what LGBTQ Southerners experience around their health. There’s not enough … Read More
LGBTQ Community to Call for Action Against Anti-Transgender Violence at Alabama Capitol
This Saturday, February 16 at 4pm, LGBTQ advocates and allies will gather on the steps of the State Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama to discuss the epidemic of violence that trans and nonbinary Southerners experience … Read More
Apply by Friday for Financial Support to Attend AIDSWatch!
This month the Campaign for Southern Equality is proud to team up with the North Carolina AIDS Action Network to help advocates from North Carolina attend AIDSWatch, the largest constituent-based HIV & AIDS advocacy event … Read More
Why Voter Registration Must Be A Year-Round Endeavor
Many people across the country rightly celebrated the results of the November 2018 midterm elections – many progressive candidates with bold visions for the future won their races, including many supporters of LGBTQ equality. There … Read More
A Transgender Researcher Shares How His Experience Transitioning Drives His Work to Improve LGBTQ Health Experiences
In the summer of 2018, Dr. Austin H. Johnson and team members from the Campaign for Southern Equality, including our Community Health Programs Director Ivy Gibson-Hill, traveled across the South to tackle the question of … Read More
Watch: Webinar Diving Into Our Research on Trans Southerners’ Experiences with Healthcare
Need. Anxiety. Lacking. Uneducated. Alone. These are just a few of the words that dozens of folks shared last week when we asked them what came to mind when they thought about healthcare for trans … Read More
Arkansas Supreme Court Blocks Fayetteville from Protecting LGBTQ People from Discrimination
This week the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled against LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in Fayetteville, an outlier ruling from a long line of court decisions in favor of LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. The Arkansas Supreme Court found unanimously … Read More
