Twenty-six locally-owned businesses in the Asheville area are participating in Shop for Equality on November 28th, a day of giving to benefit the Campaign for Southern Equality’s work for LGBTQ rights. Businesses are donating 5 … Read More
The Latest from CSE
Plaintiffs Seek U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Mississippi’s HB1523, Nation’s Most Extreme Anti-LGBT Law
Today plaintiffs in Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant III, a lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s HB1523, filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. HB1523 is the nation’s most extreme anti-LGBT law … Read More
Addressing LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in Charleston
Through the LGBTQ Rights Toolkit Fund, an initiative of the Southern Equality Fund (SEF), the Campaign for Southern Equality provided a grant of $3,000 to We Are Family to support the Charleston YOUth Count. This will … Read More
Mississippi’s HB 1523 Goes into Effect, Nation’s Most Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law
HB 1523, the nation’s most sweeping anti-LGBT law, has gone into effect across Mississippi. This law is part of a wave of so-called religious exemption laws that are a backlash to the legalization of marriage … Read More
Fighting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the LGBTQ South
One half of all HIV diagnoses nationally occur in the South and 52 percent of all AIDS deaths occur in our region, according to the Center for Disease Control. Simply put, HIV is a crisis in … Read More
Fifth Circuit Denies Rehearing of Mississippi’s HB 1523, Nation’s Most Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied the request for a rehearing with the full panel of the Fifth Circuit to plaintiffs in Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant III, which … Read More
Roy Moore wins Alabama Senate primary; the crisis of trans youth homelessness
The LGBT South is a weekly email newsletter, compiling national, regional, and local news important to LGBT Southerners. Subscribe to get the latest edition to your inbox every Friday morning and keep up with what … Read More
Shooting at Georgia Tech illustrates some of our most pressing issues
The LGBT South is a weekly email newsletter, compiling national, regional, and local news important to LGBT Southerners. Subscribe to get the latest edition to your inbox every Friday morning and keep up with what … Read More
We Are Family Awarded Grant to Address LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in Charleston
The Campaign for Southern Equality is providing a grant of $3,000 to We Are Family to support the Charleston YOUth Count. This will be the first ever assessment of youth housing instability and food insecurity … Read More
Trans Leadership Initiative: Interview with Suzy Geronimo
The former director of the Southern Equality Fund Chloe Stuber interviewed Suzy Geronimo, Founder and Executive Director of FUM (Fuerza y Unión Múltiple), and member of the Trans Leadership Initiative (TLI). Suzy Geronimo is from Cherán, … Read More
