March 13th Community Forum in Asheville Local LGBTQ advocacy groups are joining together to host a panel discussion called “Creating Supportive Schools, Homes and Communities for LGBTQ Youth” to address how adults can support and … Read More
The Latest from CSE
Stand with Starkville Pride
We’ve seen a lot of bravery and leadership from young people over the past few weeks. Add Bailey McDaniel and Emily Turner, both students at Mississippi State University, to the list. Bailey and Emily are lead organizers with … Read More
2017 Southern Equality Fund Annual Report
Back in 2015, the Campaign for Southern Equality launched the Southern Equality Fund to support LGBTQ grassroots organizers doing heroic frontline work across the South. Since then, we’ve given $96,848 in grants to 155 individuals and organizations across 12 Southern … Read More
2017 Year in Review Photo Blog
From Charlottesville, Virginia to Sutherland Springs, Texas we saw the absolute worst of what humanity and our country are capable of in 2017. At times, it seemed like the fabric of our nation was ripping apart in … Read More
A year on the road
During 2017, our team has crisscrossed the South from Henderson, NC, to Piedmont, SC, to Pass Christian, MS to provide 26 free Pop Up Clinics on topics ranging from trans safety to name change documents to … Read More
Shop for Equality in Asheville on November 28th
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
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
