Two weeks ago, we held the first event in our series of Protect Yourself clinics, led by and for trans folks, in Greenville, SC. Our LGBTQ Rights Toolkit Coordinator Ivy Gibson-Hill wrote about the event. … Read More
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Landmark rulings find LGBTQ people protected by employment, housing laws
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 the … Read More
What You Need to Know About Mississippi’s HB1523, Considered by the 5th Circuit on April 3rd
On April 3rd, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Fifth Court of Appeals in Lubbock, Texas will hear arguments on Mississippi’s HB 1523, the nation’s most sweeping anti-LGBT religious exemption law. The Governor of Mississippi … Read More
HB 2 compromise passes; a look at LGBTQ representation in media
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 the … Read More
Trans Leadership Initiative: Interview with L.B. Bell
Mississippi native, L.B. Bell, is an advocate for LGBT inclusivity in his community and across the South. He is committed to creating safer spaces in his community by resisting discriminatory, anti-LGBT laws like Mississippi’s House Bill … Read More
Statement on passage of HB142
This afternoon HB142 was signed into law in North Carolina by Governor Roy Cooper. We strongly oppose this law, which purports to be a HB2 repeal bill but fails to fully repeal HB2 and instead … Read More
Campaign for Southern Equality Attends NC NAACP Legislative Day of Advocacy
Our Legal Director Crystal Richardson attended the NAACP People’s Moral Legislative Advocacy Day in Raleigh, NC last week. Read about her experience, why the people must hold legislators accountable and how. On March 21, 2017, … Read More
Trans Leadership Initiative: Interview with L.B. Bell
Mississippi native, L.B. Bell, is an advocate for LGBT inclusivity in his community and across the South. He is committed to creating safer spaces in his community by resisting discriminatory, anti-LGBT laws like Mississippi’s House … Read More
Peer support for LGBTQ youth could increase adults’ acceptance
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 the … Read More
How the South’s hate crime laws leave LGBTQ people vulnerable
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 the … Read More
