QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Caring for transgender patients has a lot of societal, political baggage that comes with it, but if we can just think of trans care as caring for any other patient that … Read More
The Latest from CSE
Taking Charge in the South: An Interview with Daroneshia Duncan
By Britney Nesbit, Community Organizer/Tzedek Social Justice Fellow, Campaign for Southern Equality As a self-identified female illusionist, pageant expert, HIV treatment and prevention specialist, Daroneshia Duncan is a one-of-a-kind southern force to be reckoned with. After … Read More
Attorney Diane Walton answers questions about LGBT legal protections
Diane Walton is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she received a B.A. in Political Science, and the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she received a JD. Diane … Read More
SB2 Lawsuit: New Brief Filed in Appeal to 4th Circuit
Plaintiffs challenging SB2, an anti-LGBTQ law in North Carolina, have filed an appeal brief to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In September 2016, Judge Max Cogburn dismissed the lawsuit on issues related to … Read More
Dr. Abbott answers questions about Transgender health care
Since 2007, Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) has offered high quality, culturally competent transgender health services and now serves more than 200 gender nonconforming patients, including adults and adolescents in their Transgender Health … Read More
Resources for post-election next steps; Transgender Awareness Week
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “‘Forget it, it’s over, I’ll move to Canada’ is not really a solution. The vision needs to be: How are we going to make sure we protect things that are important … Read More
After the election, what comes next?
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
We love you
By Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Campaign for Southern Equality This morning, it’s hard to find the words about where we are as a country. Last night’s election results threaten the extraordinary progress we’ve seen toward LGBTQ equality in … Read More
LGBT orgs. divided on bathroom bill fight; HIV “Patient Zero” misidentified
Subscribe to our mailing list QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It’s about whether queer people can participate in public life. Can we go out in public at all? Can we go to the movie theater? Can we … Read More
WNCCHS and Campaign for Southern Equality Launch GOTV Initiative
As early voting rates in Buncombe County continue to outpace the rest of the state, Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) and the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) have launched a new non-partisan effort … Read More
