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Va. teen takes bathroom rights fight to federal court, Local non-discrimination battles continue
THE LGBT SOUTH is a weekly email newsletter from the Campaign for Southern Equality that highlights the voices and experiences of LGBT people living in the South. Send feedback and story tips to felicia@southernequality.org. Subscribe to our mailing list Email … Read More
Greenville, South Carolina’s First Trans Job Fair
By Ivy Gibson-Hill, Campaign for Southern Equality’s LGBT Rights Toolkit Coordinator At 9:00 last Saturday morning, I looked around the fellowship hall at the Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, took a deep breath, looked at my … Read More
National Model for Transgender Health Care
New partnership between WNCCHS and Campaign for Southern Equality Highlights National Model for Transgender Health Care The Campaign for Southern Equality and Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) have announced an expanded partnership to … Read More
Vote on Charlotte non-discrimination bill, Proposed GA. conversion therapy ban
TOP STORIES JANUARY 28, 2016 NATIONAL Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post“President Obama on Monday announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison … Read More
Equality Act gains GOP co-sponsors, Ala. counties refusing to comply with Obergefell ruling
TOP STORIES JANUARY 21, 2015 NATIONAL Senator Mark Kirk is First Republican Senator to Sponsor Equality Act By Adam Polaski, Freedom for All Americans “United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) became the first Republican Senate … Read More
11 to 15 Alabama Counties Still Refusing to Comply with Obergefell Ruling
11 to 15 Alabama Counties Still Refusing to Comply with Obergefell Ruling Same-sex marriage became the law of the land in June 2015, but Alabama has yet to fully comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling. … Read More
2016 conference keynote – LGBT rights and criminal justice
We’re very excited to announce our keynote for the 2016 LGBT* in the South conference – a panel on criminal justice and LGBTQ issues featuring an amazing lineup of leaders. Urvashi Vaid of The Vaid Group, … Read More
New birth certificates for trans Texans, attacks on healthcare access
TOP STORIES JANUARY 14, 2015 NATIONAL This is the problem facing LGBT equality, Moore or Less By Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post “Roy Moore is the Hiroo Onoda of the U.S. culture wars.” “The latter is the Japanese … Read More
New wave of anti-LGBT bills engulfs the South as 2016 begins
TOP STORIES JANUARY 7, 2016 NATIONAL Can States Protect LGBT Rights Without Compromising Religious Freedom? By Emma Green, The Atlantic “The irony of gay marriage becoming legal in the United States is that it has made … Read More
