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The Latest from CSE
New Reporting on Medical University of South Carolina Details Over-Compliance with Anti-Transgender Legislative Attacks, Causing Harm to Transgender Youth and their Families
Today, new reporting from ProPublica details the far-reaching impacts of a South Carolina budget proviso passed in 2022 that targeted the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and threatened the institution’s state funding if it … Read More
As Laws that Restrict Gender-Affirming Care Take Effect Across the South, Overcompliance Leads to Compounding Harms for Transgender Youth and their Families
The Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project has provided navigation resources and $300,000 in emergency funding to 600+ families and individuals impacted by gender affirming care bans, and is also mapping reports … Read More
Share your story of anti-LGBTQ Discrimination in NC Schools for a Title IX Complaint Against SB49
Since the passage of Senate Bill 49, North Carolina’s so-called “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” school censorship bill (also called the Parents’ Bill of Rights), our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality has been honored to … Read More
Putting Care Packages in the Hands of LGBTQ Youth
Over the past few weeks, we mailed care packages to LGBTQ youth across the South, in an effort to let them know that we are standing with them during a time when more than 30 … Read More
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), Longtime Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremist, Elected Speaker of the House
Today the Republican caucus of the House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House. A far-right Republican from Louisiana, Rep. Johnson has a long and troubling track record of attacking LGBTQ+ Americans, in … Read More
Victory in Georgia! Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Challenging Anti-Trans Health Exclusion
Today, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), along with co-counsel Bondurant Mixson & Ellmore LLP, announced a settlement in their lawsuit against the State of Georgia for denying coverage of transgender-related health care … Read More
New Virtual Wellness Toolkit Provides Resilience Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth
It’s been an extraordinarily difficult year for LGBTQ+ youth – and that’s why we are honored this week to publish a new offering to support the healing and resilience of young people in the South … Read More
Join Us October 17 for an NC Town Hall: Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth & Resisting Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws
There is a lot to talk about – and many ways that you can take action – when it comes to the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that are now in effect in North Carolina. The Campaign for … Read More
New Lawsuit Challenges North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Healthcare Law HB808
Today families of transgender youth in North Carolina, medical providers, and legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the state of North Carolina, seeking to block enforcement of HB808, which prohibits the initiation of gender-affirming … Read More
