NOTE: This post was written by Danielle, the mother of a trans young person in Round Rock, Texas. Warmest greetings to all of our allies in the Campaign for Southern Equality community! My name is Danielle … Read More
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Why I Give to the Campaign for Southern Equality
NOTE: This article was written by Ria Ireland Drane, a supporter of the Campaign for Southern Equality. 2023 was an extremely challenging year to be a transgender person living in the South. It felt like our … Read More
Expanding the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project into Missouri
Over the past year our team at the Campaign for Southern Equality created the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP) in response to the brutal barrage of laws that prohibit transgender youth from accessing life-affirming … Read More
LGBTQ+ Organizations File Title IX Complaint Against Buncombe County Board of Education for Implementing SB49, Anti-LGBTQ+ State Law
On Tuesday, December 12, Youth OUTright, PFLAG Asheville, and Campaign for Southern Equality filed a Title IX complaint against the Buncombe County Board of Education (BCBE). The complaint alleges that the policies passed by BCBE … Read More
RSVP: Town Hall on Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Law in Missouri
Following the passage and implementation of SB49, a law that prohibits access to medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth in Missouri, community advocates in Missouri and beyond are coming together for a virtual event focused … Read More
RSVP for a Wellness Workshop – Gifts from the Longest Night: Winter Solstice Medicine
We know that there has been a lot of strife and challenges in our communities and in the world lately. The holiday season can also be difficult for a lot of people. LGBTQ Southerners in … Read More
Buncombe County Board of Education Passes Implementation Plan for SB49, Anti-LGBTQ+ State Law
Left with no guidance from the NC Department of Public Instruction and facing January 1 deadline, Buncombe County School Board implements dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ law SB49. On Thursday, December 7, the Buncombe County Board of Education … Read More
Hope in Supporting Trans Youth
Click here to donate to the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project. At the Campaign for Southern Equality, we make the choice each day to be relentlessly hopeful. During this time of extraordinary courage and strength … Read More
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
