Last month, the North Carolina State Legislature overrode Governor Stein’s veto of multiple bills, including H.B. 805, an attack on the rights of LGBTQ+ and especially transgender North Carolinians. H.B. 805 is just one of […] The post What does HB805, North Carolina’s latest Anti-LGBTQ+ Law, Do? appeared first on Campaign for Southern Equality.| Campaign for Southern Equality
My cheeks flush as everyone stares at me, nobody knowing how to break the silence. It’s February 2022 and I’m at a nature center with fellow graduate students, all of us in a Master of […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
Many parents of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth have big feelings about the recent court rulings, orders, and bills affecting their kids. We’re committed to providing a safe, welcoming space for these brave young folks […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
In January 2025, a ban on some gender-affirming surgeries for youth went into effect in New Hampshire. In June of this year, two laws passed in New Hampshire (HB 377 and HB 712), which together […] The post New Hampshire Governor Signs Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Ban into Law appeared first on Campaign for Southern Equality.| Campaign for Southern Equality
It’s difficult to watch so many clinics overcomplying with the Trump Administration’s Executive Order targeting trans youth healthcare by shuttering their services for young transgender patients. As of this week, multiple clinics in Arizona, Illinois, […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
It’s no secret that the current administration continues to try everything possible to erase LGBTQ+ people. Most recently, we’ve witnessed the removal of queer culture and history on a national scale. As history has shown, […] The post Our Living Record – Highlighting LGBTQ+ Resilience in the Face of Erasure appeared first on Campaign for Southern Equality.| Campaign for Southern Equality
Max was born in The Netherlands, but moved to Texas before he started elementary school. Max is currently a junior in high school, and came out as transgender at a young age. Max works with […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
In its latest attack on LGBTQ+ communities, the Trump administration is shutting down the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline as of July 17. In a statement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
The Campaign for Southern Equality is hiring for a new Full-Time Staff Position – the Program Director of the Trans Youth Emergency Project. Details on the position and how to apply are below. About Campaign […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
Content Warning: Discussion of suicide There are moments when everything stops. Like a freeze frame in a movie, time fractures, suspended between past and future. That’s how it felt last October when I received the […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
I grew up in the South, a preacher’s kid in a conservative Seventh-day Adventist household. In a world where queerness wasn’t just frowned upon—it was condemned. From an early age, I was taught that being […] The post Unbroken: From Survival to Resistance appeared first on Campaign for Southern Equality.| Campaign for Southern Equality
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercifully, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon […]| Campaign for Southern Equality
Meeting the Moment in the LGBTQ+ South| Campaign for Southern Equality
Supporting families of trans youth nationwide through the logistical and financial burdens of navigating bans on gender-affirming care.| Campaign for Southern Equality