Campaign for Southern Equality

- 4.2 Private Transportation
- 5.1 Medicine
- 5.7 Pediatrics
- 7.1 Gender Clinics & Centers
- 7.2 Hormone Replacement Therapy
- 7.6 Other Transition Services
- 7.8 Gender-Affirming Clothing
- 16.1 Legal Resources: General
- 16.3 Documentation Transitions (Name & Gender Marker Changes, Birth Certificates, Driver's Licenses, etc.)
Description
The Campaign for Southern Equality is working to build a South where LGBTQ+ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zip code doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love. At this unprecedented time of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks – and as public support for LGBTQ equality across the South continues to grow – The Campaign for Southern Equality invites you to join them in Meeting the Moment in the LGBTQ South.
Their Work:
Trans Youth Emergency Project
The Trans Youth Emergency Project is here to help families navigate the process of finding gender affirming care for their young ones, offering logistical and financial support, which looks like providing 1-on-1 custom patient navigation services and supports families of transgender youth with emergency grants to help them travel out of state for care.
Legal Equality Program
Through the Legal Equality Program, the Campaign for Southern Equality works across the South to strike down anti-LGBTQ+ laws, promote pro-LGBTQ+ policies, and promote policies that support racial equity, economic justice and immigration reform.
Community Health Program
Through the Community Health Program, they respond to the widespread need for accessible, affirming healthcare among LGBTQ+ Southerners. They also provide clinics, resources, and trainings to help healthcare providers be more affirming of LGBTQ+ patients.
Healing and Resilience Program
Through the Healing & Resilience program, they focus on equipping the CSE community – including staff, partners, and advocates – with the necessary tools to care for themselves and one another, while doing the work to secure justice and equality for LGBTQ+ Southerners
Southern Equality Fund
Through the Southern Equality Fund (SEF), CSE empowers local LGBTQ leaders across the South to promote equality in their hometowns. Through the SEF, they provide grants, trainings and support.
Southern Equality Research and Policy Center
The Southern Equality Research and Policy Center (SERPC) conducts independent research and develops interventions to promote the legal and lived equality of LGBTQ+ Southerners. Through their community-based research, they promote an increased understanding of LGBTQ+ life in the South that is fact-based and can inform policies and strategies to promote the health, equity, and well-being of LGBTQ people in the region.
Southern Equality Studios
Art and storytelling have long played a powerful and central role in movements for social justice, and CFSE is honored to be a part of that long legacy in their region. Southern Equality Studios is a project that explores how the arts can be a catalyst and force in achieving lived and legal LGBTQ+ equality across the South.
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Detailed Resource Information
Populations Prioritized
Restrictions/Eligibility Criteria Present
- Restrictions/Eligibility Criteria Present
Age
- Children (0-12)
- Youth (13-18)
- Adults (19-64)
- Seniors (65+)
Gender
- Transgender Women
- Transgender Men
- Non-Binary
- Agender
- Cisgender Men
- Cisgender Women
- Gender Non-Conforming
- Genderfluid
- Genderqueer
- Queer
- Questioning
- Two-Spirit
Sexuality
- Asexual Spectrum
- Aromantic Spectrum
- Bisexual
- Pansexual
- Gay
- Heterosexual / Straight
- Lesbian
- Queer
- Questioning
- Two-Spirit
Race & Ethnicity
- Alaska Native
- Arab / Middle Eastern
- Asian: Central Asian / Asian American
- Asian: East Asian / Asian American
- Asian: South Asian / Asian American
- Asian: West Asian / Asian American
- Balkan / Bosnian
- Biethnic / Multiethnic
- Biracial / Multiracial
- Black / African-American / African Descent
- Hispanic
- Latine / Latinx
- Native American / Indigenous / First People / American Indian
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
- White / Caucasian / European American
- Jewish
Locations Served
Geographically Bound
- Yes
Location(s) Served Notes
- International but southern states are prioritized: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia
State
- National
- Missouri
- Illinois
County
- Crawford County (MO)
- Franklin County (MO)
- Jefferson County (MO)
- Lincoln County (MO)
- St. Charles County (MO)
- St. Louis City (MO)
- St. Louis County (MO)
- Warren County (MO)
- Bond County (IL)
- Calhoun County (IL)
- Clinton County (IL)
- Jersey County (IL)
- Macoupin County (IL)
- Madison County (IL)
- Monroe County (IL)
- St. Clair County (IL)
Identity Affirming Vetting Policies
Vetted or Listed As Queer-Affirming
- Yes: Vetted by SQSH
Queer-Owned/-Led
- Yes: Queer-Owned/-Led
Trans-Owned/-Led
- Yes: Trans-Owned/-Led
Sexual Orientation-Affirming Policies
- Has Anti-Discrimination Policies around Sexual Orientation
- Curriculum or Content Includes LGBTQIA+ Perspectives
- Service & Outreach Policies Promote Sexuality Diversity Among Clientele
- Staff is Trained in LGBTQIA+ Issues
- Hiring Policies Promote Sexuality Diversity Among Staff
- Uses Intake Paperwork with Inclusive Language for Sexual Orientation
- Has Anti-Harassment Policies around Sexual Orientation
Gender Identity-Affirming Policies
- Has Anti-Discrimination Policies around Gender Identity & Gender Expression
- Has Anti-Harassment Policies around Gender Identity & Gender Expression
- Curriculum or Content Includes Trans Perspectives
- Supports Gender-Affirming Self-Care Rituals (e.g. Binding, Tucking, Packing)
- Service & Outreach Policies Promote Gender Diversity Among Clientele
- Hiring Policies Promote Gender Diversity Among Staff
- Uses Gender-Inclusive Language in Daily Communications
- Staff is Trained in Trans Issues