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February 3, 2020
Adam Polaski | 610.306.7956 | adam@southernequality.org
Campaign for Southern Equality Launches Fifth Year of Southern Equality Fund, Providing Critical Funding to LGBTQ Grassroots Organizers Across the South
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January 24, 2020
Adam Polaski | 610.306.7956 | adam@southernequality.org
Tennessee Governor Signs Discriminatory Adoption Law, in Sharp Contrast to Momentum for LGBTQ Equality in Southern States
Discriminatory law in Tennessee is at odds with growing momentum for LGBTQ equality across Southern states, from West Virginia to Kentucky to Virginia
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January 16, 2020
Adam Polaski | 610.306.7956 | adam@southernequality.org
As Legislature Convenes, Organizations Representing Trans and Queer South Carolinians Call for Full Equality
COLUMBIA – This week, as South Carolina legislators return to Columbia for the start of the 2020 legislative session, advocates for transgender and queer South Carolinians came together to announce a new coalition to advocate for laws that promote LGBTQ equality and to oppose bills that target our community. This coalition includes a historic level of leadership from organizations led by and serving transgender South Carolinians.
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December 5, 2019
Adam Polaski | 610.306.7956 | adam@southernequality.org
Al Murray | 828.242.1559 | al@southernequality.org
Local Asheville Businesses Support LGBTQ Equality with “Shop for Equality” on December 10, 2019
Asheville, NC – On December 10, more than 45 Asheville-area businesses will participate in Shop for Equality, a day of giving to benefit the Campaign for Southern Equality’s (CSE), an Asheville-based non-profit that promotes full LGBTQ equality across the South.
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November 27, 2019
Adam Polaski | 610.306.7956 | adam@southernequality.org
Researchers, medical providers, and LGBTQ people living with HIV in the South are available to speak with reporters ahead of December 1’s international acknowledgment of World AIDS Day.
ASHEVILLE, NC – On December 1 the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) will acknowledge World AIDS Day, an annual day dedicated to supporting those who are living with HIV, honoring those who have died from an AIDS-related illness, and committing to efforts to fight HIV worldwide.
In the South, the day has a particular significance because this region is the epicenter of the modern HIV crisis in the United States. According to 2016- 2017 CDC data, one-half of all HIV diagnoses occur in the South, 47% of HIV related deaths happened in the South, and 46% of people living with HIV live in the South.
Released just weeks ago, The Report of the 2019 Southern LGBTQ Health Survey, provides a groundbreaking breadth and depth of data on the health and health care experiences – including HIV – of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the Southern United States. With 5,617 participants, the 2019 Southern LGBTQ Health Survey is one of the largest samples ever of LGBTQ Southerners talking specifically about their health.