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South Carolina governor signs extreme gender-affirming care ban into law, effective immediately

Civil rights groups are denouncing the new law while offering resources to families affected. The law targets not only trans youth, but restricts all trans people from accessing public funds for care.

WATCH: Will $1 Million Win Marriage in the South?

Freedom to Marry announced a new $1 million campaign to bring marriage equality to the southern U.S. today.

WATCH: Bringing Marriage Equality to Mississippi?

The Campaign for Southern Equality has a solution for discrimination facing LGBT people in the South. And it doesn't involve moving northward to friendlier territories.

WATCH: Protesters Rally as Women Seek Marriage License

Keisha Hollifield and her partner, Dericka, were turned down for a license in North Carolina's McDowell County, but were glad to make a point about marriage equality.

At Least 11 Alabama Counties Still Deny Marriage Equality

At least 11 and possibly 15 counties in Alabama are refusing to accept June's Supreme Court ruling on the Obergefell case.

WATCH: Same-Sex Marriage Applications Accepted in N.C.

Despite a 2012 amendment that prohibits marriage equality, the register of deeds in Buncombe County, North Carolina, accepted marriage applications from ten same-sex couples on Tuesday.

Another Suit Takes Aim at Mississippi's Anti-LGBT Law

This one specifically challenges the provision allowing public employees to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

South Carolina has passed a gender-affirming care ban. Here's what families can do

Gov. Henry McMaster is likely to sign a gender-affirming care ban into law, but families in South Carolina still have options.

WATCH: Why Marriage Matters In Mississippi

The Campaign for Southern Equality continued its 'We Do' campaign across the South, profiling LGBT couples who apply for -- and are subsequently denied -- marriage licenses in their hometowns.

The Secret Weapon Against the South's Assault on LGBT Rights

A scrappy young organization called the Campaign for Southern Equality is beating back the intolerance spewing from the nation's most conservative region.

Southern LGBTQ+ Youth Growing Up in 'Hostile Social Climate': Study

LGBTQ+ youth in the South face difficulties at home and school as well as attacks from lawmakers, says a report from the Campaign for Southern Equality and Campus Pride.

A Southern Strategy: Meet the Neighbors

As marriage equality sweeps across the nation, progress remains glacially slow in one region: the South.

WATCH: Same-Sex Marriage Applications Accepted in N.C.

Despite a 2012 amendment that prohibits marriage equality, the register of deeds in Buncombe County, North Carolina, accepted marriage applications from ten same-sex couples on Tuesday.

North Carolina's 'don't say gay' law and anti-trans sports statute challenged by activists

The Campaign for Southern Equality filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, saying these statutes violate federal law.

An LGBTQ+ nonprofit in North Carolina was broken into and robbed over the weekend

Someone broke into the Campaign for Southern Equality office in Asheville, N.C., on Saturday, taking the LGBTQ+ nonprofit's safe.

How to Win LGBTQ Equality in the South

Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara of the Campaign for Southern Equality is working hard to replicate victories in Virginia and North Carolina.

An Act of Defiance in North Carolina

Despite a 2012 constitutional amendment prohibiting marriage equality, same-sex couples applied for marriage licenses in North Carolina as part of the Campaign for Southern Equality's We Do initiative. 

Miss. Couple Creates First Record of Same-Sex Marriage

The couple's registration of their New York marriage license doesn't mean Mississippi will recognize their union, but it's part of a push for marriage equality in Southern states.

Couples Seek Marriage Recognition in North Carolina

As part of the We Do campaign, same-sex couples married in other states are registering their licenses with county officials, while unmarried couples apply for licenses.

Court Lets Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law Go Into Effect

An appeals court lifted an injunction against the draconian "license to discriminate" law.