Mississippi Mayor Refuses to Fund Libraries Because of LGBTQ Books
The mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, Gene McGee, is currently withholding over $110,000 from the local library system, insisting that they…
The mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, Gene McGee, is currently withholding over $110,000 from the local library system, insisting that they…
Mississippi Governor, Tate Reeves, has just signed SB2536 into law. The bill makes it illegal for trans people to play…
Democrat Congressional candidate Michael Aycox may become the first openly gay person to win a congressional seat in Mississippi. Aycox…
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that concerns a law in Mississippi that legally allows businesses to…
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves today has ruled that clerics in the state of Mississippi cannot cite religious beliefs when…
The outcry against North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 ‘bathroom bill’ has now reached the international community who have called for it…
Jessica Lynn, whose engagement with students over the last three years has shot her from relative obscurity as a roving community college speaker to…
In the coming week it appears likely that we will see new movement on anti-LGBT bills in Tennessee and Missouri.…
The South’s playground, and one of the largest tourist destinations in the Gulf, Biloxi, Mississippi, has taken a stand against…
First it was Bruce Springsteen in North Carolina, and now country-music star Bryan Adams has canceled his show in Mississippi…
Mississippi’s calling. A new spoof ad from comedy-website Funny or Die, spoofs a Visit Mississippi ad beckoning visitors to “Explore…
Last night, the Jackson City Council in Mississippi made it clear that the city doesn’t not discriminate as the councilmen…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has signed H.B. 1523 (“The Religious Liberty Accommodations Act), into law, despite national corporations and businesses speaking out…
The Mississippi Senate voted in favor of H.B. 1523 that is being dubbed the “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act.” The legislation would allow…
Possibly best known for the LOGO seriesNoah’s Arc, which infused a healthy dose of diversity into a racy, Queer As…
Yesterday District Judge Kristine G. Baker ruled that denying marriage for same-sex couples in Arkansas is unconstitutional. And then, U.S. District…
A new public education and engagement campaign—the first of its kind in the history of the Deep South—aims to strengthen…
For the first time in the state’s history, a mayor has come out to support marriage equality. Mayor David Garcia…
Jackson, Mississippi, the state’s capital and largest city, has passed a resolution that that affirms all citizens, including the LGBT…
It’s been two weeks since Mississippi became the first state in the nation to legalize anti-gay discrimination through a…
While things were looking good in Mississippi when news spread that their bill SB2681 would no longer discriminate against gays,…
Mississippi’s SB 2681, a bill similar to Arizona’s failed legislation, would have given businesses the right to discriminate against…
The city of Starkville, Mississippi, a town of almost 24,000 people, passed a resolution “recognizing the inherent worth” of all…
The Campaign for Southern Equality has recently finished a week-long campaign, ‘WE DO,’ that brought gay and lesbian activists throughout…
Image via ACLU. A Mississippi federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving openly lesbian student Ceara Sturgis whose school…