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Joan Garner is wearing a red jacket in this group photo of former SONG Co-Directors, Board Member, Co-Founders and Family. Photo Courtesy  Mab Segrest. It is with a heavy heart that we share with y’all the news of Joan Garner’s…

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Dear SONG family and friends, Twelve years ago, I unknowingly started a journey toward finding chosen family and a political home. As a queer man from an immigrant family, I was cutting my political teeth doing work around immigrant rights,…

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 Our enemies have waged battles in our backyards but not without our organizing and our outright refusal to live without our desire nor embody their shame. Our defiance and our desire has been our survival and our resistance. Our longing…

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What is the North Carolina BLM Cohort? The North Carolina Southerners On New Ground (SONG) BLM Cohort is a leadership project for Black queer, trans, and gender non-conforming identified organizers and emerging leaders within North Carolina. Through this new cohort,…

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Last week in North Carolina, we witnessed the latest right wing Southern coup. During an emergency special session on “hurricane relief efforts” called for by outgoing Governor Pat McCrory, who was ousted by popular demand (cough, the election), right wing…

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Calling all gender benders, t-guys, t-girls, stealths, fish, voguing femmes, non-binaries, genderqueers, no labels, drag impersonators, androgynous, PreOps, PostOps, grrrrls, boi, kweens, kings, shims, he-shes, gender creatives, and all of the thousands of indigenous titles we can only hope to…

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Todavía puedo sentir el calor encrespando del fuego en una noche ya demasiada calurosa, muchos de nosotros reunidos alrededor de nuestros mayores–líderes ancianos– para el Círculo de Legado en Gaycation. Todavía puedo oír a la Señora Kat decir “anda a…

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SONG’s first Free From Fear campaign was officially launched in Durham, North Carolina, on January 17, 2015 by SONG members, member leaders and staff. We set out to build local and regional power and capacity in order to make needed…

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Join SONG for a CALL APRIL 12th at 8PM EST to discuss how we can fight back South Carolina S.1203. To register for the call click HERE. Feel free to forward this email to friends and family as well!!!…

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Last week, leadership in the NC state legislature called a special session to work overtime to legalize discrimination through the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, otherwise known as HB2. This bill isn’t just about bathrooms. It is a clear…