SONG is a home for LGBTQ liberation across all lines of race, class, abilities, age, culture, gender, and sexuality in the South. We build, sustain, and connect a southern regional base of LBGTQ people in order to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns developed in response to the current conditions in our communities. SONG builds this movement through leadership development, intersectional analysis, and organizing.
“…I realized that I was a part of something bigger…I was a part of something honest and full of love…”
SONG Joins Growing Number of LGBTQ Organizations in Opposition to the Atlanta Banishment Ordinance
“Sex workers are NOT the problem: lack of housing options, lack of educational opportunities and jobs, as well as violence, are the problems. As LGBTQ people we do not agree that banishing sex workers makes anyone or any place safer or better. On the contrary: if Atlanta banishes sex workers, then on the conscience of our City sits the very same community segregation we say we oppose, and the exile of people just trying to get by in a form of work that many privately participate in, but most condemn publicly. SONG will not stand by for this.”For the last day of the People’s 100 Days, a southern regional social justice organizing campaign, SC SONG created a mobile interview booth called the Love Truck. Our crew rode around Charleston and interviewed folks about our right to remain as immigrants, people of color, and Southern LGBTQ folks.
This video is a rough compilation of moments from each interview. The views expressed do not necessarily represent SONG’s views. We selected moments that we felt showed contradiction, honesty, and personal truth. We are excited for the opportunity to lift up these voices and continue building a Southern queer people of color movement in Charleston.
