southeastern conference of lesbians and gay men

From the Archives: Building a new Southern freedom movement

June 18, 2021 - A 1988 issue of Southern Exposure magazine, the print forerunner to Facing South, reprinted a visionary address by North Carolina-based organizer Mab Segrest calling for an intersectional Southern gay and lesbian liberation movement. We're republishing it in honor of Pride Month.

Mab Segrest on building a Southern freedom movement for all

By Grace Abels

July 16, 2020 - In 1988, Southern Exposure, the print forerunner of Facing South, published a speech by Segrest, a North Carolina anti-racist organizer and lesbian activist, for an issue on lesbians and gays in the South. Segrest went on to write several books, including "Memoir of a Race Traitor," and to teach college in Connecticut. Back in North Carolina again, Segrest recently talked with Facing South about the urgency of broad-based organizing in this historic moment.

Southern Exposure

White text over black background reading "I think the next step for Southern lesbian writing will be to explore the connections between seeing the world differently and making the world different"

Lines I Dare to Write: Lesbian Writing in the South

By Mab Segrest

August 1, 1981 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 9 No.

southeastern conference of lesbians and gay men

From the Archives: Building a new Southern freedom movement

Mab Segrest on building a Southern freedom movement for all

Lines I Dare to Write: Lesbian Writing in the South

We are building a better South.