Community Centers
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Harriet Hancock LGBT Center
Located in the heart of Columbia, the Harriet Hancock LGBT Center is the hub of LGBT activity in the Midlands of South Carolina.
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Gender Benders
Gender Benders is a grassroots organization for transgender and gender diverse folks in the Southeastern US. We are based in Upstate, SC.
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Rainbow Support Group SC
Rainbow Support Group regularly holds meetings for anyone across the state and country via the internet as well as in-person meetups in the Upstate.
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We Are Family
We Are Family provides affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ and ally youth up to age 24 in the Lowcountry, SC.
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Time Out Youth
Time Out Youth Center offers support, advocacy, and opportunities for personal development and social interaction to LGBTQ youth in the Charlotte, NC area.
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Transcend Charlotte
Transcend Charlotte is dedicated to helping transgender and gender diverse or non-conforming adults through various support services.
Healthcare and Healthcare Access
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CAN Community Health
CAN is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the treatment of people living with HIV, It is located in Columbia and offers a range of sexual health services.
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Pride Link
Pride Link is part community center, part health access organization. They host support groups for all South Carolinians as well as help folks in the Upstate access medical care.
Pride and Advocacy
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Campaign for Southern Equality
The Campaign for Southern Equality is working to build a South where LGBTQ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zipcode doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love.
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Famously Hot South Carolina Pride
SC Pride, located in Columbia, produces Famously Hot SC Pride Festival, Get Lit Nighttime Parade & Concert, OutFest Columbia, and more.
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Historic Columbia LGBTQ+ History Initiative
Historic Columbia, in a partnership with South Caroliniana Library and USC’s Department of Oral History, created the LGBTQ Columbia History Initiative.
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South Carolina Black Pride
South Carolina Black Pride Inc. (SCBP), works to unify and celebrate the diversity, creativity, and beauty of South Carolina’s LGBTQ communities of color and supporters, to empower and promote the human rights of all families and communities.
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SC Equality
SC Equality works to advance civil and human rights for LGBT South Carolinians and their families.