South Carolina – Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Groups

South Carolina SC Organizations SC Community Service SC GLBT Organizations

Gay and Lesbian Social Groups in South Carolina

• Coastal Leather Allegiance To Wisdom & Service - Myrtle Beach - Levi/Leather Club
• Charleston Social Club for lesbians & women who are accepting of lesbians
• Southern Boys Charleston
• Out.N.Bout - Charleston
• Prime Timers - Myrtle Beach - for older gay men
• Trident Knights - Charleston - Levi/Leather Club

SC Gay and Lesbian Support and Advocacy Organizations

• Advance South Carolina Women - USC Women's and Gender Studies Partnership Council
• Affirm Youth - Upstate - provides support, education, and acceptance for GLBT and questioning youth
  
• Alliance for Equality - Charleston School of Law - Scroll down on page
• Alliance for Full Acceptance - Charleston - works to eliminate social prejudice based on sexual orientation
  
  
• MUSC Gay Straight Alliance - Charleston
  
  
• Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
  – Anderson-Clemson
  – Charleston - Choose 'South Carolina' then scroll down to Charleston
  – Columbia - Choose 'South Carolina' then scroll down to Columbia
  – Greenville
  – Myrtle Beach - Choose 'South Carolina' then scroll down to Myrtle Beach
  – Spartanburg
  
  
• SAFEZONE Ally Initiative - project of University of South Carolina
• Sean's Last Wish - advocates for hate crime legislation in South Carolina
• South Carolina Black Pride
• South Carolina Equality Coalition
• South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild
  
• South Carolina Log Cabin Republicans - works to improve the Republican party's stance on gay and lesbian civil rights
  
• South Carolina Stonewall Democrats - works to elect LGBT and pro-equality Democrats in SC
  
  
• Upstate Pride - Spartanburg's Gay Pride March Committee
  
  
• We Are Family - serving Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties to help GLBTQ and straight ally youth find their places in the world, in their families, and communities.
  
  
• Young Professional Gay Straight Alliance - Charleston

SC Religious Groups Accepting of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals

• Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church
• Circular Congregational Church - Charleston
• Garden of Grace - Columbia
• Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim - Charleston - Reform Judaism
• Metropolitan Community Church of Charleston
• Peace Congregational Church - Clemson
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church - Charleston
• Unitarian Church in Charleston
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Spartanburg
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia
• Unity Chapel of Gaffney
• Unity Church of Charleston
• Unity Fellowship Church of Charleston

Related Resources for SC Gays and Lesbians

• Rainbow Radio - broadcast in Columbia - podcasts available
  
• Carolina's Gay and Lesbian Scholarship - annual Duke University scholarship - applicant must be a gay or lesbian-identified student from North or South Carolina
  
  
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