South Carolina – Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Groups

SC Gay and Lesbian Support and Advocacy Organizations

• Affirm Youth - Upstate - provides support, education, and acceptance for GLBT and questioning youth
  
• Aiken County Fairness for All Families Council
• Alliance for Full Acceptance - works to eliminate social prejudice based on sexual orientation
  
  
• Center Project - Pee Dee LGBT community center
  
• Citadel Gay and Lesbian Alliance
  
• CSRA Rainbow Alliance - Aiken and Augusta
  
  
• Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
  – Anderson-Clemson
  – Greenville
  – Spartanburg
  
  
• SAFEZONE Ally Initiative - project of University of South Carolina
• South Carolina Equality Coalition
• South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride Movement | SC Pride Event
• 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
  
  
• We Are Family - Charleston - provides counseling for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered youth, and promotes understanding and awareness in the community
  

Gay and Lesbian Social Groups in South Carolina

• Charleston Social Club
• Out.N.Bout - 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
• Lutherans Concerned - SC Chapter - helps gays and lesbians reconcile their sexuality and spirituality
• Metropolitan Community Church of Charleston
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church - Charleston
• Unitarian Church in Charleston
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson
• Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia

Related Resources for SC Gays and Lesbians

• Harriet Hancock Community Center - meeting space for GLBT meetings
• Marching Pride of SC - SC's gay and lesbian community band
  
• Rainbow Radio - broadcast in Columbia - podcasts available
  
• SC Pride Film Festival - Nickelodeon Theatre
  
• Carolina's Gay and Lesbian Scholarship - annual Duke University scholarship - applicant must be a gay or lesbian-identified student from North or South Carolina
• Wedding Resource Guide - created by the CSRA Rainbow Alliance for those living in the Aiken / Augusta area - requires Adobe Reader