LGBTQ+ Resources

Mission: To improve the quality of life for all LGBTQ+ people in Upstate, South Carolina.

Health screenings and education, mental health screening and counseling, vaccines including HPV and COVID-19, HIV & STI screenings, and more.

Formed in 2008 to support the LGBTQI community in the Upstate of South Carolina.

A grassroots organization for transgender and gender diverse folks in the Southeastern US, based in Upstate, SC.

Preventing and treating HIV through advocacy, direct services, education, and awareness.

Laws, guidelines, and information about protecting your rights.

Aims to fill some of the major gaps in care for transgender and nonbinary patients of all ages. Dr. Izzy Lowell, a Family Medicine Physician based in Atlanta, started QMed to improve access to hormone therapy for trans* patients across the Southeast.

CSE is based in Asheville, North Carolina, and works across the South to promote full LGBT equality.

A directory of more than 400 Southern health service providers that the Campaign for Southern Equality team has confirmed to be trans-friendly and trans-competent. Available in English and Spanish.

Since its founding in 2002, SC Equality has consistently worked to advance civil and human rights for GLBT South Carolinians and their families.

Through communications, lobbying, and litigation, the ACLU of SC works to preserve and enhance the rights of all citizens of SC.

The Williams Institute is dedicated to conducting rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy.