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National Organizations
Health Related
Local Organizations
Parenting Related
Publications
Religious Organizations
National Religious Organizations
National Organizations
ACLU: The ACLU has actively supported the struggle for
lesbian and gay civil rights since the 1960s and in 1986, it
established its national Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Transgender Project.
Gay and Lesbian
Activists Alliance of Washington, DC: The nation's oldest
continuously active gay and lesbian civil rights organization.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (GLAAD): GLAAD is dedicated to promoting and
ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people
and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and
discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund: The Victory Fund is the nation's largest LGBT
political action committee and the only national organization
dedicated to increasing the number of openly LGBT elected
officials at all levels of government. Since 1991, the Victory
Fund and its national donor network have helped hundreds of
openly LGBT candidates win election to local, state and federal
offices.
GLSEN: The Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, is working to ensure safe
and effective schools for all students.
Human Rights
Campaign: Working for Lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender
equal rights.
Lambda Legal: Lambda
Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full
recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals,
the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact
litigation, education, and public policy work.
Log Cabin
Republicans: The nation's largest gay and lesbian Republican
organization - founded to battle the nation's first anti-gay
ballot measure -
National Center for Lesbian
Rights: NCLR is a national legal resource center with a
primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of
lesbians and their families through a program of litigation,
public policy advocacy, free legal advice and counseling, and
public education. In addition, NCLR provides representation and
resources to gay men, and bisexual and transgender individuals
on key issues that also significantly advance lesbian rights.
National
Directory of Lesbian and Gay Community Centers: LGBT
Community Centers exists to support and enhance lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community centers, which are
engines of community organizing and liberation, and crucial to
the health and strength of LGBT communities.
National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force: National organization working for the
civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people,
with the vision and commitment to building a powerful political
movement.
National Stonewall
Democrats: The National Stonewall Democrats is a grassroots
network connecting LGBT Democratic activists with more than 90
chapters across the country. Stonewall is a grassroots force for
social change within our movement and within the Democratic
Party.
National
Transgender Advocacy Coalition : Works for the advancement
of and the attainment of full civil rights for all
transgendered, intersexed and gender variant people in every
aspect of society and actively opposes discriminatory acts by
all means legally available.
National
Youth Advocacy Coalition: Social justice organization that
advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to
end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their
physical and emotional well being.
SAGE: Incorporated by lesbian and gay activists and aging service professionals in 1978 as Senior Action in a Gay Environment, SAGE (now Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is the world’s oldest and largest non-profit agency addressing the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender elders.
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network:
SLDN is a national, non-profit legal services, watchdog and
policy organization dedicated to ending discrimination against
and harassment of military personnel affected by "Don't Ask,
Don't Tell" and related forms of intolerance.
Local Organizations
We Are Family: Safe Space, a peer support group for LGBTQQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and queer) youth is currently meeting every Tuesday from 7:00pm-8:30pm at Circular Congregational Church at 150 Meeting Street. Topics of discussion vary weekly based on input from the youth attending. 843.637.9379
PFLAG:
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. PFLAG meets
in
CHAMP is a community building project in the
Charleston Pride Festival Inc.: Charleston Pride Festival was founded to reach out to all Charleston communities to promote equal rights of our citizens and serve as a catalyst for change in our LGBT communities.
The Charleston Social Club: The Charleston Social Club is an organization for lesbians and all women who are accepting of lesbians. We welcome women of all races, ages, ethnic heritage, religious and spiritual beliefs, and physical abilities." We are celebrating our 8th year of bringing women together in a social setting to experience a richer and more meaningful life. email lynndugan@hotmail.com or visit the web site http://www.charlestonsocialclub.com
Southern Boys:
We are fun-loving,
mostly-southern gay men who make the rounds to various cities
and/or gay events. We know our music and like our deejays.
It's our goal to make any event a fun one for ourselves and
others. And while we know a good time when we have one, we also
have organized events for, and contributed to, various GLBT
charities. Even though we are a predominantly gay group,
we welcome anyone who enjoys fun and who respects and supports
us for who we are.
Charleston Area
Transgender Support:
C.A.T.S. is
an open support group for all members of the transgendered
community in the coastal area of South Carolina. Meetings are
normally held the second Saturday of each moth at MCC Charleston
Trident Knights: Provides for the promotion, support and development of the Leather/Levi community through hospitality, camaraderie, social and educational issues which are viable to the community at large.
The Center for
Women: Dedicated to making personal and professional success
an everyday occurrence in the lives of women in the Lowcountry.
South Carolina
Pride Movement: Formed to enlighten the general
population with respect to gay, lesbian, transgender and
bisexual issues, and to work peacefully to achieve equal
protection under the law for all
The South
Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild: Supports the needs
of
South
Carolina Equality: Organization committed to
securing civil and human rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender
Citadel Gay and Lesbian Alliance: The mission of this group
is to open up a line of communication and support for the
G/L/B/T Citadel community.
Upstate Equality:
Upstate Equality is a coordinated effort to educate the citizens
of the Upstate of South Carolina in fairness and civil rights.
Paving the way for civil right awareness for the upstate
community.
* through educational diversity programs
Publications
AFFA Publications
Sexual and Gender Orientation Workbook
Health Related
Lowcountry AIDS Services : A non-profit Social Service
agency serving men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS
Gay and Lesbian
Medical Association : Members provide tremendous expertise
and credibility in our policy advocacy efforts, especially
dedicated to expand LGBT access to high-quality healthcare.
To be
eligible for services through the program, an enrollee must be
HIV positive and meet federal income guidelines. People with or
without health insurance may be eligible for the services we
provide.
Parenting Related
COLAGE :
National and international organization in the world
specifically supporting young people with gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender parents.
R
Family Vacations : R Family Vacations is developing a wide
range of gay & lesbian family-friendly travel programming,
including small tours, ski vacations, fishing trips and safaris.
Welcoming Local and Religious Communities
Circular Congregational
Church (UCC)
843-577-6400
Fax: 843-958-0594
(843) 723-1090 FAX (843) 723-0537
7860 Dorchester Road
Secular
Humanists of the Lowcountry
St
Stephen’s Episcopal Church
102 Old Trolley Road
Summerville,
SC 29485
843-851-5577
Unitarian Church in
Charleston
A Unitarian Universalist Congregation
(843) 723-4617
fax (843) 723-0120
Phone: (843) 566-0600
Fax: (843) 556-9997
Email:
unitycharleston@msn.com
Charleston SC 29403
email
ufcccharleston@gmail.com
www.unityfellowshipchurchofcharlestonsc.com
Mailing address: PO Box 42454 N
Charleston, SC 29423
Journals/Magazines addressing GLBT faith and spirituality
GayChristians.Org
A network of friends around the world seeking affirmation of
God's acceptance and love of ALL people, regardless of their
sexual or affectional orientation.
Whosoever
An Online News Journal For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgendered Christians
Religious Organizations Working for Gay & Lesbian Inclusion
American Baptist
Rainbow Baptists
Brethren/Mennonite
B/M Council for
Lesbian and Gay concerns
Christian Scientist
LGBTCS
Eastern
& Orthodox Christian
Axios
Episcopalian
Integrity
Beyond Inclusion
Jewish
WCGLJO The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and
Transgender Jews
Lutheran
Lutherans Concerned
Mormon
Affirmation
Presbyterian
More Light Presbyterians
Quaker
FLGC Friends for Lesbian
and Gay Concerns
Roman
Catholic
National Association of
Catholic Diocesan Lesbian & Gay Ministries
Dignity, Inc
New Ways
Ministry
Seventh-Day Adventist
SDAKI Seventh-day Adventist
Kinship International
Universal Fellowship of
Metropolitan Community Churches
UFMCC
Unitarian Universalist
Interweave
United
Church of Christ
UCCL/GC The United Church
of Christ Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Concerns
United Methodist Church
United Methodist Affirmation