Palmetto Prime

Website: https://chapters.theprimetimersww.com/charlestonsc/
Email: primetimerscharleston@yahoo.com
Description: Palmetto Prime is a social group for older gay or bisexual men, part of the Prime Timers Worldwide network.

PRISM – College of Charleston

Website: http://safezone.cofc.edu/prism/index.php
Address: 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
Email: prismcofc@gmail.com
Description: PRISM is a student-led organization fostering a close-knit, supportive LGBTQ+ and ally community on campus.

KelliGregg Travel

Website: https://www.kelligreggtravel.com/
Email: Kelli@kelligreggtravel.com
Phone: (917) 522-0985
Description: KelliGregg Travel (formerly R Family Vacations) was the first travel company to create vacations for LGBT families and their friends. Now offering adult-only options as well.

MUSC Ryan White HIV/AIDS Clinic

Website: https://muschealth.org/medical-services/infectious-disease/ryan-white-hiv-clinic
Address: 7th Floor, 135 Rutledge Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-9200
Description: This MUSC clinic serves over 1,300 HIV/AIDS patients through a multidisciplinary team. They offer free, confidential HIV testing, with walk-ins welcome.

The Roper St. Francis Health Services Center

Website: https://www.ryanwhiteofcharleston.org/
Address: 1481 Tobias Gadson Blvd, Charleston, SC, 29407
Phone: (843) 402-3093
Description: The Roper St. Francis Health Services Center (formerly The Ryan White Wellness Center) was founded in 2000 to care for the region’s uninsured patients living with HIV. It empowers patients and the community to take charge of their sexual health while championing overall wellness. It is the only one-stop-shop sexual health center in the tri-county offering more than 20 different onsite services.

Transitions Homeless Center

Website: https://transitionssc.org/
Email: volunteer@transitionssc.org
Phone: (803) 708-4861
Address: 2025 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201
Description: Services are anchored in three foundational pillars: Meals, Housing, and Programs. Each is designed to nurture, shelter, and empower clients as they journey toward independence and stability. They offer emergency and extended housing for young adults (18-24), adults, and aging adults (62+), and support all genders.

Transgender Awareness Alliance (TAA)

Website: https://www.taagg.org/
Email: info@taagg.org
Address: 1830 S Lake Drive, Lexington, SC 29073
Description: TAA exists to supply emergency assistance to the transgender community of South Carolina and partners with other organizations to create an affirming network of legal, health, and consumer resources. Programs include name and gender marker changes, social support groups, emergency housing, emergency funding, Community Health Workers, and a thrift store.

SAGE - Advocacy Services for LGBT Elders

Website: https://www.sageusa.org/
Phone: (212) 741-2247 | Elder Hotline: (877) 360-LGBT [5428]
Description: SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older people. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources to LGBT older people and their caregivers.

SC Black Pride (SCBP)

Website: https://www.scblackpride.org/
Description: The mission of SCBP is to unify and celebrate the diversity, creativity, and beauty of South Carolina’s LGBTQ+ communities of color and their supporters, in order to empower and promote the human rights of all families and communities.

SC Pride

Website: https://scpride.org/
Email: info@scpride.org
Phone: (803) 522-1190
Description: SC Pride is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the LGBTQ+ community and its partners through educational events, entertainment, community outreach, and celebrations of diversity throughout the year. SC Pride produces Famously Hot SC Pride Festival, Get Lit Nighttime Parade & Concert, OutFest Columbia, and more. The Pride Festival, held in October each year on Main Street, Columbia, SC, is one of the largest outdoor festivals in the city and the largest LGBTQ+ event in the state.

South Carolina Equality

Website: http://www.equalmeanseveryone.org/
Email: info@scequality.org
Phone: (803) 256-6500
Description: Since its founding in 2002, SC Equality has consistently worked to advance civil and human rights for LGBT South Carolinians and their families. Its goal is to improve the conditions of LGBT people in South Carolina through promoting tolerance, politically organizing LGBT people and allies, and changing discriminatory laws.

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

Website: https://www.splcenter.org/
Phone: (334) 956-8200
Description: SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and seeking justice for vulnerable populations. Their advocacy work includes defending and advancing LGBTQ rights across the Deep South through litigation and education.

Southerners On New Ground (SONG)

Website: https://southernersonnewground.org/
Address: 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Description: SONG builds, sustains, and connects a Southern base of LGBTQ people to transform the region through strategic projects and campaigns. They focus on leadership development, intersectional analysis, and grassroots organizing.

Takeover Charleston

Website: https://www.facebook.com/TAKEOVERCHS/
Phone: (843) 364-3774
Description: A fun and welcoming social group that hosts LGBTQ-friendly events approximately once a month throughout Charleston. Everyone is always welcome.

The Trevor Project

Website: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Phone: (212) 695-8650
Description: Founded in 1998, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people under 25.
Note: 24/7 Crisis Line: (866) 488-7386 or Text START to 678678

Trans Lifeline

Website: https://www.translifeline.org/
Phone: Administrative Office: (510) 771-1417
Description: Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. Offerings include a peer support hotline, microgrants, and TGNC-specific resources.
Note: Trans Lifeline Hotline: (877) 565-8860

Trans Love Fund

Website: https://waf.org/tlf
Address: 1801 Reynolds Ave. Unit B, North Charleston, SC 29405
Email: translovefund@gmail.com
Phone: (843) 637-9379
Description: A program of We Are Family, the Trans Love Fund is dedicated to supporting the trans community of South Carolina by providing microgrants to trans-identified individuals across the state.

Transgender Community of the Lowcountry

Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1252728468257151/#
Description: The Transgender Community of the Lowcountry is a support group for transgender people and their allies. This moderated group provides space for general discussion and education to strengthen the community.

T-Time Myrtle Beach

Website: https://www.facebook.com/t.time.mb/
Address: Myrtle Beach, SC
Email: support@t-timemyrtlebeach.org
Phone: (910) 377-5265
Description: T-Time Myrtle Beach is an open transgender support group and discussion forum in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Upstate Pride SC

Website: https://www.upstatepridesc.org/
Address: Upstate, SC
Description: Upstate Pride SC empowers people of all gender expressions and sexual identities in the Upstate of South Carolina by promoting acceptance through education, advocacy, and networking.