St. Catherine's Episcopal Church

Website: https://www.stcatherinesepiscopal.com/
Contact: Reach out through form on website.
Address: 1806 W Palmetto St, Florence, SC 29501

LGBTQ Policy:
LGBTQ individuals can become members: Yes
LGBTQ individuals can serve in leadership roles: Yes
LGBTQ individuals can take part in or have a role in all services/activities/meetings: Yes
There are special services/activities/programs for LGBTQ persons: Yes
Congregation or denomination will ordain LGBTQ individuals: Yes
LGBTQ couples can be married in the congregation or by the organization: Yes
LGBTQ persons can have funeral or burial services in the congregation: Yes
Congregation or organization fully accepts and embraces transgender individuals: Yes
Partners or spouses of LGBTQ persons are recognized, included, and acknowledged: Yes

Service Times:
Weekly Sunday Worship: 10:30am. Join in person, on Facebook Live, or through Zoom.
Tuesday Noon Meditation: Join for 20 minutes of silent meditation followed by reflection on a psalm.

Community Involvement:
In June, they celebrate Juneteenth and Pride Month with special services.
Involved with feeding the hungry in the Florence area. Fundraising for child advocacy and teen suicide prevention causes.

Notable:
LGBTQ+ folks are currently in leadership positions (2025).

Equality Clinic of Augusta

Website: https://www.equalityclinicaugusta.com/
Address: 1014 Moore Avenue, Augusta, GA 30904
Phone: (762) 218-2226
Email: equalityclinicaugusta@gmail.com (preferred contact method)
Accepts Insurance: No
Notable: ECA is a FREE clinic which cares for those in Augusta, the CSRA, and surrounding areas who are uninsured or under-insured, and/or fall below 200% of the federal poverty level, with a focus on folks on the gender and sexuality spectrums. Offers primary care services, gender transitioning support, rapid HIV testing and PrEP, free bloodwork, free clinical pathology tests, oral health screenings, and mental health support.

Kathleen Pinkston, LCSW

Website: https://wanderlust-counseling.com/#Home
Practice: Wanderlust Counseling
Address: 156 Oakland Ave, Suite 217, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Phone: (803) 886-9951
Accepts Insurance: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BlueCross and BlueShield, Optum, Regence, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, Out of Network
Sliding Scale: Yes, if eligible
Telehealth Offered: Yes
Notable: Kathleen conveys a strong focus on understanding and championing the unique journeys of the LGBTQIA+ community. Provides support for depression, anxiety, ADHD, navigating trauma, grief, and the intricate dynamics of relationships, including ENM/Poly relationships.

Sarah D. Myers, LCSW

Website: https://sarah-myers.clientsecure.me/#home
Practice: SDM Counseling
Address: 1700 First Baxter Crossing, Suite 204, Fort Mill SC 29708
Phone: (803) 323-7833
Accepts Insurance: Out of Network
Telehealth Offered: Yes
Notable: Sarah D. Myers is an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist and has significant experience working within the LGBTQ+ community. She has particular interest and expertise in diagnosis, treatment and management of ADHD, ASD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Women’s Issues, Depression, Grief and Bereavement, and living with chronic medical conditions. Serving children, adolescents, and adults.

Kennon Feaster-Eytchison

Website: https://kennon-feaster-eytchison.square.site/
Address: 630 Shannon Road, Marion, SC 29571
Phone: (208) 371-6860
Email: Kennon1969@gmail.com
Description: Kennon offers official South Carolina notary public services, and serves as an officiant for LGBTQ+ weddings. He serves the Marion and Florence, SC areas. His professional experience includes leading Diversity trainings for businesses and organizations.

Pee Dee Equality

Website: https://www.peedeeequality.org/
Address: Florence, South Carolina
Email: peedeeequality@gmail.com
Description: Established in 2022, they support programs that demonstrate collaboration among multiple organizations in support of LGBTQIA+ initiatives. Pee Dee Equality is the organizer of the Pride in the Pee Dee festival.

That Lez Money Coach

Website: https://www.thatlezmoneycoach.com/
Email: Allie@thatlezmoneycoach.com
Description: Financial Coaching for the LGBTQ+ Community. Allie Johns (she/her) offers 1-on-1 financial coaching to clients seeking clarity, confidence and control of their financial futures.

Weddings with TMS

Website: https://weddingswithtms.wixsite.com/officiant
Address: 165 Timber Chase Lane, Lexington, SC 29073
Phone: (803) 840-5331
Email: bookreverendt@gmail.com
Description: Providing officiant services to all couples (documented on Facebook page). TMS is a licensed and ordained Minister (AMM & Baptist) with over 20 years' experience officiating. There is a private wedding room for 4-6 guests available for use with her or for rent with another officiant.

Gay Real Estate

Website: https://www.gayrealestate.com/
Phone: 1 (888) 420-MOVE (6683)
Description: An online tool to locate LGBTQ+ and allied realtors. Provides Relocation Kits which include: local LGBT resources, access to multi-list/homes for sale, community & neighborhood information, employment & education opportunities, childcare/youth opportunities, shopping and entertainment.

The Supine Studio

Website: https://www.thesupinestudio.com/
Address: 1898 Calhoun St, Suite 8, Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 200-1916
Email: Results@TheSupineStudio.com
Description: Offering LGBTQ+ affirming massage and lymphatic therapy services from multiple licensed providers. Experienced in treating clients after Gender Affirmation Surgery. Specializing in swelling (including post-op), Lipedema, Lymphedema, pain, tension, and stress. They aim to be a safe place for SA survivors, folks with PTSD, and LGBTQ+ folks.

Melanie Ward, MS, NCC, LPC-A

Website: https://www.marginaliacounseling.com/
Practice: Marginalia Counseling
Address: South Carolina
Phone: (864) 251-5079
Email: melanie@marginaliacounseling.com
Accepts Insurance: No
Sliding Scale: Limited reduced rate slots available.
Telehealth Offered: Yes, telehealth only
Notable: Melanie's practice is LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergence affirming, sex- and body-positive, kink aware, poly friendly, trauma informed, and social justice and liberation oriented.

Sien Susumu Rafael Rivera, MD

Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/sien-susumu-rafael-rivera/2188663
Practice: Prisma Health Behavioral Health–Taylor St
Address: 1301 Taylor Street, Suite 6J, Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 434-4300
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation.
Notable: Dr. Rivera is a member of the LGBTQ+ community (he/him, they/them). Clinical specialties include LGBTQIA-inclusive mental health care, psychoanalytic psychotherapies, technology and media, and play therapy. Dr. Rivera is a member of WPATH, and co-chair of the Committee on Gender and Sexuality of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Kamla Sanasi-Bhola, MD

Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/kamla-sanasi-bhola/994470
Practice: Prisma Health Immunology and Infectious Diseases–Richland
Address: 1 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 420, Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: (803) 434-6430
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation.
Notable: Sanasi-Bhola's patient population includes women with HIV (specifically peri-partum HIV-positive women), transgender people, HIV/hepatitis-C co-infected patients, and patients on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). She coordinates and executes PrEP technical support and LGBTQIA+ care competency programs for health care providers.

Caleb Dane Richards, DO

Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/caleb-dane-richards/1102690
Practice: Prisma Health Internal Medicine – Taylor St
Address: 1301 Taylor Street, Suite 8A, Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 929-2955
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation.
Notable: Dr. Richards provides the full spectrum of primary care services, with special interests in psychiatry, LGBTQIA+ medicine, and quality improvement.

Megan Ann Hayes David, MD

Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/megan-ann-hayes-david/2291534
Practice: Prisma Health Keystone Family Medicine
Address: 1409 West Georgia Road, Suite B4, Simpsonville, SC 29680
Phone: (864) 454-5000
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation.
Notable: Serves all ages. Dr. David has special interests in women’s preventive health, LGBTQ+ and gender care, newborn and pediatric care, and adult condition management.

William Walton Roberts, MD

Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/william-walton-roberts/1590858
Practice: Prisma Health Primary Care – Stone & Main
Address: 1 East Stone Avenue, Greenville, SC 29609
Phone: (864) 522-6500
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation.
Notable: Dr. Roberts is a general pediatrician and adult internal medicine physician. Cares for all ages. He is passionate about adolescent medicine, LGBTQ+ care, and has a clinical interest in the treatment of HIV in the outpatient setting.

Maximilien Jacob Rappaport, DO

Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/maximilien-jacob-rappaport/993046
Practice: Prisma Health Endocrinology Specialists and Thyroid Center – Faris Road
Address: 877 West Faris Road, Suite D, Greenville, SC 29605
Phone: (864) 455-9031
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation.
Notable: Dr. Rappaport has expertise and a special interest in caring for the LGBTQIA+ population.

Michael Fredrick Guyton, Jr., MD

Practice: Prisma Health Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Website: https://doctors.prismahealth.org/provider/michael-fredrick-guyton-jr/1052805
Address: 1350 Cleveland Street, Greenville, SC 29607
Phone: (864) 522-4888
Accepts Insurance: Yes, most major insurance, check for participation
Notable: Dr. Guyton is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He is an adolescent medicine provider with expertise in teenager and young adult reproductive health, sexual health, management of eating disorders and care for the LGBTQ+ population.

Frond Salon

Website: https://www.frondsalon.com/
Address: 1400 Laurel Street, Suite 4A, Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 231-9287
Email: frondsalon@gmail.com
Description: Shannon is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Offers quiet and gender affirming sessions as free add-ons to your appointment. In addition to hair services, Shannon offers a range of energy healing services.

Andi Watson, LPC

Website: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/andi-watson-columbia-sc/1147229
Practice: Kayla Sweet Counseling
Address: 1900 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 921-0671
Email: acwlpc@gmail.com
Accepts Insurance: Aetna, Anthem EAP, BlueCross and BlueShield, Carelon, Behavioral Health, Cigna and Evernorth, First Sun EAP, Quest Behavioral Health, Out of Network
Sliding Scale: Available if eligible
Telehealth Offered: Yes
Notable: Part of the LGBTQ+ community. Primarily specializing in gender identity and queer issues, anxiety, and trauma. Offers select Saturdays in addition to M-F.