Every October, LGBTQ+ History Month gives us a reason to look back. Here in South Carolina, it also gives us a reason to look around at who is still here, still organizing, and still standing up.

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Remembering Harriet Hancock, the Mother of SC Pride

The SC Arts Commission approved 170+ grants but held back two, both LGBTQ+ arts groups. Here's what happened, what's next, and how to act.

Eleven years ago today — June 26, 2015 — the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the freedom to marry is a fundamental right for same-sex couples in all fifty states

How to Find and Support LGBTQ+-Owned Businesses in South Carolina

How to Celebrate, Show Up, and Support Equality Meta description: Pride Month in South Carolina is a chance to celebrate, connect, and invest in equality. Here are real ways to show up across the state this June.

What Is Give Out Day — and Why It Matters for LGBTQ+ South Carolinians

Five meaningful ways to celebrate Pride Month across South Carolina this June — Pride festivals, queer-owned businesses, free Safe Zone trainings, and the Capital City Cocktail Competition.

Through Midlands Gives 2026, SC Equality delivered the funding to keep us showing up - in every county, at every Pride, all year long.

Midlands Gives 2026 is May 5 — but the work doesn't wait, and neither does the giving. Early donations to South Carolina Equality are open right now, and every dollar you contribute today directly funds LGBTQ+ advocacy at the State House, in our communities, and across all 46 counties of South Carolina.

A new SC license plate is trending. SC Equality has its own — and $25 funds LGBTQ+ advocacy statewide. Here's how to order.

South Carolina's Near-Total Abortion Ban Just Cleared Committee. Here's What Happens Next.

South Carolina H.5501 calls on the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges. SC Equality — which won marriage equality in SC in 2014 — responds. Learn what's at stake and take action.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Chiles v. Salazar — a case about whether states can use licensing laws to prevent conversion therapy. The Court ruled that Colorado’s law should be reviewed under a heightened standard of scrutiny and sent the case back to the lower court.

What is Trans Day of Visibility? TDOV

H.4756 — known as the “Student Physical Privacy Act” — is a dangerous bill moving through the South Carolina legislature that targets transgender and gender-diverse students. If passed, this legislation would restrict access to bathrooms, locker rooms, housing, and overnight accommodations in public schools and colleges based on sex assigned at birth. It would also impose enforcement penalties and open the door to lawsuits against schools and institutions.

SC Equality tracks state legislation that could affect LGBTQ South Carolinians, their families, and the institutions that serve them

South Carolina lawmakers are currently considering H.4756, a bill that would change how public schools, colleges, and universities manage restrooms, locker rooms, housing, and other gender-segregated spaces.