LGBTQ Organizations
Use the filters below to find organizations that support and serve the LGBTQ community.
Category: Black LGBTQ Resources
The Ladies Room SC
Upstate SCebonisims14@gmail.com
TLR is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ Center in Upstate South Carolina, serving primarily black and brown trans and non-binary people. They provide: Skills programs for adults and adolescents and sex workers, assistance with HRT and name change process, STD/STI/HIV services, resources for drug addiction, holistic healthcare support, emergency housing and food insecurity assistance, and more.
Black Educated Lesbians
admin@blackeducatedlesbians.com
Black Educated Lesbians (BEL) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering community, empowerment, and professional growth for Black lesbians. Established in 2014 and officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, BEL provides mentorship, economic development, leadership training, and social advocacy to support Black queer women worldwide.
Charleston Black Pride
(718) 807-8599
blackpridecharleston@gmail.com
The mission of Charleston Black Pride is to create opportunities that educate, inspire, improve, and celebrate the experiences of LGBTQIA people of color. They support and provide an educational and social environment through events and forums that bring awareness, visibility and create safe spaces to expose the multifaceted lives of LGBTQIA people of color.
National Black Justice Collective
(202) 309-1552
The National Black Justice Collective (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. As America’s leading national Black LGBTQ/SGL civil rights organization focused on federal public policy, NBJC has accepted the charge to lead Black families in strengthening the bonds and bridging the gaps between the movements for racial justice and LGBTQ/SGL equality.
SC Black Pride (SCBP)
The mission of the South Carolina Black Pride Inc. (SCBP), is to unify and celebrate the diversity, creativity, And beauty Of South Carolina’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, and non-gender conforming (LGBTQ) communities of color and their supporters, in order to empower and promote the human rights of all families and communities.