LGBTQ Community Needs Assessment

ALLIANCE FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE (AFFA) commissioned a needs assessment study in 2018 with the goals of bolstering discussion of LGBTQ perspectives, issues, and concerns in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties of South Carolina; building a regionally relevant and focused programmatic strategy; and raising its visibility among community stakeholders. Prior to this study, there was no existing research specifically centered on the unique experiences, assets, and needs of the LGBTQ community in the Charleston Tri-county area.

Launched in August of 2018, the survey was completed by 1,436 respondents in the Charleston, SC area. As the first comprehensive examination of its kind, the survey provides much needed information about the demographic composition of the tri-county LGBTQ population.

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