- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Same-sex marriage in South Carolina is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in South Carolina is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in South Carolina is legal, but requires surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in South Carolina is not legally recognized.
LGBT employment discrimination in South Carolina is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in South Carolina is no protections.
However, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
Same-sex adoption in South Carolina is legal.
Couples must be married to adopt jointly or for second parent adoption.
Serving openly in military in South Carolina is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in South Carolina is legal.
Equal age of consent in South Carolina is equal.