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Welcome Jarrod Wiggins to SC Equality Board

SC Equality Board Welcomes Jarrod Wiggins We are pleased to welcome Jarrod Wiggins to the SC Equality Board.  His dedication and knowledge of the issues faced by the LGBTQ community will further add strength to our Board and help us continue to make a [...]

By |January 22nd, 2020|Categories: Featured|Comments Off on Welcome Jarrod Wiggins to SC Equality Board

Your guide for bills to track this legislative session in S.C.

2020 South Carolina legislative session starts today 2020 Legislative Tracker The 2020 South Carolina legislative session starts today and SC Equality is committed to advocating for bills that will bring us closer to fully protecting LGBTQ South [...]

By |January 14th, 2020|Categories: Featured Statehouse News|Comments Off on Your guide for bills to track this legislative session in S.C.

SC Equality to bring a legal challenge to South Carolina’s “No Promo Homo” law

SC Equality Board, with the support of its Litigation Task Force, has authorized SC Equality to bring a legal challenge to South Carolina's "No Promo Homo" law which prohibits public school health teachers from discussing homosexuality or homosexual persons in South Carolina classrooms. This law forces [...]

By |December 16th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Featured Local News|Comments Off on SC Equality to bring a legal challenge to South Carolina’s “No Promo Homo” law

5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK (December 12, 2019)

South Carolina wants to ban lifesaving medical treatments for trans kids. It’s part of a bigger push around the country. Trans children have been in the national spotlight in recent weeks, with the governor of Texas stepping in to try to [...]

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SOUTH CAROLINA LATEST STATE TO MOVE TO RATIFY EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WITH BIPARTISAN EFFORT

One of South Carolina's most liberal lawmakers and one of its most conservative are joining together to revive the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 1970s ' proposal banning any discrimination based on sex is being revived in several state capitols [...]

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SC Equality says Defense Authorization Bill Should Have Ended Trans Ban

SC Equality has denounced Tuesday an agreement between Democrats and Republicans on the annual defense bill that omits a reversal of President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban. House and Senate negotiators on the National Defense Authorization Act announced an agreement Monday that includes [...]

By |December 12th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Featured National News, Featured Political, Politics, Transgender|Comments Off on SC Equality says Defense Authorization Bill Should Have Ended Trans Ban

Transgender student bathroom bill coming back before Kentucky lawmakers in 2020. South Carolina could face a semilar bill once again in 2020

Rep. David Hale, R-Wellington, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Monday on his prefiled bill, which would require that all school restrooms and locker rooms be only available to students based on their biological gender at birth. The prefiled legislation, [...]

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Time For South Carolina To Pass A Hate Crimes Bill​ that include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Federal statistics show hate crimes in South Carolina are increasing. Those stats also appear to highlight the fact that this state doesn’t have a hate crime law. From 2013 to 2017, hate crimes reported in South Carolina increased by 70 percent, according to [...]

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