- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Ambiguous
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Support for LGBT protections by US state
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose laws that would protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing?"
Opposition of religiously based refusals to serve gay and lesbian people
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing a small business owner in your state to refuse to provide products or services to gay or lesbian people, if doing so violates their religious beliefs"
Support of same-sex marriage by US state
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?"
Support of homosexuality by US state
Question: "Which statement comes closer to your own views: homosexuality should be accepted by society OR homosexuality should be discouraged by society?"
History
Same-sex marriage in South Carolina is legal.
Since Nov 20, 2014
Censorship of LGBT Issues in South Carolina is unknown.
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 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)."
Serving openly in military in South Carolina is legal.
Since Sep 20, 2011
Blood donations by MSMs in South Carolina is banned (3-month deferral).
Since Apr 2, 2020
Equal age of consent in South Carolina is equal.
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