LGBTQ+

Politics further divide as Americans self-segregate to red and blue states based on legislation and personal beliefs.

The secretive relationship between a South Carolina man and a Black transgender woman has been the focus of the nation’s first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity.

The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is set to begin, when a South Carolina man will face charges that he killed a Black transgender woman by shooting her three times in the head.

A vigil held in memory of 18-year-old Jacob Williamson drew dozens who knew him and dozens who didn't, but who felt the need to support a member of the trans community.

As more than a dozen states pass bans on transgender healthcare for minors, South Carolina activists hope they've won the battle here another year

After mass shootings, the loss felt by marginalized groups already facing discrimination is compounded. Some public health experts say the risk for mental health issues is greater for the groups — communities of color and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community among them. The trauma is especially acute when the shootings happen at schools, churches, clubs or other places that previously served as pillars of those communities. Some have rebuilt their spaces, some are still working to rebuild, and some never will reopen.

In Grenville and other counties in South Carolina, an acrimonious public debate is is growing over whether LGBTQ+-themes materials belong near the children's sections of public libraries.

The new law lets health care providers refuse nonemergency care that conflicts with their religious, moral or ethical beliefs. Supporters say it protects doctors, nurses and medical students from being forced to violate their conscience. However, critics call the law a license to discriminate, especially against LGBTQ people.

South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill to let mental health professionals refuse to provide care that violates their religious beliefs in response to an ordinance banning conversion therapy for minors in the state's capital city.