Teen Crisis Hotlines
877-565-8860 1 pm - 9 pm EST
Peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.
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text "start" to 678-678 open 24/7
or call 1-866-488-7386 open 24/7
Our trained counselors understand the challenges LGBTQ+ young people face and are available for support 24/7. They will listen without judgment. When you text, chat, or call, all of your conversations are confidential, and you can share as much or as little as you’d like.
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Community
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QT PIES is our online caregiver community
Local Programs
Teen Connections
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Teen Connections teaches participants about pregnancy prevention, STI transmission, and how to build stronger, healthier relationships with each other. Teens that graduate from our program become peer health educators and advocates. Teens make their communities healthier places for young people to live through community service and leadership development.
We Are Family
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Providing affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ young people in South Carolina since 1995!
AFFA (Alliance for Full Acceptance)
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ACHIEVING, NURTURING, AND DEFENDING EQUALITY AND ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL.
Lowcountry in Transition (LIT)
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By and for trans and nonbinary* adults trying to support each other through creating community, hosting support and social events, and sharing resources. Meets the 4th Saturday of the month at 1 pm
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Health
Overnight Camps
Camp Ten Trees
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We have two weeks of overnight camp, teen week which is a Sunday - Saturday (ages 13-17) and youth week which is a Sunday - Thursday (ages 8-13). We also have a leadership program similar to a CIT program for ages 16-17 and spans the two weeks of camp. All of our tuition is sliding scale, allowing families to choose whatever tuition amount is best for them. We also have ample camperships available. No camper is turned away because of an inability to pay. We also have $1000 available in travel assistance that can be used to cover the cost of getting to camp. This year, we are prioritizing this fund for campers from red states or states identified as high-risk for LGBTQ youth. We also coordinate airport pick ups and drop offs for campers traveling alone. Last year we had a local parent (a mom of a teen camper and board member for CTT) who did the airport runs, and even got cleared by TSA to go past security and walk the campers directly to their gates. We're planning to have a similar set up this summer!
If families have any questions about camp or the travel assistance, they can email our Program Director, Laur Lugos, at programs@camptentrees.org. You can also reach out to me on behalf of any families with questions! We have a new Development & Marketing Director this year who is working on some flyers for us so as soon as I have them I'll send them along so you can share with any interested families.