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Gender Affirming Resources Columbia

Whether you identify as transgender, genderqueer, non-binary, bigender, gender non-conforming, agender, or anything else under the trans umbrella, PPSAT is committed to supporting you. . On this page you will find links to a range of different resources, including: direct service agencies, health and wellness providers, support groups,and more.

Local Resources

Harriot Hancock Center Community

We provide you with a safe and welcoming space for South Carolina’s LGBTQ+ community and its allies. We strive to create a space for to be yourself, receive social support from those who understand your experiences, and a way to keep up with LGBTQ+ culture in the Midlands.
1108 Woodrow Street
Columbia, SC 29205
803.771.7713
[email protected]

Closet Case Thrift Store

A thrift store and center that serves LGBTQI+ and straight ally youth in the Lowcountry. In this gender-inclusive shopping space, you can expect to shop judgment-free and find a selection of carefully curated items that range from high-end to vintage to trendy styles and serves as a meeting space for We Are Family’s programming.
1801 Reynolds Ave, Unit B
North Charleston, SC 29405
843.637.9379

Trans Fusion

A peer-led, non-clinical support group in Columbia, SC, at the Harriet Hancock Center. We are committed to supporting the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming / Non-Binary community in our state and believe strongly in finding new ways to better support the needs of all South Carolinians, regardless of gender identity or expression.
1108 Woodrow Street
Columbia, SC 29205
803.771.7713

Alliance For Full Acceptance (AFFA)

Our mission is to achieve, nurture, and defend equality and full acceptance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people.  We work to build partnerships with municipal and civic leaders, legislators, medical and mental health care providers, policy makers and business leaders to advocate for awareness, protections and equality for the LGBTQ community. We also conduct training and educational programming, meet with organizational leaders and teams, and help organizations conduct diversity, equity and inclusion audits.
1801 Reynolds Avenue
North Charleston, South Carolina 29405

Primary Care/Urology/OB GYN

Lexington Medical Center

Katherine Gordon, MD
205 Medical Circle
West Columbia, SC 29169
 

Prisma Health

Dr. Hance Oliver, MD
2 Richland Medical Park,
Ste 203
Columbia, SC 29203 

Grace Medical Group

Michelle Rojas, MD
1333 Taylor Street, STE 3B
Columbia, SC 29201
803-933-0288

Roper St. Francis Physician partners of Urology

Dr. Francie James, MD
(Does Orchiectomies )
 

MUSC Urology

Dr. Gregory Diorio
Dr. Barry Lifson
8992 University Blvd. Floor 3
North Charleston, SC 29406 

Prisma Health - OB/GYN

Elizabeth Boggs, MD
9 Richland Medical Park Dr
Ste 620
Columbia, SC 29203
803-779-6779

Prisma Health - OB/GYN

Kristl Vidya Dorschner Tomlin, MD
2 Medical Park Rd
Ste 106 Columbia, SC 29203
803-434-4480 

Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Carolinas Fertility Institure

Whether you are starting your family or adding to it, the Carolinas Fertility Institute providers and staff can help you understand your options and proceed with a plan to reach your parenting dreams. (336)448-9100 

North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine

NCCRM, with offices in Cary and Greensboro, North Carolina, is proud of the fact that we have helped so many of our patients in the LGBT community to create families.
400 Ashville Ave, Suite 200A,
Cary, NC 27518
(919)-233-1680

Informational Resource: Family Equality

Explore Family Equality’s various resources on general paths to parenthood and the trans-specific resources

Informational Resource: FertilityIQ

LGBTQ+ communities each have unique paths to parenthood. These resources will help you to understand all your options and how to optimize the process along the way.

Sperm Bank Online Resources: Sperm Bank Directory

SpermBankDirectory.com contains listings of facilities in your area that offer sperm cryobanking, sperm donation or the purchase of sperm for IVF.

Sperm Bank Online Resources: RO

Semen analysis and sperm storage kits.

Sperm Bank Online Resources: Sppare.me

At home way to test, freeze and store sperm.

Surgery

Cosmetic Concierge

At Cosmetic Concierge, we understand the need to bring out the “real” you. Your consultation, transgender surgical procedures and follow-up visits will be done in our private, trans-friendly surgery center located in South End, Charlotte.
325 Arlington Ave Ste B Charlotte, NC 28203
980-938-0459

Prisma Health

Nikki Burrish, MD
**Now performing orchiectomies**
2 Medical Park Rd Ste 302
Columbia, SC 29202
803-434-8820 

KeeLee MacPhee, MD

Working with the transgender and non-binary patient population since 2005, Dr. MacPhee has seen first-hand the positive and profound effects that surgical reconstruction can have on a person’s life. She describes her transgender work as the most rewarding aspect of her practice, and she is grateful for the ability to help patients transition to the bodies that align with who they truly are.
4414 Lake Boone trail, #407
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-341-0915

Novant Health

Specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery inclusive to patients of all ages and populations. His primary goal is to provide the highest level of evidence-based treatment options for his patients with a caring and compassionate approach.
Blair Wormer, MD
1901 Brusnwick Ave #200
Charlotte, NC
704-316-5025

Pharmacy

Good RX

Our mission is to build better ways for people to find the right care at the best price. Our technology gives all Americans — regardless of income or insurance status — the knowledge, choice, and care they need to stay healthy.

Rx Outreach

We offer hope and access through high quality, compassionate, personalized service to overcome barriers that limit one's healthiest life.

Mental Health Resources

Path to Discovery - Danielle Marx, LISW, MS (she/her) Clinician

Danielle  works with clients who feel overwhelmed by change, are healing from trauma, and are working to better understand themselves. She has a particular focus in working with the LGBTQIAP+ population and supporting persons in their gender journeys, as well as family concerns, and recovery from substance abuse. 

Jessica Jarman Hayes, LPC

I specialize in working with the LGBTQIA+ community because I am part of that community. My focus as your therapist is to give you the tools you need to have just one day where you are not overwhelmed with anxiety, fear, shame- whatever it is that feels like it's consuming you. 
610 Holly Road
Columbia, SC 29205
(803) 832-4352


 

Rachel Kelly (she/her) LPC, AADC, LCMHC, LCAS

I believe the war on drugs failed and that people with non-violent drug charges should be sent to therapy, not jail. I believe Black Lives Matter. I am a member of the LGBTQIQA+ community and am a passionate ally of transgender, gender non-conforming, and asexual folks.

Further Affirming Resources

Condon Law Firm 

We help all families at the Condon Family Law & Mediation and are especially equipped to help LGBT families with some of their unique issues.
190 E. Montague Ave
North Charleston, SC 29405
 

Columbia Laser and Aesthetics Hair Removal

1825 Gadsden Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
803.851.3459

American Speech Language Hearing Association

At times, people may want to change the way they talk and sound. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can help with these changes. You may feel that your voice does not represent who you are. You may want to change the way you speak so that your voice or communication style is more aligned with your gender. There are different options that may help you with this.  

Genderfluent App Speech Therapy

Record your voice while getting immediate feedback on your gender, pitch, and other vocal characteristics. Confidently train and track your progress anytime, anywhere.

Vital Voice andSpeech: Speech Therapy

All consultations and sessions are online via a secure teleconferencing platform.  Working with Monica would first involve a thorough intake and vocal analysis.  She utilizes both objective analysis via instrumentation and perceptual analysis to develop a voice and communication program based on each client’s personal needs and goals.

Julie Kemp Bollard @ Park Salon and Spa

Park Salon and Spa
2000 Park Street, Suite 104
Columbia, SC 29201
803-779-6288
 

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