Harriet Hancock LGBT Center

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Harriet Hancock LGBT Center

Our on-site programming is peer-led and creates a place for folx to be authentically themselves while navigating the complexities of identity.

The Harriet Hancock Center is an organization dedicated to fostering a safe, inclusive space that supports, educates, and empowers the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. We also work with community partners to show up and advocate for the rights of not only the LGBTQ+ community, but our allies. We host social events and educational opportunities to serve an ever growing community. Our youth-focused

events like Q***r Prom are hosted through our Youth OUTLOUD program which meets twice a month. We have a variety of groups for those who are 18+ through Q***r Collective. We also host open-to-all activities such as workshops, Pop-Up Closet or our First Sunday Supper, which is our oldest event hosted every month. When events are not hosted, the community is welcome to come by the HHC and relax our couches, get work done in our meeting room or study in the library. When our flags are out, we are open!

08/24/2026

🌈Join us for our peer-support meeting of Q***r x Disabled! The group aims to provide information, opportunities, and support for q***r disabled folx by giving everyone the chance to make social connections and discuss experiences being both LGBTQIA+ and disabled in the area. We welcome everyone no matter the disability. Open to anyone with visible and non-visible disabilities, mental health and neurodivergent needs, and friends/family of those who may need assistance.

📅Thursday, September 3rd
⏰6 - 8 PM
🏡1108 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC
🥤Refreshments provided but feel free to bring your own snacks!

For those needing ramp access, please park on the grass located at the back of the HHC. All other parking is street parking. While we do not mandate masks, we encourage people to wear them if it makes them comfortable.

08/23/2026

🌈 Join us for Pass-the-Prompt Poetry at high school Youth OUTLOUD! We will sit in a circle, and each write a single line before passing it to the next person to create a collective poem around a main theme.

📅 Tuesday, September 1st
⏰ 6 - 8 PM
🏡 The HHC: 1108 Woodrow St, Columbia, SC

🌈YOL is a group for grades 6-12 designed to provide a safe and confidential environment for LGBTQIA+ youth to make connections and share experiences. YOL meetings REQUIRE an intake form and sign up for new members.

💻For more info and to complete the intake form, visit our website!
https://www.harriethancockcenter.org/programs/youthoutloud

08/22/2026

🌈 We will have some delicious art-inspired specialty drinks crafted by Twist Bartending for the 3rd Annual Legacy Gala! Enjoy a Starry Night, a Keith Haring Collins, or Frida Kahlo's Prickly Pear Margarita as you celebrate with us.

We’re returning to the Columbia Museum of Art for the Third Annual Legacy Gala on Thursday, September 10th from 7:30 -10 PM for a night of delicious food by City Grit, an open bar, music, silent auction, and an awards ceremony honoring those making a difference in our community today.

Last year, 265 of you helped us raise nearly $45,000 to support LGBTQ+ programs in the Midlands. This year, we’re aiming even higher: $75,000. Every ticket, table, and donation helps us create safe, affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ youth and adults in our community. Let’s celebrate our legacy and protect our future.

🎟️ Secure your ticket now: bit.ly/legacygala26
📩 We are still seeking sponsors! If you are interested, email [email protected]

08/21/2026

🌈Thank you to everyone who attended August's meeting of Pages of Pride! September's read is "Witchmark" by C. L. Polk. Set in an Edwardian-inspired world recovering from a brutal war, it follows Miles Singer, a military doctor hiding his magical healing powers to avoid institutionalization or family control, as he investigates a patient's murder.

📆 Thursday, September 17th
⏰ 6-8 pm
🏡 Harriet Hancock Center, 1108 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC

08/20/2026

🌈Join us for a movie night for our second August meeting of Q***r x BIPOC! We will be watching "Margarita with a Straw", a film about Laila, a young student living with cerebral palsy, falling in love with a woman, coping with her sexuality, and discovering newer horizons in the process.

📅 Wednesday, August 26th
⏰6 - 8 PM
🏡1108 Woodrow St, Columbia, SC
🥤Refreshments will be provided!

🌈Q***r x BIPOC is a peer support group for q***r individuals who also identify as people of color. Our primary goal is to build community by spending meaningful time together at the Center or exploring the city of Columbia. We also aim to create a safe and welcoming space where members can openly discuss issues related to identity and intersectionality.

08/19/2026

🌈 We are delighted to introduce Patti O’Furniture as our host and MC for The Legacy Gala! For almost 25 years, Patti O'Furniture has entertained audiences across the country, raising over $1.5 million for a variety of causes "one dirty dollar bill at a time!"

We’re returning to the Columbia Museum of Art for the Third Annual Legacy Gala on Thursday, September 10th from 7:30 -10 PM for a night of delicious food by City Grit, an open bar, music, silent auction, and an awards ceremony honoring those making a difference in our community today.

Last year, 265 of you helped us raise nearly $45,000 to support LGBTQ+ programs in the Midlands. This year, we’re aiming even higher: $75,000. Every ticket, table, and donation helps us create safe, affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ youth and adults in our community. Let’s celebrate our legacy and protect our future.

🎟️ Secure your ticket now: bit.ly/legacygala26
📩 We are still seeking sponsors! If you are interested, email [email protected]

08/18/2026

🌈 Join us for movie night at Youth OUTLOUD! We will be watching Inside Out, a movie about an 11-year-old girl named Riley whose life is guided inside her mind by five main feelings: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust.

📅 Sunday, August 23rd
⏰ 5 - 7 PM
🏡 The HHC: 1108 Woodrow St, Columbia, SC

🌈YOL is a group for grades 6-12 designed to provide a safe and confidential environment for LGBTQIA+ youth to make connections and share experiences. YOL meetings REQUIRE an intake form and sign up for new members.

💻For more info and to complete the intake form, visit our website!
https://www.harriethancockcenter.org/programs/youthoutloud

08/17/2026

🌈Pages of Pride is meeting this Thursday! Our August read was "Outlawed" by Anna North, a feminist Western novel set in an alternate 1894 where a devastating flu pandemic has made fertility a societal obsession, leading to barren women being persecuted as witches.

📆 Thursday, August 20th
⏰ 6-8 pm
🏡 Harriet Hancock Center, 1108 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC

08/16/2026

🌈Needing fingerprinting for a name or gender marker change? The HHC partners with Rainy Day Fund to offer free fingerprinting on the third Friday of the month at the Center!

📅Friday, August 21st
⏰1 - 4 PM
🏡1108 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC

If you are interested in seeking assistance with a name or gender marker change, visit our website and look for “Name & Gender Marker Change Program” under the programs tab for information and to fill out the application!

08/14/2026

🌈We’re returning to the Columbia Museum of Art for the Third Annual Legacy Gala on Thursday, September 10th from 7:30 -10 PM for a night of delicious food by City Grit, an open bar, music, silent auction, and an awards ceremony honoring those making a difference in our community today.

Last year, 265 of you helped us raise nearly $45,000 to support LGBTQ+ programs in the Midlands. This year, we’re aiming even higher: $75,000. Every ticket, table, and donation helps us create safe, affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ youth and adults in our community. Let’s celebrate our legacy and protect our future.

🎟️ Secure your ticket now: bit.ly/legacygala26
📩 We are still seeking sponsors! If you are interested, email [email protected]

Address

1108 Woodrow Street
Columbia, SC
29205

Telephone

+18037717713

Website

http://harriethancockcenter.org/

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