(SC) Serving LGBTQ+ & Transgender Decedents and their Families - Online Self Pace

Course overview

This one-hour continuing education course equips licensed funeral directors with the knowledge, legal understanding, and practical communication skills necessary to serve LGBTQ and transgender decedents and their families with competence, dignity, and compassion. The course covers essential terminology, state specific legal guidance for Georgia and South Carolina death certificates, inclusive arrangement practices, body preparation considerations, and strategies for navigating family conflicts around a decedents identity. Participants will leave with actionable tools including intake form templates, obituary frameworks, and step by step legal references to implement inclusive practices immediately in their funeral homes.