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Alvin McEwen

Alvin McEwen resides in Columbia, S.C. and is the author of Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Exposing the Lies of the Anti-Gay Industry. He is also a board member of the SC Pride Movement and a member of SC Black Pride.

In June 2009, McEwen became the first gay man of color to address LGBT issues on the editorial pages of The State, South Carolina's largest newspaper. He is the 2007 recipient of the Harriet Daniels Hancock Volunteer of the Year Award, the 2010 recipient of the Order of the Pink Palmetto from the SC Pride Movement, and the 2009 recipient of the Audre Lorde/James Baldwin Civil Rights Activist Award from SC Black Pride.

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FRC itching to be humiliated again as ‘Day of Silence’ approaches

FRC itching to be humiliated again as ‘Day of Silence’ approaches

Sunday, April 15, 2012
Because the "Day of Silence" -- and the organization behind it, GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) -- deals with the plight of LGBT students, they both have been in the cross hairs of religious right groups who claim that Day of Silence is simply another way to supposedly “indoctrinate” students into homosexuality...
NOM’s deliberate manipulation of black, gay communities is nauseating

NOM’s deliberate manipulation of black, gay communities is nauseating

Tuesday, March 27, 2012
It's not only the fact that the National Organization for Marriage specifically said it wanted drive a wedge between the black and gay communities. It's also the fact that NOM was recruiting African-American leaders to speak out against marriage equality for the purpose of getting the gay community provoked.
GLAAD campaign demands media accountability for anti-gay pundits

GLAAD campaign demands media accountability for anti-gay pundits

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Today, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) will launch the Commentator Accountability Project, which seeks to educate the media on the wool pulled over its eyes by anti-gay pundits...
My problem with GoProud — Where is the pride?

My problem with GoProud — Where is the pride?

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Republican gay group GoProud has been given a lot of negative names by many in the LGBTQ community from "quislings" to "sell-outs" to "Uncle Toms." While I'm not as descriptive of my displeasure of GoProud, believe me when I say that it's there. I'm not a fan of GoProud for many reasons.
‘Porno Pete’ LaBarbera wants you to know what anal warts look like

‘Porno Pete’ LaBarbera wants you to know what anal warts look like

Monday, February 20, 2012
Over the years, I have joked about and done my best to expose the wanton homophobia of “Porno Pete” LaBarbera, head of the hate group Americans for Truth. And today, he stooped to a level which even shocks me -- he decided to post on his site a picture of an STD – anal warts – close up.
Maggie Gallagher’s interview on MSNBC: ‘Your embarrassment is well deserved’

Maggie Gallagher’s interview on MSNBC: ‘Your embarrassment is well deserved’

Saturday, February 18, 2012
Maggie Gallagher, co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), an anti-marriage-equality group, was interviewed on the Feb. 11 edition MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes, and it didn't go well for her.

You mean same-sex families have children? Alert the Marines!

You mean same-sex families have children? Alert the Marines!

Sunday, February 12, 2012
The entitlement and audacity of some who oppose LGBTQ equality never ceases to amaze me. Of all of the false hysterical claims they make, the one about children has to take the cake. "If marriage equality is accepted, children will be forced to learn about gays."
Anti-gay pastor, NOM ally goes off the deep end again about ‘gay sex’

Anti-gay pastor, NOM ally goes off the deep end again about ‘gay sex’

Monday, January 30, 2012
Raleigh N.C. "diaper pastor" Patrick Wooden is not only refusing to take back his comments that gay men have so much anal sex that they require surgery and diapers, and that they use gerbils, baseball bats, and cell phones as sexual instruments, but he seems to be reveling in his notoriety at the expense of looking like a damn fool.
NOM wants Newt Gingrich to ‘save’ marriage? Hilarity ensues

NOM wants Newt Gingrich to ‘save’ marriage? Hilarity ensues

Sunday, January 22, 2012
It's obvious that if Newt Gingrich is interested in, as NOM claims, preserving marriage as the union between one man and one woman, he seems to think that he is exempt from the rule. And it's even more obvious that NOM's silence regarding his, shall we say, indiscretions is signalling that the organization is turning a blind eye to his past behavior.
Twelfth researcher complains about ‘religious right’ distortion of her work

Twelfth researcher complains about ‘religious right’ distortion of her work

Thursday, January 5, 2012
Another researcher has come out complaining about how a religious right "expert" distorted her work to stigmatize the LGBTQ community. Rick Fitzgibbons of the NARTH (the National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) distorted research on same-sex adoption to make the case that children in same-sex households are not raised better than children "in stable homes with a mother and a father."
The 2011 five most embarrassing moments of the anti-gay right caught on video

The 2011 five most embarrassing moments of the anti-gay right caught on video

Friday, December 30, 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, it is time yet again count down those special moments in which the religious right and other assorted members of the anti-gay industry made complete asses of themselves on video...
Anti-gay hate group’s publication deliberately distorts AP news article

Anti-gay hate group’s publication deliberately distorts AP news article

Thursday, December 29, 2011
The American Family Association’s One News Now is known for being a fraudulent news sources by often creating a story around the erroneous comments of anti-gay leaders or telling only one side of an incident (making sure to make the gay community look at fault).
North Carolina group uses ‘sniper crosshair’ image to bash gay marriage

North Carolina group uses ‘sniper crosshair’ image to bash gay marriage

Wednesday, December 28, 2011
According to Tuesday’s issue of North Carolina’s Charlotte Observer, one of the proponents of the upcoming referendum to outlaw marriage equality in the state, Rev. Mark Harris, the head of the state’s Baptist Convention, wants a “civil debate” over the issue...
Offensive ABC sitcom ‘Work It’ will fail simply because it’s not funny

Offensive ABC sitcom ‘Work It’ will fail simply because it’s not funny

Thursday, December 22, 2011
In case you haven't noticed, there is a controversy brewing concerning an upcoming ABC sitcom called "Work It." "Work It" tells of two unemployed men so desperate that they dress as women to get jobs. Some members of the LGBTQ community have called the show offensive to the transgender community.
Chuck Norris — the fraud who won’t stand up to real injustice

Chuck Norris — the fraud who won’t stand up to real injustice

Monday, December 19, 2011
Chuck Norris is an action movie star -- and a bad one. But he should stay that way. His forays into politics reveal his basic ignorance. Norris has penned a piece for the American Family Association whining about how the Obama Administration has declared war on religion.
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