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, and "How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America," a short but definitive guide to calling out and refuting homophobic propaganda (available on Scribd). 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.