South Carolina News Notes
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Spartanburg, along with HubCity Press, will hold an “OutLoud: The Best of Rainbow Radio” reading on March 3 at The Showroom, 149 South Daniel Morgan Ave., at 7 p.m.
SC Lutherans will stay ORANGEBURG — Despite moves by neighboring North Carolina Lutherans to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), some Palmetto State Lutherans have decided to make “reform from within.” In October, 400 North Carolina Lutherans met in Salisbury and took a step toward schism, voting to [...]
On Oct. 28, President Barack Obama signed the much-awaited federal hate crimes legislation expanding protection to victims on the basis of sexual orientation and gender-identity. While the legal advancement is good news, LGBT citizens might not be as protected as they think. Columbia’s Free Times reported Nov. 4 that state-level [...]
Meeting in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. on Oct. 23, 300 delegates from parishes in the Diocese of South Carolina voted to distance themselves from the national Episcopal Church. The diocese, which includes all of Eastern and Coastal South Carolina, has been opposed to the national church’s movement to include LGBT people [...]
When Palmetto Staters take to the streets in downtown Columbia on Sept. 12, they’ll be marching in the legacy left by countless icons and leaders preceding them in the two decades since the SC Pride Movement’s birth. In 1989, PFLAG mom Harriett Hancock initiated the planning stages for what we [...]
Originally published: Aug. 31, 2009, 4:38 p.m. Updated: Sept. 2, 2009, 8:34 a.m. Washington, D.C.-based activist and blogger Mike Rogers claimed Aug. 31 he had enough evidence to confirm South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is gay. Bauer had been the subject of longstanding rumors, including those passed on by [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SC Pride, the annual LGBT Pride festival in South Carolina, has announced its receipt of a more than $12,000 tax grant from the Richland County government. In June, the Richland County Council voted to sponsor SC Pride through an Accommodations Tax (A-Tax) Grant. The organization will receive [...]
Two Charleston residents were recently honored in the “40 Under 40” compiled by Charleston Regional Business Journal. Colleen Condon, a Charleston County Council member and attorney, and Philip Bradley, who owns real estate and insurance agencies, were named among 40 young leaders and businesspeople. Both are members and supporters of [...]
The Charleston, S.C.-based group Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA) has begun its 10th year of media messaging. The group plans on using a variety of media outlets and mediums to highlight its straightforward declaration: “Gay Rights are Civil Rights.” The group is challenging South Carolinians to “recognize the LGBT movement [...]
Group defends hotel use CHARLESTON – The Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), an LGBT education group, is defending its use of the Marriott Hotel for its events after receiving criticism because of the hotel chain s close link to the Mormon Church and California s Proposition 8. The group defended [...]
Early parole denied COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Parole Board denied early parole on Feb. 11 for Stephen Andrew Moller, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the May 2007 death of openly gay Sean Kennedy. Moller will serve the rest of his sentence and be released July 7. His [...]
Principal censors student press MYRTLE BEACH — The principal of an arts and sciences academy has censored a student newspaper, expressing concern over a front-page editorial endorsing marriage rights for same-sex couples. Academy for Arts, Science & Technology Principal Robbie Burgess banned the distribution of The Academy Post’s November issue [...]
University apologizes GREENVILLE — Bob Jones University (BJU) has offered up an official apology for its racist past. The Nov. 20 apology, written eight years after the school ended its inter-racial dating and marriage ban in March 2000, was posted on the university’s website. “BJU’s history has been chiefly characterized [...]
COLUMBIA — The slumping economy has already hit one South Carolina non-profit. In mid-November, Q-Notes reported that SC Equality needed to raise $30,000 by the end of the year or face closure. Now a local AIDS services foundation has been forced to cancel its large-scale New Year’s gala fundraiser. AIDS [...]
COLUMBIA — A statewide LGBT advocacy and lobbying group in South Carolina is facing possible closure if it doesn’t meet its budget requirements by the end of the year. SC Equality sent notice to members by letter during the last week of October. Q-Notes first learned of the letter on [...]
CHARLESTON — Two College of Charleston faculty members are speaking out on opposite ends of the debate over support for the Boy Scouts of America. On Oct. 20, a letter was sent to college faculty announcing the school’s upcoming plans for a United Way fundraiser, according to The Charleston City [...]
Karen Higgins, mother of Equality Ride co-director Katie Higgins, and co-director Jarrett Lucas speak with members of Columbia International University campus leadership. Photo Credit: Soulforce Q Equality Ride Photo Credit: Soulforce Q Equality Ride Ed. Note – Katie Higgins is the Soulforce Q 2008 Equality Ride co-director. Soulforce is a [...]
Click here to see more SC Pride photos in Q-Notes‘ online photo galleries. Photo Credit: JC Digital Photography Works COLUMBIA — South Carolina Pride organizers re-elected youthful president Ryan Wilson to start planning next year’s festival while he worked to wrap up this year’s finances. “We’re in the black,” said [...]
Sanford given ‘So Gay’ award COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Pride Movement will present Gov. Mark Sanford with a “So Gay” Award in recognition of his infamous involvement with pulling gay-targeted advertising during London’s Gay Pride festivities. The award is presented to “The Not-So-Honorable Governor Mark Sanford” and says that [...]
COLUMBIA — When Michael Bailey set out to place small classified-type advertising for his company’s new production and its casting calls, he hardly thought he’d soon find himself embroiled in a controversy over “community concerns.” The production, “Naked Boys Singing,” has been well-received internationally and at home, after being performed [...]
