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Q-Notes staff CHARLESTON, S.C. — Last October, Nick Shalosky was just your average 21-year-old college student studying political science. Involved in iocai LGBT advocacy and poiiticai circies, Shaiosky was certainiy aware of those' running for office — in fact, he was working to heip get some foiks eiected. No one couid have known, inciuding him, that in just a few weeks time, Shaiosky wouid become South Caroiina’s first openiy LGBT eiected officiai. Shaiosk/s feat was made pubiic in a mid- February guest com mentary on the LGBT biog, Biierico.com. In the piece, Shalosky dis cussed his election for the first time with a national audience. Many LGBT people had no due that he’d been elected to the Charleston County Constituent School Board. The Victory Fund, Stonewall Demoaats and even the writers here at the Q-Notes office — everyone was in the dark. “1 didn’t even know until [Stonewall Democrat communications director] John Marble told me,’’Shalosky told Q-Notes of his status as his state’s only openly gay official. “I just hadn’t put two and two together.” The College of Charleston junior, who serves as the S.C. Stonewall Democrats chap ter secretary, decided to run for his school board seat when we was early voting in October. Looking at the ballot, he saw no one had signed up to run. He turned to Facebook.com and organized a write-in cam paign. Other than the litde online organizing he did, Shalosky spent hardly any time cam paigning for the position. Come election day, he was out working for other candidates. Sworn in to the position in December, Shalosky said he’s beginning to get situated and work with other members of the board. Nick Shalosky, 21, is the first openly gay elected official in the State of South Carolina. He says he’s surprised at just what his election has meant — personally and publicly. “When I came on the boari I shifted the majority. I’m actually the swing vote,” he said. “It has been interesting now to see the other side of politics — after the campaign and how that changes.” He’s enjoyed working with constituents and reassuring them that his age and relative inex perience won’t affect his'ability to lead. Not only is he the youngest member of the board, he’s the only one under 40, not from Charleston and gay. “I’ve been contacted by con stituents because of the unconven tionalness of my position,” he said. “I’m definitely an outsider, but I’m starting to work my way into the alliances on the board. 1 think I’ve persuaded a lot of people that I’m a good person to hold the position.” Shalosky said he hopes to bring a younger, fresher and student-ori ented perspective to the board. “I’m from Conway, S.C. — 15 miles from Myrtle Beach — and I’m a recent graduate of the public schools.” Shalosky’s particular board rep resents a smaller constituent dis trict. While he doesn’t serve on the primary board of education — the body with actual policy-making power — he says he hopes to Nick Shalosky and sister, Emily. work with other constituent board members to advance safety for LGBT students. 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