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4 Local Gay Talk Radio Tune in every Sunday ] 0AM on Air America WOlC 1230 AM Or visit us online to listen: www.SCGLPM .org/rainbowradio Noted . Notable . Noteworthy LGBT News & Views Place your ad in Q-Notes Classifieds! Check out the latest available goods and services on page 53. Submit your classified ad via www.q-notes.com/classifieds or call 704.531.9988. Note to N.C. and S.C. residents: Free bulk rate subscriptions available. Send your request with complete address and phone number via email to webmaster@q-notes.com. MCC Metropolitan Community Church of the Upstate You Me Us C^ocf ••• Miraculous! Come celebrate God with us in a loving, kind, affirming and accepting place where worship is our most important priority. Diversity is our strength. All are welcome in God’s house, regardless of gender, color, creed or religious background. ALWAYS! Metropolitan Community Church of the Upstate 2180 East Poinsett Street Ext. (Highway 290), Duncan, SC 29334 Telephone: 864.439.5080 • E-Mail: mccupstate@bellsouth.net Founding Pastor: Rev. Donna Stroud, M.Div. Sunday Evening Choir Rehearsal: 4:45pm • Worship: 6:00 pm Wednesday Evening Bible Study: 7:00 pm Directions From 1-85: Exit 63 (Duncan/Moore) toward Duncan. Go 4.3 miles. The church is on the left. SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina News Notes by David Gillespie . Q-Notes staff It’s time to speak up CHARLESTON — The Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), a social justice organiza tion dedicated to achieving equality and acceptance for LGBT persons, is in the middle of a substantial media campaign addressing the proposed amendment to the Palmetto State’s constitution. That amendment, which will be considered by the state’s voters on Nov. 7, would forbid official recognition of, and deny any benefits arising from, for any union other than that between one man and one woman. As part of the campaign, AFFA is soliciting stories of real people and families who will be affected by the amendment. “The effort is designed to show that LGBT people are living, breathing people who face struggles much like everyone else,” says AFFAs Warren Redman-Gress. “AFFA is looking for all sorts of stories,” Redman-Gress continues. “If you’re a straight ally, write about the time you realized you had to stand up for LGBT people. If you’re a gay par ent, tell us why you decided to start a family. If you are in a relationship, why not tell the story of how you fell in love? If you’re a parent with an LGBT child, write a short paragraph on what you want your child to know.” Stories by parents of LGBT children are of particular interest to AFFA. Redman-Gress said that those voices are consistently among the most effective ones. AFFA will take six of those stories and turn them into radio ads, which will air on Charleston stations. AFFA will also make the ads available to organizations that want to buy time on other local stations in the state. Other stories will become a part of the print media campaign being waged by AFFA. When asked about the mood of voters in the Charleston area, Redman-Gress said that the organization had done some informal polling at the Cooper River Bridge Run. “Locals seemed much more supportive than those from outside the Charleston area,” he said. He estimated that approximately 50 per cent of those they spoke with indicated a will ingness to support LGBT civil rights and vote against the amendment. Interested persons are encouraged to write and send their one or two paragraph personal stories, a paragraph or two, to wgress@affa-sc.org. The next meeting of AFFA will be held Sept. 12, with a social time at 5:45 p.m.,at the Renaissance Hotel on Wentworth St. in Charleston. For more information, call 843-883-0343. Madden wins poetry award COLUMBIA —Ed. Madden (pictured). Professor of Women’s Studies and English at the University of South Carolina and Chair of the South Carolina Equality Coalition (SCEC), recently won Honorable Mention of the 2006 Gival Press . -M"- \ Oscar Wilde awards for his poem, “Viscous.” Madden and his partner, Bert Easter, have been outstanding leaders in the struggle to achieve equal rights for LGBT citizens in South Carolina. , Upstate gay men’s supper club GREENVILLE — The Upstate (S.C.) Gay Men’s Supper Club will meet Oct.7 at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Roger DuBois at 864 -268-3517 or JAIBABA2@aol.com. SCEC volunteer training a success COLUMBIA — The Fairness for All Families campaign of the South Carolina Equality Coalition recently completed a week end-long training session for 35 volunteers from across the state. Training was provided by representatives of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defemation (GLAAD) and Southerners on New Ground (SONG). “I thought the sessions were great,” said Michael Haigler of the S.C. Gay and Lesbian Business Guild and a seminar participant. He specifically noted the media workshop held by Alex Shoor of GLAAD and the workshop on racism and movement-building held by SONG. Alvin McEwen (pic tured), one of the leaders of Palmetto Umoja, the group that cosponsored South Carolina’s first Black and Latino Pride event earlier this year, said, “I especially liked the media training. We don’t know what words to use to connect to the public because we think that the strength of our cause will win people over.” John Hale, a college student who attended the seminar, said, “The most valuable part of the weekend for me was simply hearing dif ferent points of view from all the attendees and trainers.” Haigler said he was encouraged to hear that South Carolina is being watched national ly. “We’re doing the campaign differently here, focusing on social justice, and having selected persons of color as our campaign leaders. We’re reframing questions in ways that res onate with more people across lines of gender, race and orientation. It’s about fairness.” Coastal discussion group growing MYRTLE BEACH — A social/discussion group for LGBT and LGBT-friendly people has been meeting in local bars and restaurants along the Grand Strand for a “happy hour” event on Fridays. For more information, contact Joseph at laneway@aol.com and include “happy hour” or “Friday” in the subject line. LGBT Radio in S.C. COLUMBIA — Rainbow Radio airs each Sunday at 10 a.m. on WOlC AM, Columbia’s Air America affiliate. You can also listen online at mvw.scglpm.org/rainbowradio. In the lower part of the state you can catch Equal Time each Saturday at 9:30 a.m. on 730 AM in Charleston.^ info: Announce your community event in SC News Notes, email: editor@q-notes.com or tax 704-531-1361. 10 SEPTEMBER 9.2006 • Q-NOTES
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