A. McEwen

About Me

Alvin McEwen is 38-year-old single African-American gay man who resides in Columbia, SC. He is a graduate of A.C. Flora High School and Winthrop University. McEwen is a 1988 attendee of the SC Governor's School for the Arts and 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 SC Black Pride as well as a co-founder of Palmetto Umoja. McEwen's blog, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters, is internationally known and has been referred to on many sites including Americablog.com, Goodasyou.org, People for the American Way, PageOneQ.com, CNN.com, The Washington Post, and Foxnews.com. In addition, he is also a contributor to Truthwinsout.org and Pam's House Blend. 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 from the SC Pride Movement and the 2009 recipient of the Audre Lorde/James Baldwin Civil Rights Activist Award from SC Black Pride.

My Blogs

Team Members

Anti-Gay Lies and Liars  
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters