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Category Archives: Gay Issue '07
We’re Getting There People!!!!
Courtesy of The New York Times and hot off the ‘net:
California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 15, 2008
Filed at 1:50 p.m. ET
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved gay marriage ban Thursday in a ruling that would make the nation’s largest state the second one to […]
Theater Pulls AFFA Ads
The Palmetto Grande in Mt. Pleasant ran the Alliance for Full Acceptance’s campaign, Acceptance Without Exception for a week before pulling the ads after an unknown (but apparently limited) number of complaints. The ads run through various takes on “Some of the best ___ are gay.” The most scandalous part of the ad is the […]
Injustice in the Home of the Cocks
For better or worse, I am a South Carolina girl. I love G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised In The South), and I’ve been told by more than one good-ole-boy that I have the “right hips for breeding.” I live in a state where the laws favor chickens or a piece of cloth over people. Here, cock-fighting or […]
Gay Issue: Looking for Lesbians On the Web
Our regular contributor D.A. Smith provides a column on internet dating.
So, knowing that we live in the future and not being one to dwell in the past, I decided to give online personals a shot. Besides, I had a former roommate who continues to be in a long-term, healthy relationship with a woman she […]
Gay Issue Extra: Marriage Woes
More stuff that couldn’t fit.
Presidential candidates steer clear of same-sex marriage
By Nick smith
When Sen. John McCain visited the College of Charleston for a one-hour stump speech on Oct. 3, he clarified his support for how Gen. David Petraeus is conducting the war in Iraq, the present legal drinking age, and Bush’s child health insurance veto. […]
Gay Issue Extra: Bar Exam
Editor Chris Haire just sent this my way. Apparently it didn’t make it in to the issue:
Forget what Electric Six says on cult hit “Gay Bar,” LGBT clubgoers aren’t all that interested in starting a nuclear war on the dance floor. Nope. No mutually assured destruction here. Just plenty of good times. And if having […]
Gay Issue: Political Posts
When we were deciding what to put on the cover, we looked at the stories that we had and a lot of what we’re talking about is the need for political change. Here’s a collection of the political pieces included in this year’s gay issue.
Jason Zwiker talks to Truman Smith with the S.C. Log Cabin […]
The Gay Issue: Bad Apples
I’ll be posting links to the stories over the next few days, but you can see them all here.
First up, my commentary on the media’s focus on our bad apples in the LGBT community.
I don’t know the first thing about Orange County. Never been there. But after three seasons of Laguna Beach, I have […]

