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South Carolina lawmakers have pressured an Upstate university into giving up a planned gay-themed presentation. The cancellation follows a vote weeks ago to cut funds for a program requiring all university students to read a book about the state’s first gay radio show.Last month, the House voted to cut $17,146 from University of South Carolina Upstate's budget -- the exact cost of the required reading program. The book required this year, “Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio,” is a collection of stories shared on South Carolina’s first gay radio show."It's just not normal and then you glorify, or it seems to me, that the promotion at USC is a glorification of same sex orientation,” said Republican state Sen. Mike Fair.Fair said the school took what he calls questionable behavior even further when it booked the show "How to Become a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less."“That's not an explanation of 'I was born this way.’ It's recruiting,” said Fair.Fair said that's why during board elections last week he and state Sen. Lee Bright voted against each incumbent USC trustee.The assistant vice chancellor for USC Upstate communications, Tammy E. Whaley, sent WYFF News 4 this statement:“The title of ‘How to Become a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less,’ while deliberately provocative, is satirical in nature but has not been received as such. The controversy surrounding this performance has become a distraction to the educational mission of USC Upstate and the overall purpose of the Bodies of Knowledge symposium. As a result, we have canceled this segment of the symposium.”Gail Stephenson, president of Upstate Pride, said the move is unfair to both the university and its students.“Diversity is diversity. And we can't just say we are going to choose this part of diversity, but we're not going to choose this part of diversity. Then what's next? Are we going to cut out women's studies? Racial integration?” said Gail Stephenson.USC Upstate is not the only public university feeling pressure from lawmakers. Republican state Rep. Garry Smith proposed $52,000 in cuts to the College of Charleston because its required reading book was Alison Bechdel's “Fun Home,” a memoir about the author growing up as a lesbian in rural Pennsylvania.