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Life“We just wanted to live”: The struggles of being Black & queer in the Civil Rights era
Donzaleigh Abernathy’s life & career was made possible by queer people you haven’t heard from. Until now.
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LifeShe grew up with MLK and was Kamala Harris’ gym buddy. Meet Donzaleigh Abernathy.
She was irreparably shaped by the sudden assassination of her beloved Uncle Martin, but she refused to let fear hold her back.
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PoliticsHouse Democrats seek to adopt resolution honoring & uplifting Black queer leaders
If adopted, the House will recognize “Black History Month as an important time to celebrate the remarkable and unique contributions of all LGBTQ+ Black Americans in United States history.”
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LifeThe Obamas will produce an upcoming film about Bayard Rustin
The director of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is attached to direct, and the writer of the Milk biopic is writing the screenplay.
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Commentary6 organizations to donate to in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day
What Dr. King’s beliefs regarding LGBTQ rights would have been remains complicated. Yours, however, do not have to be.
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News (USA)Activists take a polar bear dip on New Year’s to protest nuclear warfare
“Today we are polar bears for peace.”
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CommentaryBlack history is now. I’m part of it & so are you.
Remember this Black History Month that being Black and LGBTQ is still groundbreaking in several places – even in our nation’s Capitol.
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News (USA)Gay Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin just got his sodomy conviction pardoned
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.
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LGBTQ HistoryBayard Rustin was convicted for having sex with a man. Lawmakers want to finally address it.
Advocates in California want an official pardon as “an affirmation of what Rustin knew all along: that he was not a criminal for being gay.”
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LGBTQ HistoryJames Baldwin, Marsha Johnson & more: 5 documentaries about being black & queer
You’ll learn something… and be entertained.
