Remember this Black History Month that being Black and LGBTQ is still groundbreaking in several places – even in our nation’s Capitol.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California pardoned Rustin, who was arrested in 1953 for having sex with men.

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.”

You’ll learn something… and be entertained.

Openly gay in an era far different from today, Rustin took his place among leaders of the 1963 March on Washington.

It’s time to stop tokenizing a few people and share the larger history most people don’t know.

Chicago’s Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.

The man who talked about social justice and civil rights for all people on a national stage did not reflect the same ethos concerning women and gays.

As a society we have long wrestled with religious objections to a wide range of public interests, from African American civil rights, to mandatory vaccinations, and even public schooling…

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday posthumously honored LGBT and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, and Dr. Sally Ride, the first known LGBT astronaut, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.