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LifeYou can be a witness to history by being an extra in the film about Bayard Rustin
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are serving as producers for the Netflix film. They’re currently casting actors to film in Pittsburgh and DC.
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CommentaryWhich LGBTQ person would you ask to write our Declaration of Independence?
The one name that we kept coming back to may be a bit surprising to you.
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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.
