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Remembering the legacy of Bayard Rustin
Openly gay in an era far different from today, Rustin took his place among leaders of the 1963 March on Washington.
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Ellen almost quit comedy after misogynists protested her stand-up act
“I don’t know where those guys are now, but they didn’t get the Medal of Freedom.”
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Obama awards Ellen DeGeneres medal of freedom even though she did this
“I forgot my ID,” the comedian tweeted Tuesday afternoon from Lafayette Square. “#NotJoking.”
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Obama to award highest civilian honor to Ellen, Bruce, Diana Ross, Robert DeNiro
The stars are among 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s top honor for Americans not serving in the military.
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Judge who ruled against ban on gays in military in 1993 dies at age 90
“It is fundamentally unjust to abort a most promising military career solely because of a truthful confession of a sexual preference different from that of the majority,” he wrote in 1993.
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Obama honors Bayard Rustin, Sally Ride with Medal of Freedom
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.
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Obama to honor LGBT activist Bayard Rustin, astronaut Sally Ride
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will posthumously honor LGBT and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, and Dr. Sally Ride, the first known LGBT astronaut, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Thursday.
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Highest Presidential honor to be awarded posthumously to Sally Ride
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will bestow a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, to astronaut Dr. Sally Ride.
