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Contents:

• THE ROLE OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• TOP QUOT FROM BAYARD RT, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR
• BROTHER OUTSIR: REMEMBERG GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR BAYARD RT
• BROTHER OUTSIR: REMEMBERG GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR BAYARD RT
• THE GAY, BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS HERO OPPOSED TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTN
• GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR BAYARD RT POSTHUMOLY PARDONED CALIFORNIA
• BAYARD RT: A GAY MAN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
• UNSUNG HERO SERI: BAYARD RT – BLACK GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR
• DIFFERENT FIGHT, 'SAME GOAL': HOW THE BLACK EEDOM MOVEMENT SPIRED EARLY GAY ACTIVISTS

THE ROLE OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

" Beyond her LGBTQ activism, DeLarverie also anized and performed at fundraisers for women who suffered om domtic vlence and their Jam Baldw (Photo by Ted Thai)The LIFE Picture Collectn/GettyJam Baldw (1924-1987)A wrer and social cric, Baldw is perhaps bt known for his 1955 llectn of says, "Not of a Native Son, " and his groundbreakg 1956 novel, "Gvanni's Room, " which picts them of homosexualy and bisexualy. Baldw spent a majory of his lerary and activist reer tg others about Black and queer inty, as he did durg his famo lecture tled “Race, Racism, and the Gay Communy” at a meetg of the New York chapter of Black and Whe Men Together (now known as Men of All Colors Together) and playwright Lorrae Hansberry her New York Cy apartment April Attie / Getty ImagLorrae Hansberry (1930-1965)Hansberry was an activist and playwright bt known for her groundbreakg play “A Rais the Sun, ” about a stgglg Black fay on Chigo’s South Si.

The inic work was then ma to a 1961 film starrg Sidney Poier and Ruby to “A Rais the Sun” fame, Hansberry — who never publicly acknowledged she was a lbian — joed lbian rights group Dghters of Bilis and ntributed letters about femism and homophobia to s magaze, “The Ladr, ” acrdg to LGBTQ historian Eric Marc, host of the “Makg Gay History” podst.

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TOP QUOT FROM BAYARD RT, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR

Baldw’s life illumat not jt the tersectn between gay rights and civil rights, but perhaps more important, the nnectns among self-intifitn, artistic exprsn and polil activism. While Hansberry has long been regnized as a signifint figure black history, ls is known about her advocy for lbian and gay rights. Murray, an overlooked figure, was stmental nnectg civil rights, gay rights and women’s rights.

BROTHER OUTSIR: REMEMBERG GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR BAYARD RT

Lson Four: Bayard Rt: The Fight for Civil and Gay Rights addrs the issue of activism. Rt’s life elucidat the siari between the morn civil rights movement and the current gay rights movement. Earlier his life, Rt was open about his homosexualy private circl, but remaed publicly silent about .

Later life, Rt was more vol and beme an advote for gay rights ways that had elud him his earlier years.

In this lson, stunts will discs the siari and differenc between the civil rights and gay rights movements. He was Bayard Rt, a man whose life was shaped by the very prejudic the movement fought agast, not only bee of his race, but also bee he was gay. “The qutn is never gog to be homosexualy, ’s gog to be promiscuy, and I n’t fend that.

BROTHER OUTSIR: REMEMBERG GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR BAYARD RT

Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carola brought natnwi media attentn to Bayard after claimg that the march was beg anized by “Communist, draft-dodger and homosexual. However, wh learship wh the movement opposed to his volvement, Rt whdrew his would ntue his role activism, speakg at events for gay rights the 1980s. It was also durg this time, the last years of his life, that Rt gave an terview wh the Washgton Bla, rellg the dualy of beg both black and gay the Civil Rights Movement and how that shaped his refal to hi his sexual moment particular helped motivate his cisn to be open about his sexualy.

THE GAY, BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS HERO OPPOSED TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTN

', " Rt said the terview, which was released  early 2019 via the podst Makg Gay History. "It occurred to me shortly after that that was an absolute necsy for me to clare homosexualy, bee if I didn't I was a part of the prejudice, " he ntued.

Johnson helped to found the Gay Liberatn Front 1969. ) to provi rourc, support, and hog for gay, trans, and genr non-nformg people New York.

GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR BAYARD RT POSTHUMOLY PARDONED CALIFORNIA

Rt is remembered as the most proment out gay man the Civil Rights Movement. John beme the first out gay Black person elected to public office after wng his race for Common Council of Albany. In 1994, Deborah Batts beme the first out gay feral judge U.

Hoe, Rchie Torr jos Mondaire Jon as one of the first two openly LGBTQ Black members of Congrs 2020 and mak history as the first openly gay Ao-Lato Congrs. Pennsylvania native Bayard Rt, March 17, 1912 – Augt 24, 1987, was the first openly gay black civil rights lear who notably served as an adviser to Mart Luther Kg Jr. The most outrage stance me 1953, when was sentenced to 60 days jail for beg openly gay.

BAYARD RT: A GAY MAN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

Powell met wh Kg to discs his tratns and went as far as sayg if Kg did not stop workg wh Rt that he would tell people that Kg and Rt were gay lovers.

UNSUNG HERO SERI: BAYARD RT – BLACK GAY CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR

Kg’s si, was nied his rightful place history, bee he was openly gay. Learn more about Bayard Rt's life as an openly gay Black civil rights activist who served as the chief anizer of the historic March on Washgton. Dcribed as the “unknown hero” of the Civil Rights Movement, Bayard Rt was the openly gay Ain Amerin civil rights activist who served as the chief anizer of the historic March on Washgton.

DIFFERENT FIGHT, 'SAME GOAL': HOW THE BLACK EEDOM MOVEMENT SPIRED EARLY GAY ACTIVISTS

“It was an absolute necsy for me to clare homosexualy, bee if I didn’t...