Although Rev. Mart Luther Kg Jr. is well known for his learship the civil rights movement, a new upg book is set to make the ntroversial claim that he would have been an advote for gay marriage. Those shockg claims, however, squarely ntradict what Kg's own dghter has said about him the past, and even Kg's own words, which have scribed homosexualy as a "problem."
Contents:
- THE THREE GAY BLACK MEN WHO INFLUENCED MART LUTHER KG, JR.
- BAYARD RT: MART LUTHER KG’S VIEWS ON GAY PEOPLE
- MART LUTHER KG JR., HOMOSEXUALY, AND THE EARLY GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- THIS IS HOW MART LUTHER KG JR FELT ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, ACRDG TO INIC CIVIL RIGHTS MPAIGNER BAYARD RT
- MART LUTHER KG JR.’S VIEW ON GAY MARRIAGE
THE THREE GAY BLACK MEN WHO INFLUENCED MART LUTHER KG, JR.
Bayard Rt was an adviser to Mart Luther Kg Jr. and the anizer behd the 1963 March on Washgton. And though he was gay, his legacy remas ltle known among many the LGBTQ muny. * was martin luther king gay *
His homosexualy st him that visibily and was nsired by some as a hdrance to the movement's succs. The d will air this week an episo of the podst Makg Gay History. Rt was the target of homophobic attacks, and as he discs the terview, he was siled by other black lears at key moments durg a movement he helped steer.
BAYARD RT: MART LUTHER KG’S VIEWS ON GAY PEOPLE
Bayard Rt was an dispensable force behd the Civil Rights Movement and openly gay. * was martin luther king gay *
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"I feel like I was robbed of my history as a gay person, " Marc says.
MART LUTHER KG JR., HOMOSEXUALY, AND THE EARLY GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
This 1987 say by Bayard Rt reveals a personal acunt of MLK's feelgs toward gay people. * was martin luther king gay *
" Marc fds spirg that Rt was open about his sexualy at a time when beg gay was still nsired dangero.
THIS IS HOW MART LUTHER KG JR FELT ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, ACRDG TO INIC CIVIL RIGHTS MPAIGNER BAYARD RT
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MART LUTHER KG JR.’S VIEW ON GAY MARRIAGE
" To Rt, assertg his inty as an Ain-Amerin went hand--hand wh intifyg as a gay man. "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 said.
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