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Contents:
- OUTFRONT: ADVOTE CELEBRAT GAY BLACK EXCELLENCE WH 'MOBILIZG OUR BROTHERS INIATIVE'
- BLACK LEARS AND GAY ADVOT MARCH STEP
- RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)
OUTFRONT: ADVOTE CELEBRAT GAY BLACK EXCELLENCE WH 'MOBILIZG OUR BROTHERS INIATIVE'
" 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.
BLACK LEARS AND GAY ADVOT MARCH STEP
Now 79, Miss Major, known to many simply as “Mama, ” ris Ltle Rock, Arkansas, where she ntu to be a vol Sprg's mayor Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagRon On (Born 1950)When On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy. Johnson was a key figure of the 1960s gay rights movement the US and, as legend has , threw the brick that igned the famo Stonewall rts, which were the talyst for the movement and have spired many Pri march ever 1992, Johnson’s body was found the Hudson River.
She was once arrted for attemptg to climb through a wdow ( a drs and heels) to a room where the New York Cy Council was batg a gay rights bill, NBC reported. “Sylvia’s role gay history was that she was one of the first people to highlight that our movement need to be more clive of people who did not f the mastream, ” Carrie Davis, Chief Programs and Policy Officer at New York Cy’s LGBT Communy Center, told NBC News.
In a untry where police officer entrap members of the LGBTQ muny through text msag and beat those they perceive to be gay, Nkom bravely fights for rights on behalf of the LGBTQ Nkom intifi as heterosexual, she has dited her work to fightg for Cameroon’s LGBTQ muny and found the Associatn for the Defence of Homosexualy 2003. But 2005, the queer activist was forced to flee his untry, where homosexual activy remas, Parsi liv exile Canada, where he has found the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refuge, which supports and provis guidance to LGBTQ asylum seekers om the Middle East. About a year after he was first drafted, Sam retired om the NFL cg mental health stggle highlighted the discrimatn and homophobia still rampant the sports world, but Sam has gone on to share his story and ntu to champn change.
RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)
Jonathan Van Ns, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk, and Karamo Brown om Queer Courty of NetflixThe all-star st of Netflix’s new Queer Eye seri — a reboot of Bravo’s early 2000s seri Queer Eye for the Straight Guy — may be all fun when to makeovers, but they’re ser about makg a difference the “Fab Five” — Tan France, Jonathan Van Ns, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, and Antoni Porowski — speak openly on Queer Eye about their personal stggl and experienc wh homophobia and discrimatn. Johnson: Although she never ed the word “transgenr” to scribe herself, the late revolutnary trans activist is wily known as one of the leadg figur the Stonewall Rts outsi the gay bar on Christopher Street and both she and activist Sylvia Rivera claimed to be there when the six nights of rtg began the early hours of June 28, 1969. The wner of a Grammy award 2014, Porter won the Emmy award for lead actor a drama seri 2019, makg him the first openly gay Black man to w the award any lead actg tegory.
Gerren Keh Gaynor: The managg edor at theGr and host of the Dear Culture Podst, Gaynor speaks to his unique experienc growg up as a gay Black man and his journey of learng to live eely wh his te self his journalism and mentator/host reer. “The black church is eply, eply entrenched the Black muny, and so many of s views of homosexualy om the Black church and and s terpretatn of the Bible. As a gay Black man the entertament dtry, Wherspoon works to make sure LGBTQ+ TV and film ntent are highlighted on his platform for his thoands of app subscribers.
And when you're fat, when you're poor, when you're gay and kids notice that you're effemate, when the boys notice that you're the worst player on the football team, stead of tchg the ball, you ‘re bouncg the ball; When they throw the basketball to you, you dodge and you n't do a lay up, you know? Karamo Brown: Startg his reer 2004 on the MTV realy show, The Real World: Philalphia, Brown was the first openly gay Black man st on a realy TV show. Jason Colls: The now retired NBA player after a 13-year n, is the first openly gay athlete to play any of the four major Amerin profsnal sports leagu.