The Three Gay Black Men Who Influenced Mart Luther Kg, Jr. • Instct Magaze

Contents:

• THE THREE GAY BLACK MEN WHO INFLUENCED MART LUTHER KG, JR.
• A. DAMIEN MART, 57, A GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
• DR MART GAY BLACK
• BAYARD RT: MART LUTHER KG’S VIEWS ON GAY PEOPLE

THE THREE GAY BLACK MEN WHO INFLUENCED MART LUTHER KG, JR.

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. 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. ', " 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. Is well known for his learship the civil rights movement, an upg book is set to make the ntroversial claim that he would have been an advote for gay marriage.

A. DAMIEN MART, 57, A GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE

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. Mart Luther Kg, Jr., Homosexualy, and Gay Rights, who feels the civil rights lear would have sid wh those advotg for gay marriage.

However, most do not believe Kg would have petned for homosexual Rev. Jse Lee Peterson, founr and print of The Brotherhood Organizatn of A New Dty, told The Christian Post that studyg Kg’s speech, he uld not nceive the civil rights lear headg a gay rights movement. "In the scriptur says that homosexualy is an abomatn agast God.

DR MART GAY BLACK

”However, the thor of the ntroversial new book, Long, has cid to assert that Kg would have been a gay activist. Kg never publicly weled gays at the ont gate of his beloved muny.

BAYARD RT: MART LUTHER KG’S VIEWS ON GAY PEOPLE

In the letter, Kg rpond to an anonymo boy who was nfed about his homosexualy. ”However, spe Kg's clear reference to homosexualy as a "problem" and somethg "culturally acquired, " others still choose to believe that Kg would have supported gay activists today's era simply bee he loved all people. Vivian has exprsed the belief that Kg would have had sympathy for the gay e.

”However, most others do not e to the ncln that jt bee Kg believed God's love towards all people, that this would mean he would have supported gay activist agendas, such as the ph to refe marriage to clu homosexuals. The generally held nservative Christian viewpot is that God's love is ed for everybody, but that homosexualy is scribed the Bible as a s, and that God's universal love would not equate to the acceptance of sful actns, such as homosexual acts. Kg's own dghter has openly taken a strong stance agast gay activism.

Bernice Kg led a march to her father's grave, askg for a nstutnal ban on gay marriage.