10 years before the Stonewall uprising, Martin Luther King Jr. gave advice to a scared, closeted teen… but was it good advice?
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American Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin on the ‘Absolute Necessity’ to Be Openly Gay
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Trump Administration Uses Martin Luther King Quotes to Celebrate New Anti-LGBTQ Office
The Department of Health and Human Services will open a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within its existing civil rights office.
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Meet Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Openly Gay Right-Hand Man
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Conservative politicians are threatening to shut down the government over Planned Parenthood, but all their talking points are a bunch of hot air. Come see!
Justice Thomas To Justice Scalia: Are… Are We The Baddies?
Shocking no one, Justice Scalia was on the wrong side of today’s Marriage Equality vote. But does he even realize he’s the bad guy? Has he watched movies?
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