Black LGBTQ+ folks helped lead the civil rights movement. Homophobia buried their stories.
Briefly

The undermining of Rustin's legacy and the blatant disregard for the influential principles of nonviolence he introduced to King was by design.
Unsurprisingly, many people only became aware of Rustin as a civil rights icon after the 2023 release of the Netflix biopic bearing his last name.
Read at LGBTQ Nation
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