TODAY BEGINS A MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY. AT QUEER NEWS TONIGHT WE WILL CELEBRATE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. TODAY WE TELL YOU ABOUT ICONS IN AND TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. IN POLITICS WE CELEBRATE BARBARA JORDAN. SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM THE SOUTH, THE FIRST TO DELIVER THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT A NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTION. AND A PERSONAL HERO TO ME.
IN ENTERTAINMENT WE CELEBRATE RUPAUL. THE MEDIA QUEEN HAS MADE BEING A DRAG QUEEN INTO SOMETHING ELSE. BOOKS, TELEVISION SHOWS, THE LONGEST STRING OF EMMY WINS FOR A SHOW AND A HOST OF ANYONE IN HISTORY. AND NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.
IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WE CELEBRATE BAYARD RUSTIN. ON THE EVE OF THE 1963 CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH BAYARD RUSTIN SERVED A ROLE VITAL TO MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE ENTIRE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS WE CELEBRATE GLENN BURKE. THE FIRST AND ONLY OPENLY GAY PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. A PIONEER 30 YEARS AS JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THE LEAGUES COLOR BARRIER.
IN THE WORLD OF DANCE WE CELEBRATE ALVIN AILEY. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST DANCERS IN HISTORY HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE WORLD FAMOUS ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER.
IN MUSIC WE CELEBRATE JOHNNY MATHIS. A CROONER ADORED BY THE WOMEN FOR HIS SULTRY SOUND WAS INTRODUCED INTO BOTH THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AND ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE GREAT BLACK LGBTQ ICONS. QUEER NEWS TONIGHT WILL CELEBRATE THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ MORE ABOUT EACH OF THESE ICONS.
LET’S CELEBRATE LGBTQ AFRICAN AMERICAN ICONS
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