this is nonsense. Baldwin as openly gay as a gay man could be. he was as Black as Black could be. Fact is, most in the gay community aligned with WHITE Gays, not gays of Color. Whether you’re talking Baldwin, Bayard Rustin or others. Black Gays rode for Civil Rights for Blackfolk because they were Black and because…

Okay, Lewis didn’t “lead the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. King”. the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t MLK and John Lewis’ pet project. Lewis was definitely an active participant and organizing worker at a number of marches, sit-ins and protests. But what Lewis did that’s most relevant to this story is he was one of the…