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Title: Rustin breakfast empowers LGBT communities of color in civil rights, AIDS battle
Post by: Shana A on May 08, 2008, 12:33:21 PM
Rustin breakfast empowers LGBT communities of color in civil rights, AIDS battles
by Laura Kiritsy
Editor-in-chief
Thursday May 8, 2008

http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=74157 (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=74157)

Taking the stage holding a sign that bore the slogan, "I AM A MAN" at this year's Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast, Diego Sanchez at once paid tribute to the gay, black civil rights pioneer for whom the event is named and affirmed his own transgender identity.
Title: Re: Rustin breakfast empowers LGBT communities of color in civil rights, AIDS battle
Post by: tekla on May 08, 2008, 02:28:54 PM
Bayard Rustin was a remarkable person, if you know nothing about him google the name and read some stuff.  Pretty interesting.