Black LGBTQIA+ community’s quest for freedom has grown—so has the urgency of our fight.
The same extremists behind the attacks on LGBTQIA+ Americans are also strategically attacking women, people of color, and immigrants. It is no coincidence, then, that states like Florida are banning educators from talking about LGBTQIA+ issues and teaching the truth of Black history—or that states like Texas are limiting gender-affirming care and abortion care, as books are being banned and voters are being turned away from the polls.
But we know how to rise up. We know how to lock arms together, and we know that our power is rooted in our people. We have learned so much over these last 60 years, and we know without doubt that by working in coalition, we find greater strength. When I recently sat down with Rev. Al Sharpton, who is spearheading this year’s march, he put it very simply:"It will take all of us to get to the other side.
Rustin would have agreed with this simple truth. As a Black man and a gay man, Rustin lived his life at the intersections. As a labor organizer and a trusted advisor to civil rights leaders, he understood the power of the collective, and believed that political and legal victories, likethe Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act needed to be coupled with economic opportunity for Black Americans.
In 1963, Congressman John Lewis, who was not much older than Zion at the time, said, “We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now!” 60 years later, I would add, we do not want our freedoms one by one, we want to be free in every part of our lives. That’s why we are coming together this weekend. That’s what this march is all about.
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