Inspired
Members of the Black LGBTQ+ community are acquainted with giving much to a country that most often does not reciprocate. Throughout history they have resisted continuously fighting against a system created to diminish their very existence. Some have gone on but their contributions will forever remain. Those that are still with us continue to make contributions for the betterment of mankind.
Alvin Ailey, American Dancer
Alvin Ailey used the art of dance to inspire others.
"One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people."
Angela Davis, Civil Rights Activist
Angela Davis has devoted her life to combating racism and sexism.
"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society"
Bayard Rustin, Activist
Bayard Rustin organized the 1968 March on Washington.
"Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it."
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"The younger negro artist who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame"
Langston Hughes, American Poet & Activist
Phil Wilson, Founder of AIDS Institute
"Understanding that I was a gay man, discovering my true self and falling deeply in love was euphoric."
"I'd been going to jail for like, 10 years before the Stonewall."
Marsha P. Wilson, Transgender Activist
"Your silence will not protect you."
Audre Lorde, Poet & Civil Rights Activist