LGBT POV

Marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jeffrey King, Executive Director of In The Meantime Men, says:

“The world is a better place because a people stoodup for what was right.”

This rainy Monday in Los Angeles, hundreds join in the annual march to honor Dr. King – including LGBT people of all colors.

Ironically, many parade participants and observers don’t know that the famous 1963 March on Washington – where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech – was organized by his openly gay friend, Bayard Rustin. Click inside for more on the gay connection to Dr. King, a personal essay about Dr. King and a bio provided by Jeffrey King, as well as a transcript of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech which you can watch here:

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 – 46 years ago Sunday – during a campaign stop in Dallas, Texas.

It is hard to convey the impact this young President had in his three years in office – and it’s hard to imagine the impact he might have had if he lived. There’s evidence he might have pulled out of Vietnam and who knows where we might have been with space exploration. But given the Kennedy family connection to Barack Obama, one truly wonders if America might have made more progress on race and – given Bayard Rustin – gays. Click inside to read the story of JFK and race. Meanwhile – here is President John F. Kennedy’s live televised historic speech on race, given five months before his assassination.