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How black movement inspired queers

by (50s and 60s)
Black Civil Rights movement gave hope to queers, and other oppressed groups
(feminists, Chicanos, Native Americans, disabled persons, etc, etc);
and, for some activists,
The Movement served as a school,
helping them to learn basic political skills.]
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Blacks inspired queers
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"The gay movement was
clearly inspired by the Civil Rights Movement....

The fundamental principle is that you're fighting
not to be mistreated
because of some essential aspect of your personality....

I believe that if the black Civil Rights Movement hadn't happened,
gay rights would not have happened either."

- U.S. Representative BARNEY FRANK.




[ -- essay, "Threads in the Civil Rights Quilt";
in Juan Williams, ed.,
MY SOUL LOOKS BACK IN WONDER:
Voices of the Civil Rights Experience
(AARP/Sterling, circa 2004-2005). ]
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