Bayard Rustin Gay Rights Activism

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Working for many causes in Bayard Rustin’s life, he finally became involved in gay rights activism in the 1980s. In 1982 as a means of protecting his partner Walter Naegle, he adopted him, the only way then to form a legal bond for their relationship.

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