Community Quote by Bayard Rustin

Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.

— Bayard Rustin

Gays should be fought against.

— Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz

We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.

— Patrisse Cullors

You have to take your hat off to the homosexual and gay community cause right now they're as strong as black people USE to…

— Tyrese Gibson

The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals…

— Magic Johnson

I would say except when I have been attacked the black community has seldom seen fit to even mention the gay aspect. And since…

— Bayard Rustin

My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through…

— Marlon Riggs

I think Black Lives Matter is a necessary, modern group of activism and should be applauded. I encourage them to continue in their efforts.

— Ron Stallworth

As African Americans, we always have to fight for inclusion, despite your moral background: Christian, Muslim, Jewish - it doesn't matter.

— Kenny Smith

Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are…

— Bayard Rustin

If we want to do away with the injustice to gays it will not be done because we get rid of the injustice to…

— Bayard Rustin

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

— Patrisse Cullors