GAY rights activist Peter Tatchell [...].Byline: Ephraim Hardcastle GAY rights activist Peter Tatchell emails to remind me it's Black History Month, remarking: 'It is also worth celebrating that many leading black icons have been lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, most notably the U.S. black liberation hero Malcolm X Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. He was introduced to the Black Muslims while serving a prison term and became a Muslim minister upon his release in 1952. .' Tatchell's LGBT list includes jazz singer Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later nicknamed Lady Day (see "Jazz royalty" regarding similar nicknames), was an American jazz singer, a seminal influence on jazz and pop singers, and generally regarded as one of the , author James Baldwin Noun 1. James Baldwin - United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987) Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin , soul singer Luther Vandross, blueswoman Bessie Smith, poet Langston Hughes, crooner Johnny Mathis, novelist Alice Walker, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, singer and dancer Josephine Baker, Olympic diving gold medallist Greg Louganis, 1950s rock star Little Richard, Black Panther urban terrorist Angela Davis, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman and drag performer RuPaul. Tatchell complains: 'Few of these prominent black LGBT achievers are listed on the most comprehensive UK Black History Month website.' |
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