Gay Pride Month: Harlem’s LGBT Icons

President Obama’s recent endorsement of same sex marriage has been a huge triumph in both the LGBT and black community.

 

The fight for LGBT equality in the black community has a long history with roots stemming back to the Harlem Renaissance and The Civil Rights Movement.

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The movement continues today as many black people struggle to overcome both racial and sexual prejudice.

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These Harlem icons have proven to be champions in both the gay rights movement and their respective careers.

Claude McKay

Wallace Thurman

Alain Locke

Gladys Bentley

Photo credit: Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Wallace Thurman, Alain Locke, Gladys Bentley.

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