Calif. seeks to pardon gay activist Bayard Rustin posthumously.

January 21, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY Comments Off on Calif. seeks to pardon gay activist Bayard Rustin posthumously.
The out gay Civil Rights activist was a close confidante to Martin Luther King, Jr. before he was forced to register as a sex offender for being gay. (Image: Getty Images)

Today, California state Senator Scott Wiener (chair of the Senate LGBTQ caucus) and assemblymember Shirley Weber (chair of  the Senate Black Caucus) are asking Governor Newsom to posthumously pardon gay activist and organizer Bayard Rustin.

Sixty-seven years ago to the day, on…