For First Time Ever, Three National LGBTQ Orgs Have Black Leaders
The election of Kamala Harris as the first female, Black, South Asian vice president was a joyous and noteworthy event. Indeed, the Biden administration has already shown itself to be the antithesis of the blatant racism of the previous four years. New leadership demands new ways of operating, new ways of governing, and new ways to confront systematic racism. We can say in our own community that we’ve only recently begun to address bigotry within our ranks, and that includes Black executive leadership in the LGBTQ+ movement. For the first time in history, three of the national legacy LGBTQ equality organizations (National LGBTQ Task […]