In Newly Found Audio, Bayard Rustin Says Coming Out 'Was An Absolute Necessity'

'He was an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington. Still, Bayard Rustin's legacy as a leading figure in the civil rights movement is little known today, even among many history buffs and within the LGBTQ community. His homosexuality cost him that visibility and was considered by some as a hindrance to the movement's success. Rustin died in 1987, but his silenced voice was recently resurrected in previously unaired audio from an interview with the Washington Blade in the mid-1980s.' -- All Things Considered