Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Calif. Gov Issues Pardon to Civil Rights Icon Bayard Rustin
" In California and across the country, many laws have been used as legal tools of oppression, and to stigmatize and punish LGBTQ people and communities and warn others what harm could await them for living authentically. I thank those who advocated for Bayard Rustin’s pardon, and I want to encourage others in similar situations to seek a pardon to right this egregious wrong. ”
California Governor Gavin Newsom, February 4, 2020. Issuance of pardon for 1953 gay sex conviction, for the late Civil Rights movement icon, and openly gay man.
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