January 18, 2012

Bernice King makes gay-inclusive speech for MLK Day →

gaywrites:

In her father’s honor, one of MLK’s daughters yesterday made a speech that pleasantly surprised audiences for its LGBT inclusivity. 

Bernice King, the second daughter and youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has a history of making anti-gay comments and a generally homophobic track record. But during a speech in Atlanta on the day honoring her father, she mentioned the LGBT community in discussing the need for people to come together. 

In a passionate, sermon-like speech about building unity, King said she didn’t care if people were Hindu, Buddhist, Islamist, were from the North side or the South side, were black or white, were “heterosexual or homosexual, or gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender” — that all people were needed to create unity.

LGBT people who attended the rally said they were shocked that King – who has a long anti-gay past — actually acknowledged the community in a public speech, but said they were also glad because it shows people can evolve. 

Of course, questions abound from skeptics about whether she was completely genuine or not, but who cares? This is proof that people can change, even if it’s in small increments. What a day. 

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