As June Pride Month comes to an end, we want to recognize and celebrate the contributions made to our society by LGBTQ+ trailblazers and their efforts to advance equity and equality.
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Here we highlight:
- Bayard Rustin – a civil rights activist and close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
- Sally Ride – America’s first female astronaut and youngest American to travel to space in 1983.
- Pete Buttigieg – when sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Transportation in February 2021, he became the first openly LGBTQ cabinet member in U.S. history.
