Magora Kennedy: The 83-Year-Old Gay Reverend

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Magora Kennedy: The 83-Year-Old Gay Reverend

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Dec 14, 2021

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The "Gay Reverend" Magora Kennedy talks about queer life in the 50s and 60s, being a part of the Black Panthers, and the Stonewall Uprising.
Reverend Kennedy can be seen in the new PBS documentary, Cured.
LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. @lgbtqpod

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Dec 14, 2021

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Magora Kennedy: The 83-Year-Old Gay Reverend

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