... echoed in various interviews conducted with black, LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) young adults. When asked if she saw parallelism between the gay and black civil rights movements, Eden Clements stated that she did see identifiable similarities between the two simply because, "we, the gay community, are fighting for the simple civil rights that they did during the Black ... civil rights movement, for example, the right to marry and simple human rights for all people not just a set group" (Clements). Eden then went on to elaborate upon her statement saying that, "there...

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