Last month, I posted an item about an initiative to secure a posthumous pardon for civil rights activist Bayard Rustin (see below). Today's Washington Post reports the good news that California Governor Gavin Newsom has not only signed that pardon, but announced a clemency initiative to clear the records of other people who faced discriminatory charges for consensual activity with people of the same sex.
"In California and across the country many laws have been used as legal tools of oppression, to stigmatize and punish LGBTQ people and communities, and warn others what harm could await them for living authentically," Gov. Newsom said in a statement. "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."
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