LZ Granderson was an adult when he learned gay people were also Nazi victims . He also learned key figures of the Harlem Renaissance , civil rights activists were LGBT . Lorraine Hansberry , James Baldwin , Bayard Rustin -- were members of the LGBT community . Why does it matter ? Granderson says it 's crucial gay people not be erased from history . It 's important to know the full history of people such as Google and Tim Cook , he says .
LZ Granderson was an adult when he learned gay people were also Nazi victims . He also learned key figures of the Harlem Renaissance , civil rights activists were LGBT . Why does it matter ? Granderson says it 's crucial gay people not be erased from history . It 's important to know the full history of people such as Google and Tim Cook , he says .