Later on in years, I presented Cesar Chavez with a gay civil rights award and some years after he died I received the “Cesar Chavez Social Justice Award”from his widow, Mrs. I had the honor to introduce him and march with him in Washington. I invited Cesar Chavez to march and speak at a March on Washington for Gay Rights and he marched and spoke at the huge rally to almost a million people. I was blessed to have known and worked with both Harvey Milk and Cesar Chavez.Chavez came out for “homosexual rights” in the 1970s and Milk also came out for Chavez’s grape boycott.
This Last week, I went out to see the movie based on the life of Latino icon and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. It was a most moving movie and like the Oscar award-winning movie on Harvey Milk it brought back so many memories for me and had me crying, laughing and leaving the theater full of pride.
