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KEITH BOYKIN b. August 28, 1965 COMMENTATOR “I’m not on a show with a pink triangle or rainbow flag—which means that being gay is just a part of who I am.” Keith Boykin is a political commentator, a New York Times best-selling author and a veteran of two presidential campaigns. He is the editor of The Daily Voice and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and BET. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Boykin became politically focused working on local campaigns while in high school. At Dartmouth he was the editor of the daily newspaper and graduated with a B.A. in government. After college, Boykin worked on the Dukakis presidential campaign. Thereafter, he attended Harvard Law School and continued working on campaigns, including the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton. Boykin worked as special assistant to the president and served as President Clinton’s liaison to the LGBT community. In 1994, Boykin became the executive director of the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum and completed his first book, “One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America.” In 1997, he served with Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the U.S. presidential trade delegation to Zimbabwe. © ASSOCIATED PRESS © ASSOCIATED Boykin wrote two other books, “Respecting the Soul” (1999) and “Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America” (2005). His work shed light on AIDS, internalized homophobia and black men on the “down low.” Boykin is a commentator on major political talk shows. In 2004, he starred on Showtime’s “American Candidate” and hosted BET’s “My Two Cents.” Keith Boykin is working on a fourth book, “For Colored Boykin worked as Boys Who Have Considered special assistant to the Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough.” He lives president and served in New York City. as President Clinton’s liaison to the LGBT community. www.lgbtHistoryMonth.com Copyright © 2011 – A Project of Equality Forum.

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