Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest and gay Christian pioneer, dies at 91
Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and pioneer among gay Christians, died February 27 at the age of 91.
Boyd was an A-list producer in Hollywood until he gave up that life in 1951 to become an Episcopal priest. He was one of the Freedom Riders in 1961 and worked in Alabama and marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma.
In 1977, he came out as a gay man, and in the 1980s and 1990s he ministered to those affected by HIV/AIDS.
