Why was bayard Rustin not an important public leader in the civil rights movement?

Bayard Rustin was often overshadowed in the Civil Rights Movement due to his sexual orientation and the prevailing societal attitudes towards homosexuality at the time. Despite being a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and a prominent figure Behind the Scenes, his contributions were frequently minimized or overlooked by more publicly recognized leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Additionally, Rustin's association with socialist and pacifist ideologies led some mainstream civil rights organizations to distance themselves from him. As a result, while his impact was significant, he was not always acknowledged as a public leader in the movement.