After graduating from Harvard in 1992, Boykin began working at a
San Francisco law firm where he had previously interned. However, he left that position in order to work for
Bill Clinton's presidential campaign as the Midwest Press Director. That meeting included 8 members drawn from three LGBTQ organizations: The
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership forum, and the
March on Washington Committee. From 1999 to 2001, Boykin taught Political Science as an adjunct professor at
American University in Washington, D.C. In 2004, Keith Boykin and his partner at the time,
Nathan Hale Williams, made television history as the first openly black gay couple to appear on a reality television show, when they appeared on the Showtime reality TV series "American Candidate." In 2005, Minister
Louis Farrakhan invited Keith to speak during the tenth anniversary commemoration of the
Million Man March. At the last minute, however, the invitation was rescinded without a clear explanation. One of the leaders of the March, the Reverend Willie F. Wilson, objected to Boykin's presence. In February 2006, Boykin became co-host of the TV series "My Two Cents" on the
BET J channel. From 2008 to 2016, Boykin served as a contributor for
CNBC. He has also been featured or quoted in articles in
The New York Times,
The Washington Post,
USA Today,
VIBE, and
Jet. Some of the publications he has written for include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Village Voice, the
San Francisco Chronicle,
the St. Petersburg Times,
The Advocate,
Black Issues Book Review, and
The Crisis. His syndicated column appeared in several newspapers across the country, including
The New York Blade,
the Washington Blade,
Southern Voice, and the
Houston Voice. ==Personal life==