The Oscar-nominated Harvey Milk biopic marks the latest entry in the cable network's Characters Unite campaign. read more
On what would have been Harvey Milk’s 83rd birthday, gays around the nation remember how politician gave them hope. Earlier in the week, San Francisco city officials organized a reenactment of his famous “You’ve Got To Have Hope” speech. Originally recited on June 24, 1977 to kick-off his third bid for supervisor, the speech is a [...]
Harvey Milk's memory is being honored by the White House today while also being run away from by an antigay group. read more
It seems that the message we too often miss from Milk's work is that all Americans have an interest in equality because soon we will all be minorities in some way or another. Harvey called this his "coalition of the us's" -- not only gays but blacks, Asians, seniors, the disabled.
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It seems that the message we too often miss from Milk's work is that all Americans have an interest in equality because soon we will all be minorities in some way or another. Harvey called this his "coalition of the us's" -- not only gays but blacks, Asians, seniors, the disabled.
To commemorate Harvey Milk Day, TIME republishes a snippet of its coverage on the remembrance of his death. Milk was one of the first openly gay politicians in the United States. This article was originally published in the December 11, 1978 issue. Show More Summary
State Rep. Simone Bell, D-Atlanta, will be honored by the White House this afternoon as a "Harvey Milk Champion of Change." The award, which was established two year ago to honor the San Francisco elected official who was assassinated...Show More Summary
"Save California" leader Randy Thomasson tells popular conservative radio host Janet Mefferd why California parents should keep their children home today. It's because teachers and administrators who back Harvey Milk Day are just like Hitler, natch: Source: Janet Mefferd, 5/21/13...
Happy Harvey Milk Day to all the Us's!
Videographer and activist Sean Chapin, along with Andrea Shorter, Randall Mann, Sister Roma, Courtney Walsh, and Aaron Wimmer, produced a powerful reading of Harvey Milk's famous "Hope" speech at the top of the Castro in honor of today, Harvey Milk...
Video by Sean Chapin. "What came to be called 'The Hope Speech' was initially conceived as a stump address, wherein Milk attempted to embolden a strong GLBTQ nationalism within the Castro, while also appealing for an alliance with other disenfranchised groups and straight folks," wrote Jason Edward Black and Charles E. Show More Summary
Happy Harvey Milk Day everyone! Harvey Bernard Milk was born 83 years ago today and he made history in 1978 when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Not only was he the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, but also the first non-incumbent openly gay man to win [...]
These Morning Reads are like LeBron James: G.O.A.T. Dr. John “Loop Garroo.” State Rep. Simone Bell posts a White House statement saying that later today, she will be one of 10 “Harvey Milk Champions of Change” award recipients. 2% more Georgia high school peaches are earning their diplomas. Another day, more national recognition for Georgia [...]
What better way to show your commitment to education than by telling kids to stay home from school? That’s the strategy of an outfit called Save California (why do antigay groups always have names like that?). SaveCalfornia wants kids to stay home from school on May 22, the day set aside to honor LGBT pioneer [...]
Rep. Simone Bell, a lesbian lawmaker who's made history in Georgia, will add to her honors on Wednesday when the White House honors the state lawmaker as a Harvey Milk Champions of Change.
Save California has launched a radio and web campaign urging parents to keep their kids out of school during Harvey Milk Day observations. In 2009 then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill designating May 22nd as a "special day of recognition" in California. Show More Summary
This Wednesday is Harvey Milk Day in California; a day which is intended to celebrate this important gay rights activist. One conservative anti-gay organization, SaveCalifornia.com, is using radio ads airing in Sacramento and Los Angeles to urge parents to keep...
Remember when city officials were flirting with the idea of renaming San Francisco International Airport to the Harvey Milk International Airport? Supervisor David Campos has dropped the idea, saying that he's instead going to try to rename a terminal at...
The bid to renamed San Francisco International for Harvey Milk has apparently ended in a compromise agreement to name of the airport's terminals for the slain gay rights icon. Under a deal aimed at avoiding a ballot fight and a loadShow More Summary