Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk
Harvey Bernard Milkwas an American politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Politics and gay activism were not his early interests; he was not open about his homosexuality and did not participate in civic matters until around the age of 40, after his experiences in the counterculture of the 1960s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth22 May 1930
CityWoodmere, NY
CountryUnited States of America
More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.
Some people call me the unofficial mayor of Castro Street.
If I do a good job, people won't care if I am green or have three heads.
I ask for the movement to continue, for the movement to grow, because last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and my election gave somebody else, one more person, hope. And after all, that's what this is all about. It's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power — it's about giving those young people out there in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias, hope. You gotta give them hope.
The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, THAT my friends, is true perversion.
All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.
If a bullet should go through my head let that bullet go through every closet door.
I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.
My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.
Out of the bars and into the streets!
I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up.
All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.
A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American Revolution were the meetings in homes, pubs, on street corners.
The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods.