For those of you who do not know who Harvey Milk is, we understand. Milk departed from this Earth before we were born. We have known of Milk’s history for years due to our own self-teachings of LGBT history. Please watch the following clip.
The first openly Gay politician (Supervisor Harvey Milk of San Francisco,CA) was a superhuman who let the pride flag wave. Milk, along with Mayor Moscone, were assassinated by former San Francisco Supervisor Dan White in 1978. Milk’s final campaign manager, Anne Kronenberg once wrote the following regarding Milk, “What set Harvey apart from you or me was that he was a visionary. He imagined a righteous world inside his head and then he set about to create it for real, for all of us.”
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The heckler in SF was GetEqual’s Kip Williams, who was arrested after confronting President Obama at the Barbara Boxer event.
Kip Williams had this to say:
“President Obama’s response was disheartening. As the police detained and escorted me out of the room, he told the crowd that I don’t read the newspapers. Otherwise, he said, I would know that he’s been working with Congress to move on the issue very soon. But I do read the newspapers, and while it is imperative to pass this bill, it just doesn’t go far enough. As long as lesbian and gay servicemembers are being discharged, we still have a problem – and this bill doesn’t tell us if or when those discharges are going to stop.”
What a weekend! We were very happy to volunteer for Mayor Gavin Newsom for Lt. Governor for the weekend and it was one of the most organized ,volunteer operations we have participated in! Newsom isn’t just a candidate for the Gays and Lesbians of California, but he is for heathcare, teachers, nurses, jobs, environment, and education! Instead of concerning his administration about K-12, he gears his focus to PreK-16, making sure that everyone has the option to not only have a high school diploma, but a college degree as well. For the good of California, Newsom needs to be able to take his leadership from city to statewide.
Throughout the whole weekend, we met many great leaders, and bumping into friends. One of the highlights was being on the convention floor with each other listening to speakers, and then Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pictured right) came on stage and her words were inspiring. Speaker Pelosi spoke about the recent Obama Administration’s healthcare reform victory!
Parties and mingling followed and it was an honor to speak with all the candidates proudly as husband and husband!
On Friday, Mar 6, 3 cousins from Hayward, CA decided to shoot a bb gun at a man walking on 16th street. Investigators say the 3 men attacked him because they believed he was Gay. The 3 cousins also filmed the shooting. The 3 men were apprehended and released on 50K bond each.
The 3 men were only 24 years old. Is another generation in danger of inheriting the hatred from their elders, or is this act a cry for help to understand the unfamiliar? Why did this happen in a city that many think wouldn’t happen? To read more CLICK HERE
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