"My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you."

November 27, 1978, Dan White walked into City Hall, and shot Harvey Milk, and Mayor Moscone dead. Dan White being a former city supervisor who had resigned his post in protest of the passage of the city's Gay Rights Law, but wanted to be reinstated. When his reappointment into office was denied, he sought revenge. He's attorney claimed that the defendant's eating habits had impaired his judgement,and therefore had little or no control over his actions. This defence would later be known as "The Twinkie Defence".

After 48 years Harvey Milk had served in the army as a petty officer on a submarine rescue ship in the Korean War (1950-53), honourably discharged in 1955 as a junior lieutenant. Which he stated later was due to the military getting rid of those they believed were homosexuals. He even dabbled in theatre, hired as stage director for O'Horgan's San Francisco production of Hair. He worked as a high school teacher, and then as an investor. After being fired he moved to San Francisco with his partner Scott Smith. Together opening a camera shop in Castro. Milk lived openly about his homosexuality , though still kept it hidden from his family.

It wasn't until 1973 that he stepped into the political arena, after being outraged by the Watergate scandal. Believing he could make a change through politics he decided to run for a spot on the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's city council. With the gay community as his voting bas, he wished to create an alliance with other minorities within the city limits. After several attempts at winning a spot on the city's board of directer, he finally won in 1977, due to the power he had accumulated through his club, "The San Francisco Gay Democratic Club". Becoming the first openly gay elected to a high office in San Francisco’s political history.

Through his position he achieved much for the city and won great popularity, not only for the changes he made for homosexuals living in San Francisco, but for other laws too. Winning national recognition for his work on defeating a Senate bill in California, that would have prevented teachers from instructing in public schools.

Harvey Milk helped open the door for gays and lesbians in the United States by campaigning civil rights for homosexuals. In his eyes, gay issues were simply a part of an overall human rights vision. During his short lived political career, Milk battled for a wide range of social changes such as education, public transportation, child care, and low- income housing. Since his murder in 1978, he has remained a strong symbol of activism.

"Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight." -Harvey Milk

Som du kanskje alt har skjønt så jeg idag sammen med Jeppe filmen ''Milk''. ''Milk'' er en biografisk film om Harvey Milk, som jeg alt har forklart hvem er. Jeg har skrevet om han tidligere, men ville gå hakket mer i “dybden”. Filmen var ubeskrivelig og noe av det mest inspirerende jeg har sett. Filmingen var fenomenal, med klipp fra virkeligheten og bruken av originale triks som det å vise en scene via et speil, istedenfor å filme direkte på skuespillerne. Sean Penn hadde tydeligvis levd seg inn i rollen og skapte et nyansert portrett av Harvey Milk, som inspirerende og idealistisk, men også til tider nevrotisk. Nå har jeg ikke sett alle filmene hans, men det har aldri vært noe spørsmål angående hans talent. Privatliv, ja. Yrke, nei. Det er ikke rart han vant "best performance by an actor in a leading role" i Oscar utdelingen i år. Du kan banne på at den skal sees om og om igjen. Jeg vil til og med gå så langt som å si den har blitt favorittfilmen min. Den har ihvertfall en delt første plass sammen med ''Ever After''.

Slutt å kaste bort tiden din på å lese bloggen min. Burde kanskje ikke skrive noe så risikabelt, kan hende jeg mister den ene leseren min... Gå heller ut og se Milk, om du alt har sett den skader det ikke å se den igjen. Fortell meg gjerne hva du syntes!

"I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted. I have a lot more to drink. For that reason, the political numbers game will be played. I know the rules of their game now and how to play it." -Harvey Milk

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kvinners rettigheter. Keep fighting the good fight! Dagen ble for første gang feiret i Amerika i 1909. Dagens fun fact

Så brenn de BH-ene og sleng på et par røde strømper for idag skal det feires!