An image shows a rainbow flag. ELIZABETH GEORGE: My name is Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you. In interviews, he used humor and charm to counteract Brigg's fear-mongering. Genres: Biography Documentary, Political Documentary, LGBT. Milk Left a Tape for Release If He Were Slain, https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/28/archives/milk-left-a-tape-for-release-if-he-were-slain.html. The trial is most remembered for White's “Twinkie defense.”. This is Harvey Milk speaking. TIM: They were both killed. A banner behind the speaker reads: Save Our Children from Homosexuality. TIM: And the first pride parades were giving the community a bigger presence. Two symbols appear over the desk, representing losing your job and not getting a home. In his seven years in San Francisco, he made four bids for elective office, only emerging victorious in … From the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. TIM: But their victory was a wake-up call to the LGBT community. A bouncy pop song plays over a montage of scenes of everyday life in San Francisco, California, including a picnic at the Golden Gate Bridge, seals at Pier 39, and cable cars. It was a somber day as citizens mourned across San Francisco. An image of civil rights legislation appears over the map. An animation shows a younger Milk on a downtown sidewalk, handing out campaign fliers to passersby. Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay officials in the United States in 1977 when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. TIM: Teachers and students discuss current obstacles to LGBT equality. TIM: If it passed, the law would ban gay and lesbian people from teaching in public schools. An image shows a newspaper's front page. Though he didn't live to see it, the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights launched the issue onto the national stage. A group called Save Our Children quickly organized to repeal the new law. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27 (AP) — Supervisor Harvey Milk recorded a mes. He led a massive march across San Francisco the night Miami repealed its law. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. TIM: Milk himself had struggled with this same issue. 1. Or as he put it, "coming out is the most political thing you can do.". Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. on Friday, November 18th. Their supervisor walks past them, and they all salute in unison. I think it's been worth it.”, See the article in its original context from. Briggs is angry, smoke coming out of his ears. TIM: The Supreme Court has affirmed the right of same-sex couples to marry. The Times of Harvey Milk. event of my death by assassination.. During one of. Harvey Bernard Milk. 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