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I have been listening to NPR ( National Public Radio ) lately and 3 days ago they did an artical on the New California law that requires the teaching of LGBT history in state schools.
They compaired a man named Harvey (I know when somebody smarter than reads this they will correct Mr. Milks first name) Milk, who was assinated for being an equal rights spokesman and also gay, to Dr. Martin Luther King.
To listen to the artical you can probally go to your local NPR station on the net.
I guess the mainstream media missed this or thought unnewsworthy
James
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"Harvey Milk" is correct.
More information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_milk
I suppose we can expect a resurgence in the use of the term "Twinkie Defense".
Thank you Kiai
Thank you for the research.
James
I Guess the Main Stream Media missed this
Thee is even a movie about Harvey Milk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_%28film%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
As much as I appreciate all history being taught...
...and as sad as it was that Mr. Milk was killed, and while his death had a huge impact on the lesbian/gay rights movement in the late 70's in California up to the present and nationally, to equate his death with the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. is absurd. Among the reviews of the film:
Luke Davies of The Monthly applauded the film for recreating "the atmosphere, the sense of hope and battle; even the sound design, bustling with street noise, adds much vibrancy to the tale," but voiced criticisms in regard to the message of the film, stating
"while the film is a political narrative in a grand historical sense, the murder of Milk is neither a political assassination nor an act of homophobic rage. Rather, it is an act of revenge for perceived wrongs and public humiliation," Davies continues to postulate that "It seems as likely that Milk would have been murdered were he heterosexual. So the film can't be the heroic tale of a political martyr it needs to be in order to hold us and take our breath away. It's a simpler story, about a man who fought an extraordinary political fight and who was killed, arbitrarily and unnecessarily." (emphasis mine)
The Advocate, while supporting the film in general, criticized the choice of Penn given the actor's support for the Cuban government despite the country's anti-gay rights record.[31] Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen said in the article "that Sean Penn would be honored by anyone, let alone the gay community, for having stood by a dictator that put gays into concentration camps is mind-boggling."
Both reviews derived from the Wikipedia article, Milk (film)
There are quite a few reviews that praise both the movie and other media for the portrayal Mr. Milk's brief political career (less than one year in office) and tragic death, but I chose the ones above because they represent my views. As I said, not to take away anything from the life and death of Harvey Milk, but he had nowhere near an impact on this country and even the world that the lifetime of Dr. King had. And of course, I'm just expressing my own opinion, and in no way claim that to be either exclusive or superior to any other.
Dio vi benedica tutti
Con grande amore e di affetto
Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
Stealth is detrimental.
I'm glad that California has a new curriculum to address the ignorance to LGBT history. It goes MUCH further back than Stonewall. Though, I'm appalled at the number of LGBT folks don't know what REALLY happened during those riots and WHY we have "Gay Pride" at the end of June.
Trans people would benefit from Mr. Milk's sage advice: "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" [paraphrased] The concept of stealth (for those lucky enough to benefit from it) is killing us... sometimes, quite literally.
Addendum :: If Faux Noise gets ahold of this, it'll be a "controversy". *rolls eyes*
Fox News has already covered
Fox News has already covered it, it got a couple minutes of coverage. I've seen it a few other places. The biggest debate is now California will have to get all new books printed, these may or may not be ones used elsewhere in the country. So the biggest question being raised is how much will this cost California, because we know that California has all that excess cash laying around.