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"If a bullet should enter my brain,
let that bullet destroy every closet door."
- Harvey Milk
updated 2004/09/09
アメリカのゲイ解放運動家，政治家。海軍曹長，保険会社勤務などを経て，1973年からサンフランシスコに移住。恋人とともにカメラ店を開き，ゲイの多く住む地区の発展に貢献した。市の行政執行官に立候補，1977年には当選を果たし，ゲイ人権条例などの制定に成功したが，1978年，同僚ダン・ホワイトによって射殺された。裁判後，犯人の刑の軽さに怒った数千人のゲイたちは〈ホワイト・ナイツ（〈眠れぬ夜〉の意）〉と呼ばれた抗議デモを行った。ミルクの生涯はドキュメンタリー映画にもなっている。
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THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
2002/11/22 発売
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ゲイを中心として、社会的弱者の権利獲得を訴えたサンフランシスコの市政執行委員ミルクが、78年、同じ市政執行委員だった男に暗殺された事件を彼の活動の軌跡と共に描いていく。自らゲイと公言していた彼は、4度目に執行委員に当選。保守的な人々に批判されながらもマイノリティの支持を確実に得るようになっていくのだった。
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Harvey Milk (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 - Nov. 27, 1978) from Lambda Website
a.k.a Glimpy Milch
Harvey Bernard Milk was born on May 22, 1930
at Woodmere Hospital in Long Island, New
York. His official name, derived from his
Lithuanian ancestry, was Glimpy Milch. He
graduated from Albany State College in 1951
where he had majored in math and minored
in history. Milk entered the Navy shortly
after he finished college and advanced to
the rank of chief petty officer on the U.S.S.
Kittyhawk, only to be dishonorably discharged
when his homosexuality was discovered.
His life travels took him to Dallas, Texas
and back to New York before he finally ended
up in California. Like thousands of other
Gay people, Milk migrated to San Francisco
in the early 1970's.
Harvey Milk the Organizer
The San Francisco neighborhood and Gay Mecca
now simply referred to as "The Castro"
was not always a thriving business district.
When Milk moved to San Francisco in 1972
it was known as place to find cheap housing,
which is why he was drawn there. He opened
a camera shop on Castro Street and acted
as an advocate for local businesses in dealing
with the municipal government. Realizing
that the footholds of the San Francisco political
establishment were in the merchant organizations
in the city's ethnic neighborhood, Milk founded
the Castro Valley Association (CVA). Through
the CVA, the Gay community became politically
organized and gained allies in the labor
unions and with some political leaders.
Harvey Milk the "Recruiter"
"My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here
to recruit you". This was Milk's standard
opening line when he gave a stump speech.
After this sarcastic allusion to the notion
that homosexuals recruited other people into
changing their sexual orientation, he would
proceed to recruit support for the populist
issues to which he dedicated his life. He
fought to secure the place for homosexuals
in society as equals, not as people who were
just tolerated. He professed the importance
of Gay people seeking leadership positions
in society and not relying on non-Gay friends
of the community to act as the leaders of
the movement.
Harvey Milk the Politician
In 1977, Milk became the first openly Gay
person to be elected to the Board of Supervisors
(City Council) in San Francisco. It was his
fourth try at elected office. His election
was in stark contrast to the national political
scene that was characterized by the movement
that was being led by anti-Gay activist Anita
Bryant to "Save Our Children".
Unfortunately, after years of striving to
win an election, he would serve only for
eleven months before he was assassinated.
Harvey Milk the Martyr
On November 27, of 1978, Milk was murdered
in San Francisco City Hall as was Mayor George
Moscone. On that day, former City Supervisor
Danny White crawled through a basement window
of the building to avoid metal detectors.
White had resigned his seat on the Board
following the enactment of the Gay Civil
Rights bill that he had opposed.
White was convicted of two counts of voluntary
manslaughter and sent to prison for seven
years and eight months. This stunningly light
sentence was granted in response to what
is now referred to as the "twinkie defense".
White's attorney argued that the defendant
could not be held accountable for his actions
due to the amount of junk food he had eaten
on the day of the crimes. White was paroled
after six years in prison and committed suicide
shortly thereafter.
The Legacy of Harvey Milk
Although his life was cut short, the impact
of Harvey Milk is still being felt. In the
year following his death, 100,000 people
marched on the nation's capitol in support
of Gay civil rights chanting "Harvey
Milk Lives". As for the seat on the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors that he
had worked so hard to win, his openly Gay
successor, Harry Britt, was the only incumbent
to win in the City election subsequent to
the assassinations.
The thought of assassination had haunted
Milk during his years in public life. He
tape recorded several versions of his political
will which he labeled "to be read in
the event of my assassination". One
of the tapes included the following statement:
"If a bullet should enter my brain,
let that bullet destroy every closet door."
Learn more about Harvey Milk
Read the book "Mayor of Castro Street"
by Randy Shilts, 1982.
See the film "The Life and Times of
Harvey Milk"
Visit The Forgotten Populist web site.
TIME 100, the Most Important People of the
20th Century
Harvey Milk
People told him no openly gay man could win
political office. Fortunately, he ignored
them
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
photocopies of the magazine (JPEG)
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