Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in San Francisco’s history, elected as a Supervisor in 1977(similar to being on a city’s governing Council, except San Francisco is a City and County). He was assassinated in 1978 by another Supervisor, Dan White, in a shocking and brazen murder, at the same time that the then Mayor San Francisco, George Moscone, who was known as an openly liberal and gay-affirming leader. Gus van Sant, the brilliant film director, spent much of 2008 filming his new biopic, Milk, in San Francisco.
Finally! Someone with the courage to try to bring this monstrous, un-American traitor to justice. Check out the NYT article here about the mortgage bankers’ gathering in San Francisco. Below is a KGO-linked video from CNN of the protester who almost reached Karl Rove to handcuff him for a citizen’s arrest for acts of treason. [...]
Longtime lesbian activists, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, partners for more than 50 years, began their wedding. I am delighted to live in a city filled with creative, visionary people, and with a courageous Mayor, Gavin Newsom.
