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Wed, Feb 11The Times of Harvey Milk (Page 2)deutsch>> Rob Epstein documents the political career of Harvey Milk. Milk grew up in New York of the 1930s where he worked as an officer and stockbroker. In the early 1970s after a phase as a Hippy and participant in the anti-Vietnam War movement he settled in San Francisco. There he opened a photography store on Castro Street and began to fight for gay civil rights. Harvey Milk was convinced that homophobia and racism could be overcome if minorities would form coalitions and if political offices were held by enlightened-minded people. He ran for city council as an openly gay man. In 1977 the residents of San Francisco elected him to the most influential office. He succeeded in 1978 to pass a referendum that lifted an employment ban on homosexual teachers. |
by Robert Epstein / USA
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