At the same meeting, Diane Feinstein is elected president of the Board on a 6 to 5 vote Milk voted against Feinstein and for a minority candidate. Dan White and Harvey Milk clash over a facility for juvenile offenders proposed for White's district. White strongly opposes the facility, while Milk supports it. On the day before Milk's last birthday, he dresses in a clown costume and runs up to cable cars, shaking the hands of random tourists and declaring, "Hey, I'm a supervisor.
I pass laws. I run this city. San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Parade is attended by a crowd estimated in size from ,00 to , At City Hall, Milk delivers a speech attacking the proposed Briggs Initiative which would make it unconstitutional in California to extend civil rights protections based on sexual orientation , which he says will "constitutionalize bigotry.
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Convicted of desertion and mistreatment of soldiers earlier that year in a His ambitious reform agenda included protecting gay rights—he sponsored an important anti-discrimination bill—as well as establishing day care centers for working mothers, the conversion of military facilities in the city to low-cost housing, reform of the tax code to attract industry to deserted warehouses and factories, and other issues.
In addition, he spoke out on state and national issues of interest to LGBT people, women, racial and ethnic minorities and other marginalized communities. State Senator John Briggs, seeking to marshal anti-gay sentiment and an agenda of hate and diminishment for political gain, spearheaded the initiative.
With strong, effective opposition from Milk and others, it was defeated at a time when other political attacks on gay people were being successfully waged around the US.
And I want you to talk about it. You must come out. Many other qualities in addition to his eloquence made Milk a successful politician and leader. He pioneered the building of coalitions between diverse groups-women, asians, hispanics, the disabled-and even brought together the teamsters and gay bar owners—in return for a pledge from the teamsters to hire more gay drivers, Milk asked bar owners to stop selling beer from certain distributors while drivers were striking. That night, a crowd of thousands spontaneously came together on Castro Street and marched to City Hall in a silent candlelight vigil that has been recognized as one of the most eloquent responses to violence that a community has ever expressed.
Given the hatred directed at gay people in general and Milk in particular—he received daily death threats—he was aware of the likelihood that he may well be assassinated.
Enraged citizens stormed City Hall and rows of police cars were set on fire. As the Black Lives Matter movement continues, it is important to make these connections and recognize this history. George Floyd , Breonna Taylor , Daniel Prude , Stephon Clark and too many others are part of the long and brutal history of killings of African Americans by security forces in the US that probably predates the founding of the country.
Lincoln Mitchell teaches in the political science department at Columbia University. Follow Lincoln on Twitter LincolnMitchell. This article is more than 11 months old.
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