Published: November 27, 2018
On the anniversary of Harvey Milk’s assassination, his friend and protege Cleve Jones recalls a day that devastated San Francisco – but kickstarted a gay rights revolution
More than 500 LGBTQ politicians hold public office in the US. They are city council members, mayors, members of Congress, state legislators, even governors. Hundreds more have been elected in countries around the world, including four heads of state. But 40 years ago, only a handful of gay men and lesbians had been elected to office. One of them was my friend Harvey Milk.
Harvey was charismatic, funny and something of a father figure to me. He was one of the first people to tell me that I had value as a human being and that I didn’t need to change.
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