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Harvey Milk
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American politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)
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Harvey Milk was an American politician, naval officer, and human rights defender who served as a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Woodmere, Long Island, New York, in 1930, he was educated at the State University of New York at Albany. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, attaining the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). Milk was a Jewish man who lived in San Francisco, where he died in 1978.
His death was a homicide resulting from a gunshot wound inflicted by Dan White. Milk received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was inducted into the California Hall of Fame. He is also recognized as an author with works including *I promise you this* and *Harvey Milk Interviews*. A quote attributed to him states, "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- I promise you this
- Harvey Milk Interviews
- Archive of Hope
- Archive of Hope, an
- I promise you this
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Film & TV
Acting · Woodmere, Long Island, New York, USA
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York where he acknowledged his homosexuality as an adolescent, but chose to pursue sexual relationships with secrecy and discretion well into his adult…
Known for
- Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders — Self (archive footage)2026
- Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- Pat Rocco Dared — Self (archive footage)2021
- Ask Any Buddy — (archive footage)2019
- Reel in the Closet2015
- The Seventies — Self (archive footage)2015
- Vito — Self (archive)2011
- 575 Castro St. — Self (voice) (archive footage)2009
- Milk — Self (archive footage)2008
- 14 Women — Self (archive footage)2007
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 57,917
- Total plays
- 1,345,871
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Harvey Milk is an American experimental rock / sludge band that formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in the early 1990s. Despite playing numerous live shows and releasing a slew of 7" singles and three full length albums, they never received much attention outside of their local fanbase. It was not until years after the band's demise that their singles, as well as all three full length albums, saw re-release through various labels, most notably Relapse Records. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- A Brief History of Neoliberalism
· 2005 · cited 11,663x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,996x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,263x
- A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
· 1974 · cited 8,786x
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Quotes
- “I have never considered myself a candidate. I have always considered myself part of a movement, part of a candidacy. I considered the movement the candidate. I think that there's a distinction between those who use the movement and those who are part of the movement. I think I was always part of the movement. I wish I had time to explain everything I did. Almost everything was done with an eye on the gay movement.”
- “I ask for the movement to continue, for the movement to grow, because last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and my election gave somebody else, one more person, hope. And after all, that's what this is all about. It's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power — it's about giving those young people out there in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias, hope. You gotta give them hope.”
- “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.”
- “There is a difference between morality and murder. The fact that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that, my friends, is the true perversion! For the standards that we set, should we look to next week’s headlines? Well, I’m tired of the lies of the Anita Bryants and the John Briggs. I’m tired of their myths. I’m tired of their distortions. I’m speaking out about it.”
- “I call upon all minorities and especially the millions of lesbians and gay men to wake up from their dreams.. . to gather in Washington and tell Jimmy Carter and their nation: “Wake up.. wake up, America... no more racism, no more sexism, no more ageism, no more hatred…no more!” It’s up to you, Jimmy Carter... Do you want to go down in history as a person who would not listen…or do you want to go down in history as a leader, as a President?”
- “I don't think we have a right to take the people who raised us, who made us strong and healthy, and toss them away like a can of beer.”
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Official website
Harvey Milk – The Official Website of Harvey Milk
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Encyclopedic overview
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Milk was born and raised in New York. He acknowledged his homosexuality in adolescence, but secretly pursued sexual relationships well into adulthood. The counterculture of the 1960s caused him to shed many of his conservative views about individual freedom and sexual expression. Milk moved to San Francisco in 1972 and opened a camera store. After holding an assortment of jobs and frequently changing addresses, he settled in the Castro, a neighborhood that was experiencing a mass immigration of gay men and lesbians. He ran for city supervisor in 1973, but the existing gay political establishment resisted him. Milk's campaign was compared to theater due to his personality, earning media attention and votes, although not enough to be elected. He campaigned again in the next two supervisor elections, dubbing himself the "Mayor of Castro Street". The voter response caused him to also run for the California State Assembly. Due to his growing popularity, he led the gay rights movement in battles against anti-gay initiatives. Milk was elected city supervisor in 1977 after San Francisco began to choose neighborhood representatives rather than city-wide ones. During Milk's almost eleven months in office, he sponsored a bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodations, housing, and employment. The supervisors passed the bill by a vote of 11–1, and Mayor George Moscone signed it into law. On November 27, 1978, Milk and Moscone were assassinated by Dan White, a disgruntled former city supervisor who cast the sole vote against Milk's bill.
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