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Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978), San Francisco, California, March 1978. Photo © Dan Nicoletta. [TW] Harvey Milk’s brief tenure on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was historic for many reasons, not the least of which was that he proved himself uniquely capable of forming alliances and getting things done. Milk started his term by sponsoring the most sweeping LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance in the country and then moved on to attack what voters identified as the city’s worst problem: dog shit. Early in his term, Milk sided with Supervisor Dan White against the placement of a mental health facility in White’s district; upon learning more about the issue, however, Milk switched his vote, ensuring a loss for White. From then on, White voted against Milk on every bill that came up. On November 10, 1978, ten months into his term, White abruptly resigned from the Board, only to seek reinstatement from Mayor George Moscone days later. While the turmoil gripped the city for a few days, it soon was overshadowed by news of the mass suicide of hundreds of members of the San Francisco-based Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. In the meantime, at the urging of a number of Supervisors, including Milk, Moscone chose to replace White, a decision he planned to announce the morning of November 27. On Monday, November 27, 1978, thirty-eight years ago today, thirty minutes before the Mayor’s press conference, Dan White avoided City Hall security by climbing through a window, went to Moscone’s office, and shot the Mayor four times, including twice in the head. He quickly crossed the hall, reloading as he went, entered Milk’s office, and shot Milk five times, including twice in the head. Soon after, Dianne Feinstein announced to the press, “Today San Francisco has experienced a double tragedy of immense proportions. As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to inform you that both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed, and the suspect is Supervisor Dan White.” Harvey Milk was forty-eight; Moscone was forty-nine. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #HarveyMilk (at San Francisco, California)

“CITY HALL MURDERS: MOSCONE, MILK SLAIN – DAN WHITE IS HELD,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 1978. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #GeorgeMoscone #HarveyMilk (at San Francisco, California)

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Okay, can I just talk about this comic series for a second? This has got to be the most hilarious comic series I have ever seen. This is AJ & Magnus, a Calvin and Hobbes inspired comic series about an adopted kid, his talking dog, and his 2 gay parents. The humor is really good, very quick and to the point. This series is beautiful, please, give them your love!

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The AIDS Memorial Quilt’s inaugural display, National Mall, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1987. Photo c/o The NAMES Project Foundation. In November 1985, as activist Cleve Jones helped organize San Francisco’s annual Harvey Milk memorial march, Jones wanted the city to recognize the magnitude of the toll AIDS already had taken (with over 1,000 reported deaths in San Francisco). Jones asked marchers to write on placards the names of friends and loved ones who were living with, or had died from, HIV/AIDS, and, at the end of the march, organizers taped the placards to the San Francisco Federal Building; the result resembled a patchwork quilt. Just over a year later, Jones made the first panel for what would become the AIDS Memorial Quilt, in honor of Marvin Feldman. On October 11, 1987, twenty-nine years ago today and four months after Jones, Mike Smith, Joseph Durant, Jack Caster, Gert McMullin, Ron Cordova, Larkin Mayo, and Gary Yuschalk officially established the NAMES Project Foundation, the group displayed the entire Quilt for the first time. As LGBTs from across the country gathered in D.C. for the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, the Quilt was presented on the National Mall; the 1,920 panels covered a space larger than a football field. In 1996, at the fifth and final display of the complete Quilt, the 40,000+ panels covered the entire National Mall, a space larger than ninety football fields. There are approximately 50,000 panels on the Quilt today. For an early history of the Quilt, seek out Cindy Ruskin’s “The Quilt: Stories from the NAMES Project.” #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #QueerHistoryMatters #HavePrideInHistory #NeverForget #NeverAgain #RememberTheirNames (at The Mall (Washington DC))

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