On what would have been Harvey Milk’s 83rd birthday, gays around the nation remember how politician gave them hope. Earlier in the week, San Francisco city officials organized a reenactment of his famous “You’ve Got to Have Hope” speech. Originally recited on June 24, 1977 to kick-off his third bid for supervisor, the speech is a touching reminder of the importance of coming out and electing openly gay officials.
The five participants recruited to recite the speech in the Castro, includes:
– Courtney Walsh and Aaron Wimmer, two actors from Dear Harvey, the recent New Conservatory Theater play about Milk’s life
– Randall Mann, local poet and winner of the 2003 Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry
– Sister Roma, 20-year member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
– Andrea Shorter, lesbian political consultant who serves on the city’s Commission on the Status of Women.
Of course, this is not Harvey Milk’s only famous speech. Check out more powerful statements from the politician.
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I felt a chill running thoughout my body. I feel that Harvey Milk is a hero to many,
but is slowly being forgotten bby many that do not seek the past. I’m 18, but I only
found out about him a year ago by accident on his documentry. Thanks to the lack
of LGBT related information provided in school I feel that this is a poor attempt
to try and prevent youths from embracing who they are. Other examples of this are
sex for gay men and women in sex ed. To teach us about anal sex for gay couples
they explained it to us as if it was between a man and a woman, but they wanted to be
“kinky” so that man would “bottom” in a sense for the woman with a strap on or dildo. Interestingly enough the sex ed class took place during my history class
taught by a gay teacher with him there(he had this what are they teaching them look
on his face the whole time).