Harvey Milk In His Own Words

When Secretary of State, Pete Hegseth announced that theTrump Administration was considering renaming military vessels that have beenchristened after legendary LGBT, female, and minority officers, Harvey Milk ‘sNavy vessel was one of those mentioned.

Harvey Milk was assassinated almost 50 years ago, and whilehis status as a gay icon has increased over the years, there are many who donot really know who he was, what he stood for, and how unique he was in histime.

We are fortunate that our RAB author Boze Hadleighinterviewed Milk twice just weeks before he was assassinated and shared thoseinterviews with us. In these pages you will find the first interview whichconcentrates on Milk’s passionate belief in the power of community and politics.Two weeks later Hadleigh joined him for dinner where they talked about growingup gay in America in the 50s and gay imagery in popular culture.

These side-by-side interviews give us a powerful insight intonot only who Harvey Milk was as a politician but also as a gay man in histime. Milk’s passion and pride in theseinterviews shows us just how much we lost and makes us wonder what could havebeen!