Harvey Milk e la bandiera arcobaleno
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Today in LGBTQ History May 22, 1930: Harvey Milk, gay rights activist and San Francisco’s first openly gay city Supervisor, was born. Former supervisor Dan White assassinated him and Mayor George Moscone. White only got a couple years in jail using the infamous Twinkie defense leading to the White Night Riots in San Francisco.

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Today in Labor History May 21, 1979: The White Night Riot occurred in San Francisco, California, the day before Harvey Milk’s birthday. On November 10, 1978, ex-cop and former city supervisor, Dan White, murdered Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, and the popular progressive mayor, George Moscone. His murder trial concluded on May 21. The jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. However, the prosecutor had asked for a finding of first-degree murder. It was, after all, premeditated. Even worse, the judge gave White a reduced sentence based on the absurd Twinkie Defense. According to his attorney, White had a diminished mental capacity due to the large quantity of junk food he had consumed. A similar defense had failed repeatedly to get students excused from exams and school detentions.

Needless to say, the public was outraged. However, there had been decades of police harassment and physical abuse of San Francisco’s LGBTQ community lead up to this miscarriage of justice. Tensions were already high. And this ruling, which virtually absolved White of his homophobic crime, was the torch to the powder keg. Things began with a peaceful march through the Castro district. But when the crowd arrived at City Hall, violence began. People attacked the windows of City Hall. When the cops tried to protect the building, people hurled rocks and bottles at them, forcing them to run inside. Where ever the cops showed up, people threw rocks at them. At least a dozen cop cars were torched. They busted windows in the financial district and in government buildings.

Many people were injured. The riot caused hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of property damage to City Hall. And when the riot was finally subdued, the cops made a retaliatory raid on the Elephant Bar, in the Castro District. Cops in riot gear beat patrons. They arrested 24 people.

Furthermore, the double assassination of Moscone and Milk dramatically altered the political landscape of San Francisco. Under Moscone and Milk, the city was moving in a progressive, pro-neighborhood direction. With the new mayor, Diane Feinstein, city politics returned to the traditional, conservative, pro-Chamber of Commerce, law and order framework that had preceded Moscone and Milk, and the followed after them to this day.

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Today in Labor History January 15, 1976: A judge sentenced Sara Jane Moore to life in prison. She had attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in front of the St. Francis Hotel, in San Francisco. It was the second failed attempt on Ford that year. Oliver Sipple, a gay, former marine happened to be standing nearby and thwarted her second shot. Sipple was out of the closet and fairly well-known in the San Francisco gay scene. He was also friends with Harvey Milk, who outed Sipple to journalist Herb Caen. Milk’s rationale: "For once we can show that gays do heroic things, not just all that caca about molesting children and hanging out in bathrooms." However, Sipple who was still in the closet with respect to his family, was devastated. His mother disowned him. Family members refused to speak to him. The president refused to invite him to the White House or offer him a medal or commendation. Sipple sued the San Francisco Chronicle for invasion of privacy. But the courts ruled against him. His mental and physical health deteriorated after this. He started drinking heavily and was found dead in his apartment in 1989, at the age of 47.

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Oggi 27 novembre 2022, sono esattamente 44 anni dall'omicidio di #HarveyMilk. Un uomo, un attivista, un politico (il primo apertamente gay degli USA), che ebbe un ruolo cruciale nella lotta per i diritti della comunità LGBTQI+ e delle minoranze.
In un clima omofobo e razzista, riuscì a piantare tanti piccoli semi con le sue azioni e le sue parole, dimostrando che i diritti delle minoranze sono i diritti di tutt* e che il benessere di una società deriva, anche, da una piena uguaglianza sociale.

RIP Harvey Milk assassinated 44 years ago today. As a child living in Santa Rosa, I had no idea who Harvey was, but I remember my folks talking about him. As the parent of an LGBTQIA person his founding statement rings true through time.
#HarveyMilk

Today in Labor History November 27, 1978: Former cop and supervisor Dan White assassinated San Francisco’s mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk. A jury later acquitted White on the Twinkie Defense, the claim that he had gone temporarily insane from junk food. This led to the White Night Riot.
#lgbtq #HarveyMilk #acab #police #sanfrancisco

RT @radio_zek
Il #27novembre 1978 muore a 48 anni #HarveyMilk. Finisce assassinato 44 anni fa a San Francisco, insieme al sindaco George Moscone, il primo politico apertamente gay eletto nelle istituzioni USA, attivista dei diritti civili e icona del movimento #LGBT

Who am I?

I am an #artist. I used to be a musician, bassoonist/teacher, but getting older sucks and the arthritis in my hands will no longer allow me to play. So, I am moving on to my second love, art.

Here are some pieces I did for a friend. Enjoy.

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These are #acrylic and #watercolor on canvas

Il #22maggio 1930 nasceva #HarveyMilk.