SARASOTAOUT.COM
  • EVENTS
    • Events Calendar
    • Gay Group Happy Hour
    • Add Event
  • Directory
    • Add Business
    • Edit Business
  • News
  • Advertise




Remembering Harvey Milk 40 Years Later

11/28/2018

Comments

 
​By: Joshua Beadle
Picture

In this month's midterm elections, voters across the country sent a record number of LGBT candidates to Congress and Colorado elected the nation's first openly gay governor. These victories come 40 years after the assassination of the first openly gay elected official in California — Harvey Milk.

Last night Shannon Fortner, ricipient of Sarasota's 2018 ICON award, hosted a demonstration at Five Points Park to remember the San Francisco Board of Supervisor who in 1978 coaxed the city council to pass a gay rights ordinance that protected gay people from being fired from their jobs.

On Nov. 27, 1978, Supervisor Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Dan White, a former police officer and former city supervisor who had clashed with Milk over LGBTQ issues.

A hand-full of candle lit supporters, gathered on the rather chilly night in front of a rainbow lit sign of Harvey Milk. Shannon spoke with a megaphone, standing on a soap box and referenced the tragic Pulse Nightclub shooting from June 12, 2016, stating, "Our hearts beat on to honor the lives we've lost" and reminding us that the work we do each day keeps Harvey Milks' legacy alive.

The success of LGBTQ candidates in the midterm elections would have been hard to imagine four decades ago when Milk first won office. In his life he was a political hero, in his death, a martyr. His existence though, led the way for future generations to fight for our LGBTQ rights. Harvey would be proud.


Members of ALSO Youth, Divine AF, SarasotaOUT.com, Firefly SRQ and a handful of curious patrons were in attendance.








Comments

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    October 2022
    October 2021
    October 2020
    April 2020
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    March 2018
    October 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016

    RSS Feed

EVENTS
ADD EVENT (FREE)
​GAY GROUP HAPPY HOUR
​BUSINESS DIRECTORY​
ADD BUSINESS​
 
EDIT BUSINESS​​
Vertical Divider
MORE...
ABOUT US
CONTACT

ADVERTISE
NEWS
PRIDE SHOP 
Vertical Divider
RESOURCES
SARASOTA GAY BEACH

ALSO YOUTH
CAN COMMUNITY HEALTH
​PFLAG SARASOTA
Vertical Divider

Picture
Vertical Divider

Sign-up for our weekly
​LGBTQ newsletter!


To search LGBTQ-Friendly business directory listings click here.
SarasotaOUT.com is a Limited Liability Company. Site designed by Beadle Media
WEBMAIL LOG-IN
  • EVENTS
    • Events Calendar
    • Gay Group Happy Hour
    • Add Event
  • Directory
    • Add Business
    • Edit Business
  • News
  • Advertise