30 years ago tonight, November 28, 1978, between 25,000 and 40,000 San Franciscans took to the streets in a spontaneous candlelight procession to mourn the assassination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone by Dan White the previous day. The procession stretched for blocks and was a sight to behold.


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Just got home from the premiere of the movie "Milk" at the Castro.They put down the red carpet in front of the Castro theater and did the whole "Hollywood" thing. The paparazzi were out in force and were taking pictures of anyone strolling down the red carpet. Some paparazzi is probably looking over his digital prints, seeing me and saying, "Who ( Read more... )

I received an invitation to attend the world premiere of the movie "Milk" tomorrow, October 28th, at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. I'm looking forward to it. I'll be surprised if I see myself on the big screen, but who knows. It's the life of a background actor, where you're lucky if they show the backside of your head for a few frames. I do ( Read more... )

The trailer for the movie "Milk", a biographical film of Harvey Milk by Gus Van Sant, is now available online. Milk trailer: www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/milk/


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May 22nd, 2008 was Harvey Milk Day here in California. It's Harvey's birthday and this year would have been his 78th birthday. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to office in the United States. He was elected to the position of Supervisor for San Francisco in 1977 and was assassinated along with San Francisco mayor George ( Read more... )