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Title: Harvey Milk's call to action
Post by: Shana A on November 13, 2008, 12:36:56 PM
Post by: Shana A on November 13, 2008, 12:36:56 PM
Open thread - Harvey Milk's call to action
by: Pam Spaulding
Thu Nov 13, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=16BC00C7D2B625F3232F739804FF1D26?diaryId=8198 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=16BC00C7D2B625F3232F739804FF1D26?diaryId=8198)
All of us should remember these wise words:
"Somewhere in Des Moines or San Antonio there is a young gay person who all the sudden realizes that he or she is gay; knows that if their parents find out they will be tossed out of the house, their classmates will taunt the child, and the Anita Bryant's and John Briggs' are doing their part on TV. And that child has several options: staying in the closet, and suicide.
And then one day that child might open the paper that says "Homosexual elected in San Francisco" and there are two new options: the option is to go to California, or stay in San Antonio and fight. Two days after I was elected I got a phone call and the voice was quite young. It was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. And the person said "Thanks".
by: Pam Spaulding
Thu Nov 13, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=16BC00C7D2B625F3232F739804FF1D26?diaryId=8198 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=16BC00C7D2B625F3232F739804FF1D26?diaryId=8198)
All of us should remember these wise words:
"Somewhere in Des Moines or San Antonio there is a young gay person who all the sudden realizes that he or she is gay; knows that if their parents find out they will be tossed out of the house, their classmates will taunt the child, and the Anita Bryant's and John Briggs' are doing their part on TV. And that child has several options: staying in the closet, and suicide.
And then one day that child might open the paper that says "Homosexual elected in San Francisco" and there are two new options: the option is to go to California, or stay in San Antonio and fight. Two days after I was elected I got a phone call and the voice was quite young. It was from Altoona, Pennsylvania. And the person said "Thanks".