Gay school's students get a history lesson with 'Milk'

Teens feel pride for attending Harvey Milk High after watching the film about the slain politician. But they and school officials say discrimination is still a problem 30 years after his death.
By Erika Hayasaki
December 30, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-na-harvey-milk30-2008dec30,0,2942349.story

Reporting from New York -- Gay students who attend this cozy third-floor Greenwich Village high school did not live through the launch of the national gay rights movement, which unfolded a few blocks away, and until recently many knew little about the man their school was named after: Harvey Milk.

But the new movie "Milk," on the life of one of the first openly gay politicians to hold office in the United States, has given students at the nation's first public school dedicated to teaching gay, lesbian and transgender youths a glimpse into the leader's legacy, connecting them to a history many never knew.