Milk

Last Tuesday we saw the movie "Milk" in class. The movie is based on a true story about how Harvey Milk and how he fought for the gay peoples rights in San Francisco in the 1970s. We did not have the time to see the whole movie, so I am going to write this post based on the part I have seen.

In the 70s people were very intolerant to people who stood out, and especially the gay people were stroked by this. Harvey Milk was sick of being treated differently from other people because of his sexuality, he moved with his current boyfriend to San Francisco. They were supposed to open some kind of a store and live together. But they were treated very bad and they wanted to do something about it. They started campaigns for the gay people to be accepted in the community. Harvey Milk was a very good orator and after a lot of speeches and different campaigns he had gathered a lot of people. He was all over the news and the American people either hated or loved him. He encouraged people to come out of the closet and be themselves. He was a politician and after years of fighting he won a seat as a city supervisor in 1977. After being a supervisor for 11 month, he was killed by another politician. Milk is known for opening the American peoples mind for gay people. His fight was a necessary fight and I think a lot of gay people are grateful for the work he did.