Five months before his assassatn 1978, Harvey Milk lled on the print of the Uned Stat to fend the rights of gay and lbian Amerins.
Contents:
- HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH: ANNOTATED
- HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH
- TAG: GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH
- HARVEY MILK'S SPEECH AT SAN FRANCIS'S GAY FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATN
- SPEECH OF SAN FRANCIS SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK AT GAY FREEDOM DAY, JUNE 25, 1978.
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- BRGG PEOPLE HOPE: HARVEY MILK AND THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AMERI
- AMERI’S MOST IMPORTANT GAY-RIGHTS SPEECH?
HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH: ANNOTATED
* gay freedom day speech *
The two most visible figur behd the legislative manvers were John Briggs, a state Senator California, who sought to remove openly lbian and gay teachers wh Proposn 6 (the phrase “public homosexual” repeats throughout the proposn); and Ana Bryant, whose “Save Our Children” anizatn succsfully helped overturn equal rights ordanc Miami, Florida; Eugene, Oregon; Wicha, Kansas; and St.
HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH
Proposn 6, better known as the Briggs Iniative, was the first attempt to rtrict the rights of lbian and gay Amerins by popular referendum. * gay freedom day speech *
If you do not speak out, if you rema silence, if you do not lift up your voice agast Briggs, then I ll upon lbians and gay men om all over the natn, your natn, to gather Washgton one year om now on that natnal day of eedom, the fourth of July…the fourth of July, 1979…to gather Washgton on that very same spot where over a ago Dr. I ll upon all mori and pecially the lns of lbians and gay men to wake up om their dreams…to gather Washgton and tell Jimmy Carter and their natn: “Wake up…wake up, Ameri…no more racism, no more sexism, no more ageism, no more hatred…no more! Here, so-lled liberal San Francis, an anti-gay smear mpaign was waged by so-lled here, so-lled liberal San Francis, we have a lumnist for the San Francis Examer, a lumnist named Kev Starr, who has prted a number of lumns ntag distortns and li about gays.
TAG: GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH
Harvey Milk, a gay man elected to the San Francis Board of Supervisors 1977, gave a rog speech at the cy’s 1978 Gay Freedom Day celebratn. In his speech, Milk emphasized that LGBTQ rights are part of the Amerin tradn of eedom and equaly. Photograph By Daniel Niletta via Wikimedia Commons * gay freedom day speech *
Most recently, feral “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn was troduced by thirty-two Congrsnal members, a bill that “would affect all ferally fund facili and programs, which would clu public librari, ferally fund schools, ary bas and hospals. The next year John Briggs, a California bsman and member of the state legislature, troduced what would be known as Proposn 6, or the Briggs Iniative: the first attempt to rtrict the rights of lbian and gay Amerins by popular referendum.
HARVEY MILK'S SPEECH AT SAN FRANCIS'S GAY FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATN
For the reasons the state fds a pellg tert refg to employ and termatg the employment of a schoolteacher, teacher’s ai, school admistrator or unselor, subject to reasonable rtrictns and qualifitns, who engag public homosexual activy and/or public homosexual nduct directed at, or likely to e to the attentn of, schoolchildren or other school employe. 6 (a) The erng board of a school district shall refe to hire as an employee any person who has engaged public homosexual activy or public homosexual nduct should the board terme that said activy or nduct renrs the person unf for service. (b) For the purpos of this sectn, (1) “public homosexual activy” means the missn of an act fed subdivisn (a) of 286 of the Penal Co, or subdivisn (a) of sectn 288a of the Penal Co, upon any other person of the same sex, which is not discreet and not practiced private, whether or not such act, at the time of s missn, nstuted a crime;.
(2) “public homosexual nduct” means the advotg, solicg, imposg, enuragg or promotg of private or public homosexual activy directed at, or likely to e to the attentn of schoolchildren and/or other employe; and. (c) In evaluatg the public homosexual activy and/or the public homosexual nduct qutn for the purpos of termg an applint’s unfns for service as an employee, a board shall nsir the factors leated Sectn 44933.
SPEECH OF SAN FRANCIS SUPERVISOR HARVEY MILK AT GAY FREEDOM DAY, JUNE 25, 1978.
5 (a) In addn to the grounds specified Sectns 44932, 44948 and 44949, or any other provisn of law, the missn of “public homosexual activy” or “public homosexual nduct” by an employee shall subject the employee to dismissal upon termatn by the board that said activy or nduct renrs the employee unf for service. (b) For the purpos of this sectn (1) “public homosexual activy” means the missn of an act fed subdivisn (a) of 286 of the Penal Co, or subdivisn (a) of sectn 288a of the Penal Co, upon any other person of the same sex, which is not discreet and not practiced private, whether or not such act, at the time of s missn, nstuted a crime;.
(c) Notwhstandg any other provisn of law regardg dismissal procr, the erng board, upon the filg of wrten charg that the person has mted public homosexual activy or public homosexual nduct, duly signed and verified by the person filg the charg, or upon wrten charg formulated by the erng board, shall set a probable e hearg on the charg wh fifteen (15) workg days after the filg or formulatn of wrten charg and forward notice to the employee of the charg not ls than ten (10) workg days prr to the probable e hearg.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
(f) Factors to be nsired by the board evaluatg the charg of public homosexual activy or public homosexual nduct qutn and termg unfns for service shall clu, but not be limed to (1) the likelihood that the activy or nduct may adversely affect stunts or other employe; (2) the proximy or remotens time or lotn of the nduct to the employee’s rponsibili; (3) the extenuatg or aggravatg circumstanc which, the judgement of the board, mt be examed weighg the evince; and (4) whether the nduct clud acts, words or eds, of a ntug or prehensive nature which would tend to enurage, promote, or dispose schoolchildren toward private or public homosexual activy or private or public homosexual nduct.
BRGG PEOPLE HOPE: HARVEY MILK AND THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AMERI
(g) If, by a preponrance of the evince, the employee is found to have engaged public homosexual activy or public homosexual nduct which renrs the employee unf for service, the employee shall be dismissed om employment. Milk mpaigned agast Proposn 6 throughout California, attendg every event Briggs hosted to prott the Milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office California when he was elected to the San Francis Board of Supervisors. He ed his platform as supervisor to promote LGBTQ rights, and other public iativ such as ee public transportatn, creased accs to affordable child re, and a police oversight the Hope Speech, Milk lled for his "gay sisters and brothers to make the mment to fight" agast Proposn 6 and other siarly discrimatory legislatn an effort to promote gay rights California and across the Uned Stat.
Natnal Archiv Intifier: 152903Full Catn: Harvey Milk's Speech at San Francis's Gay Freedom Day Celebratn; 6/25/1978; (Gay Rights--Harvey Milk Speech & Letter) 6/78-7/78 (O/A 5771); Margaret Costanza's Subject Fil, 1977 - 1978; Collectn JC-1133: Rerds of the Office of the Assistant for Public Liaison; Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA. A lot of progrs has been ma toward this goal the last 50 years, cludg a Supreme Court lg jt two weeks ago that gay employe were protected om job discrimatn unr the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but the fight is far om over.
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AMERI’S MOST IMPORTANT GAY-RIGHTS SPEECH?
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