Posted on 05/22/2014 11:36:34 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Long lines have formed in front of a U.S. Post Office in San Francisco’s Castro District this morning as supporters of assassinated city Supervisor Harvey Milk rush to get a stamp dedicated to the gay rights leader, a postal service spokesman said.
The stamp with Milk’s laughing face, name and a small strip of the rainbow flag, first became available this morning at post offices throughout San Francisco and nationwide. Gay civil rights activist Cleve Jones is at the Castro District post office, located at 4304 18th St., along with filmmaker Dustin Lance Black, who wrote the 2008 movie about Milk’s life and political career, “Milk,” according to USPS spokesman James Wigdel. “Stamps are selling briskly,” Wigdel said.
An official White House stamp dedication ceremony is being held today to honor the first openly gay San Francisco supervisor, while an informal dedication ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. at Harvey Milk Plaza with city Supervisor Scott Wiener and other community members, including Black and Jones.
A more formal ceremony will be held at San Francisco’s City Hall Rotunda next Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., with members of Milk’s family expected to attend, according to Wigdel.
Today is Harvey Milk Day throughout the state, which in 2009 officially named the date in honor of Milk, who was gunned down in San Francisco City Hall, along with Mayor George Moscone, on Nov. 27, 1978, by disgruntled former Supervisor Dan White.
There are other celebrations today to honor Milk, who would have turned 84 today, and his legacy. At San Francisco’s GLBT History Museum at 4127 18th St., admission is free in honor of Harvey Milk Day.
Docent-led tours are offered every hour on the hour at the museum, which is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
A 6 p.m. birthday celebration honoring Milk will be held at Beaux at 2344 Market St. in San Francisco, while a “Milk” movie screening at the Skyline United Church of Christ at 12540 Skyline Blvd. in Oakland will give participants an opportunity to discuss the impact of the gay rights leader’s life.
“no one ever told him in sincerity and empathy that he needed treatment for his same-sex attraction disorder.”
Suggesting that it is not normal will probably get you fired or sued, depending on circumstances. I believe they have changed the psychiatric diagnostic book now to indicate it’s normal.
I believe they have changed the psychiatric diagnostic book now to indicate it’s normal.”
Back in 1973, IIRC. It was accomplished through threats of violence, and not because of any medical or psychiatric reason.
I’m glad modern stamps are peel and stick. I’d not want to lick this one.
Is this one of those newfangled stamps that you’re supposed to suck on to get it to adhere?
No, it was a reference to Harvey Milk's homosexual pedophilia.
USPS honors a dead homosexual. Wonderful.
Can’t wait for the Government stamp honoring Jerry Sandusky to come out......
I notice they didn’t mention his pedophilia.
Let’s ‘milk’ gayness as normal. Sorry Post office, I’ll ignore mail with that on any mail.
Dan White made DiFi mayor by killing Moscone...so he paved the way for her future ascent to the US Senate.
Dan White made DiFi mayor by killing Moscone...so he paved the way for her future ascent to the US Senate.
Is any site collecting signatures of people who resent a stamp honoring a pedophile?
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