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Two*True

Okay, whose seen it?  Did you cry as much as I did?  I thought it was great!  We probably had a different take on it than some, because K was there.  K was in SF on the steps of city hall when Diane Feinstein announced the deaths fo the Mayor and Milk.  Plus, she and Cleve Jones founded an activist school together.  And I met Cleve last year.  I sooo admire that man. 

So while I was amazed by the lives that Milk, Cleve, etc lead, I was sooo saddened to see how little progress we've made.  The hateful lies used for Prop 8 were the same the same lies used for Prop 6.  30 years and it's the same battle.  Only this time I feel like it's a battle without an organized army. 

2brides

We saw it Saturday afternoon. I was amazed by the energy and determination of Milk and everyone involved. I hadn't realized that he ran 3? 4? times. But like you, I was saddened that no much has changed in 30 years.  And I was horrified that Dan White was given only 5 years. 

 

mandykatie

I havne't seen it yet b/c K is working 3rds and it's hard to get out and do anything!  I suppose I could go by myself, but that's unlikely.  I am SO looking forward to it!  I am sure I'll ball my eyes out.  I do at the documentaries I've seen about him. 

Mrs._F

Saw it. Loved it. Cried all the way out to car. I just kept thinking about what more he could have accomplished if his life hadn't been cut short.

I knew the bare bones of the story before seeing the film, but watching it and seeing all the parallels betweeen Prop 6 and Prop 8, I was so disheartened that we are still fighting the same battle. 

I hope that lots of young lgbt folks will see it and get a little history lesson - because while we are still fighting the same battle, we have come very far.  I don't think a lot of young people realize that right up through the 70s gay businesses and the people who patronized them were regularly harassed and violently raided by the police - and the 70s are not that long ago!!  It's really incredible to think that I am legally married (at least to my state government), when a mere generation ago I could have been arrested for being at a gay bar.

It definitely made me long for a leader of the movement!  Someone to speak loudly and eloquently on our behalf the way that Harvey Milk did.  His words about the importance of coming out still ring so true today - I wish he could be here to say more.

I also really recommend the documentary The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.  Netflix has it - we just wathed it this weekend.  It was great to get even more of the facts and see the real people speak about him.

ModernBrideOC

Was it uplifting at all, or just horribly depressing? ?I am so afraid to see it.

Mrs._F

ModernBrideOC:

Was it uplifting at all, or just horribly depressing?  I am so afraid to see it.

It is not horribly depressing by any means!  Don't be afraid to see it!  I hope what I said above didn't make it sound too awful. 

It was really beautifully done and celebrates Harvey Milk's life and work.  Inherently, there will be some sadness (and the sadness over our continued fight as I mentioned), but there is also hope in knowing that if Harvey Milk made so much progress over 30 years ago, it can and will be done again.  I think the film helped remind me that it may take time, but we will get there - to think that we are even having the conversation about gay marriage is so far and beyond where we were 30 years ago.

So go see it!