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On anniversary of Harvey Milk’s assassination, NOH8 Campaign remembers legacy & hope he left behind

http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/milk__oPt.jpgToday is a very sad anniversary: It was 33 years ago that San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk was assassinated in his City Hall office.

The No H8 Campaign has posted a beautiful tribute to this pioneering LGBT activist and I want to share parts of it with you. (Pictured below in NoH8 portraits are Milk’s close friend Cleve Jones and his nephew, Stuart Milk)

Whether you experienced his legacy in real time or learned about him for the first time through MILK, the 2008 Oscar-Award-Winning biopic of Harvey’s life, many of you have been affected by Harvey Milk’s story. Harvey Milk made it his mission to fight for the gay community and achieve equal rights and treatment for all people, and he often spoke about how important visibility was to changing the climate and humanizing the gay community.

Harvey Milk lived his life openly and honestly for the sake of the greater good so that someday, others didn’t have to live in fear. That visibility, according to Harvey, would directly lead an opposing vote to realize that they knew at least one gay or lesbian person who would be affected by discriminatory legislation.

Harvey Milk became the man who was willing to risk everything for his rights and the rights of his community, and his story continues to inspire us while giving hope to new generations of LGBT youth.

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