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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Harvey-MilkHarvey Milk | Biography, Facts, & Assassination | Britannica

    Jun 26, 2024 · Harvey Milk, American politician and gay-rights activist. His election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 made him one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history. In 1978 Milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone were shot and killed by Dan White, a conservative former city supervisor.

  2. sg.news.yahoo.com › sean-penn-says-couldn-t-163355302Sean Penn Says He Couldn’t Play Harvey Milk Today. Is He Right...

    Jun 26, 2024 · A hypothetical 2024 “Milk” is impossible to prove, but, for all the counterexamples I’ve cited to what Penn said, the closest recent film to what “Milk” actually was is “Rustin,” another biographical story of a gay civil-rights leader, headlined by Colman Domingo, an out gay actor. But is that casting cultural overreach?

  3. www.newsday.com › long-island › educationSUNY to offer scholarship honoring LGBTQ+ pioneer Harvey Milk

    2 days ago · Harvey Milk, who served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was born in Woodmere and graduated from Bay Shore High School. Credit: Bettmann Archive By Darwin Yanes darwin.yanes ...

  4. people.com › sean-penn-says-milk-was-his-last-good-timeSean Penn Says Oscar-Winning Milk Was His Last 'Good Time' Making...

    6 days ago · Sean Penn opened up about his experience making 2008 movie 'Milk' and admitted it was the 'last time I had a good time' on a film set in a new interview published June 22.

  5. www.sfchronicle.com › sean-penn-harvey-milk-19541176Sean Penn says he wouldn’t be cast as Harvey Milk in today’s...

    Jun 26, 2024 · Sean Penn says he couldn't play Harvey Milk today, criticizes current film industry “overreach” while promoting new movie “Daddio.”

  6. www.thevintagenews.com › 2024/06/26 › sean-penn-milkSean Penn Reveals 2008 Movie About Harvey Milk 'Was the Last...

    Jun 26, 2024 · In the film, he portrayed politician and LGBTQ+ rights activist Harvey Milk. Milk was the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in California, securing a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.

  7. www.washingtonblade.com › 2024/06/27 › lgbtq-people-deserveLGBTQ people deserve freedom, a sense of home, and belonging

    6 days ago · During the riots, Shilts wrote that “a lesbian university professor yelled into a feeble bullhorn: ‘Harvey Milk lives.’” Since 1978, Harvey Milk’s courageous leadership has been ...

  8. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › sean-penn-says-artless-policySean Penn says ‘artless policy’ would prevent him from ... -...

    6 days ago · Actor and film director Sean Penn said in a recent interview that as a straight man he would not be cast today to play gay icon Harvey Milk, a role in which he won an Oscar for Best Actor in...

  9. www.dtmovies.com › sean-penn-says-he-couldnt-play-harveySean Penn says he couldn’t play Harvey Milk today

    4 days ago · “It couldn’t happen like that anymore, nowadays.” In 2008, Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk in an eponymous biopic directed by Gus Van Sant. A feature film which tells both the story of the man who was the first elected and openly gay politician in the United States and also the History, that of the civil rights movement for the LGBTQ+ community in the 70s.

  10. www.nytimes.com › wirecutter › reviewsOur 15 Favorite LGBTQ Books for Kids & Teens | Reviews by...

    6 days ago · Picture books like Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag help introduce young kids to some of those early struggles for queer rights in a way that’s “bright, cheerful, and ...