Join the Dedication Ceremony in San Francisco on May 28 Harvey Milk would have been 84 years old this year and the United States Postal Service is honoring his legacy with a stamp that was issued this month on his birthday. “Let this stamp remind us of the fundamental truth behind Mr. Milk’s message — […]
The year is 1978 and Harvey Milk has just been elected to the San Francisco board of supervisors. One of his first orders of business is a challenge to his friend Gilbert Baker to create a symbol of hope for the Gay Community. Baker gladly takes the project on, sewing together a rainbow flag consisting […]
Passing the Hat for New Hats The 44th annual San Francisco Pride celebration is June 28th and 29th – and for the past 36 years, The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band has been front and center with bright uniforms, uplifting music and baton twirlers. But when Tom Taylor and Jerry Goldstein, founders of the Diversity Foundation of San Francisco, saw […]
Scarcely a day goes by now without some word of progress towards acceptance, if not outright normalization, of LGBT lifestyles. Sunday night during the Grammy awards in the midst of the music and entertainment, was a televised mass wedding with many same-sex couples. If that doesn’t speak to mainstream acceptance, what does? Still, there is […]