Harvey Milk: Generalization Of Homeosexuals

Harvey Milk “What set Harvey apart from you and me was that he was a visionary. He imagined a righteous world inside his head and then he set about to create it for real, for all of us,” (Harveys campaign manager). In 1977, Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Harvey Milk became an inspiration for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgenders by showing that if he can make it big with being openly gay, anyone else could too. In the 1970s, before Harvey was elected into the board, gays and lezbians were still trying to fight for equality. Many people who were homosexual were valued to be sinful, and going against their own religion. However, Harvey Milk wanted to stop all these generalizations of homeosexuals, and wanted them to be just as equal as everyone else in the United States. Harvey Milk was not only a well valued person, but also was the start of a new beginning for all homeosexuals in America. Harvey Milk was born on May 22, 1930 into a Jewish family. When Milk was a teenager, he started to realize that he was gay. He knew that back then that was not accepted, and wanted to make a change. He wanted to be able to share with everyone how he really …show more content…
Hope lead him to being elected and opening knew windows for homeosexuals in San Francisco and across the nation. He gave hope to many Americans that one day they will not be discriminated against and they can also did big things. One of Harvey Milk’s most known quotes is what represents his train of thought the most, “Hope will never be silent.” His hope for America was to make awarness to all the homeosexuals and to not discrimimate them. Milk did not give up after one try, he kept doing things until he excelled and that is another reason why people value him still to this day. Harvey Milk made everyone feel like they had a place, and belonged here and that homosexuals were not different from all of