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Today in History: The Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk

On November 27, 1978, recently resigned Supervisor Dan White walked into City Hall and shot both Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in retaliation for his not having been reappointed to the

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Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Gay iPhone Ad for the Castro

This guy made a little spoof of the iPhone 4S/Siri ads, featuring stuff in the Castro. And it's mildly amusing. In case you didn't know, Hand Job is actually a nail salon

John Avalos Contacted Harvey Milk's Ghost Using $29 Board Game

This seems perfectly normal: San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he and his aides contacted Harvey Milk's ghost regarding a vote on a non-binding resolution to name a

San Diego Gets Harvey Milk Street

Down in the land of flip flops and fish tacos, Harvey Milk's legacy will be honored via a new street name. San Diego will rename a street in honor of the slain gay

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Benefit Screening of 'Milk' at Castro Theatre in May

In honor of Harvey Milk Day on May 22, the Friends of Harvey Milk is doing a screening of Milk at the Castro Theatre to benefit the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy the

Harvey Milk And George Moscone Remembered In Candlelight Vigil, Lively March

Sunday marked the 33rd anniversary of the slayings of Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone, and a group of 100 or so LGBT folk and their admirers gathered at the corner of Castro

Harvey Milk Plaque, Bolted In Cement, Stolen Over Weekend

Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, someone stole the Harvey Milk plaque just outside the Castro Street Muni station. SFist talked to District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener who told us, "All of

Stamp Advisory Committee Considering Milk Stamp

Speaking of cool postage stamps -- Remember when Bay Area Reporter talked about an effort that's underway to get San Francisco artist Jim Leff's stamp memorializing Harvey Milk made into an official U.

The Castro Gets a Drag Store; Also, 'True' Gay Rights Activists Up In Arms About HRC Taking Harvey Milk's Former Store

There was a little under-the-radar retail opening on Castro Street in recent weeks: Cocomo's: A Taste of Drag (538 Castro). It's now your go-to source (besides the Haight) for plus-sized high heels and

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Tonight at 6 p.m.: Annual Milk-Moscone Memorial March

The 32nd Annual Milk-Moscone Memorial March kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. with speeches by Cleve Jones, Harry Britt, David Campos, Carol Migden, and Tom Ammiano at Harvey Milk Plaza at the

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Harvey Milk Day Events

We touched on this in SFist This Weekend, but seeing as how San Francisco beatifies former San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, here's a rundown of Harvey Milk Day events. Really, Harvey Milk Day

Schwarzenegger Makes 'Harvey Milk Day' Official

On Sunday night, Gov. Schwarzenegger (finally!) signed Sen. Mark Leno's Harvey Milk bill, one that would create Harvey Milk Day. "He really saw this signing as a way to honor the gay community

Emotional Pelosi Evokes Harvey Milk/White Night Riots

In an effort, we assume, to curb the (racist?) "you lie!" hysteria stemming from a sect of indignant Republicans over Obama's health care plan, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made the following,

Leno Delivers 40K Harvey Milk Day Signatures to Schwarzenegger

Yesterday, EQCA and Senator Mark Leno (D-SF) delivered somewhere around 40,000 petitions "with names of Californians from every part of the state," demanding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to -- finally! -- sign into

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Bevan Dufty Wants Floating Pink Cloud Above Castro

In addition to the meth cloud that hangs above Beck's Motorlodge -- we kid! sort of. but not really. -- Supervisor Bevan Dufty would like to create a pink cloud that would float

Sixth Grader's Project About Harvey Milk Censored by School

Embedded video from CNN Video Natalie Jones, a sixth-grader in Ramona, California, created a Powerpoint presentation about Harvey Milk's life and activism, for which she received a near-perfect score. The day before the

Happy White Night Riots Anniversary!

Akin to Judy Garland's death or Adam Lambert losing last night's American Idol finale -- damn you to hell, Bill O'Reilly! -- 30 years ago today the White Night riots erupted after supervisor

Equality California Debuts New Vidzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Check out the above-embedded video -- it's fantastic stuff, produced a few months ago by Causecast. It elicits goosebumps. It's inspiring. It's upbeat without being sugary; and it's intense without being angry. It

Sean Penn to Lobby For 'Harvey Milk Day' In California

State Senator Mark Leno and Sean Penn plan to reintroduce a bill Tuesday to mark Harvey Milk's birthday as a "day of significance" across California. Originally vetoed by Arnold Schwarzenegger -- the lug

<i>Milk</i> Nabs 8 Oscar Nominations

Gus Van Sant's Milk, the biopic about slain San Francisco supervisor and gay activist Harvey Milk, was nominated for eight Oscars this morning. In addition to a Best Picture nomination, Dustin Lance Black

<i>Milk</i> Cracks Top Ten

Hey, Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic Milk, which is pulling in phenomenal reviews and audience reaction, somehow managed to crack the top ten this with only a fistful of theaters screening the

Could <i>Milk</i> Have Helped Defeat Prop 8?

A new theory is percolating about Gus Van Sant's , the biopic about slain SF City Supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and Prop. 8, the same-sex marriage ban. It's this: Could an

Sean Penn Calls Prop 8 "Manslaughter"

Gothamist's Amanda Spurlock attended a press conference with Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Alison Pill, and Emile Hirsch. Here's her report: Franco revealed that he wanted to be a part of the film

Sean Penn Amazed at James Franco's Monstrous Penis

Yeah, yeah. We stuck this in Day Around the Bay, but we feel it merits its own post. (Besides, we'd hate for some local bloggers to go one day without bashing us in

<i>Milk</i> Finishes Shooting, '70s Fashions Abound

Well, it's been fun. The trailers, the megawatt celebrity sightings, the lights, the cameras, the not being invited to cast/crew parties -- SFist will miss it all. As most of you know,