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1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 2 00:02:31,702 --> 00:02:37,472 This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday, November 18th. 3 00:02:38,842 --> 00:02:43,302 This is only to be played in the event of my death by assassination. 4 00:02:47,052 --> 00:02:49,482 During one of my early campaigns, 5 00:02:49,552 --> 00:02:55,452 I began to open speeches with a line and it became kind of a signature. 6 00:02:56,122 --> 00:02:59,292 <i>My name is Harvey Milk and I want to recruit you.</i> 7 00:03:01,062 --> 00:03:05,592 If I was speaking to a slightly hostile audience 8 00:03:05,672 --> 00:03:09,732 or a mostly straight one, I might break the tension with a joke. 9 00:03:10,242 --> 00:03:12,642 I know. I know I'm not what you expected, 10 00:03:12,712 --> 00:03:14,302 but I left my high heels at home. 11 00:03:17,812 --> 00:03:23,212 I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, 12 00:03:23,282 --> 00:03:24,752 an activist, a gay activist, 13 00:03:26,092 --> 00:03:30,612 <i>makes himself the target for someone who is insecure,</i> 14 00:03:30,692 --> 00:03:33,822 <i>terrified, afraid and disturbed themselves.</i> 15 00:03:33,892 --> 00:03:38,422 It's a very real possibility you see, because in San Francisco, 16 00:03:38,502 --> 00:03:42,302 we have broken a dam of major prejudice in this country. 17 00:03:42,372 --> 00:03:45,392 <i>Room 200. I'm in the mayor's office.</i> 18 00:03:45,472 --> 00:03:49,272 <i>We are trying to ascertain what is happening.</i> 19 00:03:50,082 --> 00:03:52,202 As President of the Board of Supervisors, 20 00:03:52,282 --> 00:03:54,712 it's my duty to make this announcement. 21 00:03:55,652 --> 00:03:59,482 Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk 22 00:04:00,522 --> 00:04:02,752 have been shot and killed. 23 00:04:06,832 --> 00:04:10,852 I wish I had time to explain all the things that I did. 24 00:04:10,932 --> 00:04:13,872 Almost everything was done with an eye on the gay movement. 25 00:04:23,412 --> 00:04:24,902 Hey. Hey. 26 00:04:26,882 --> 00:04:28,242 I'm Harvey. 27 00:04:28,682 --> 00:04:29,912 Okay, Harvey. 28 00:04:31,652 --> 00:04:33,022 Today's my birthday. 29 00:04:33,992 --> 00:04:37,682 No, hey, actually it is my birthday. At midnight. 30 00:04:37,762 --> 00:04:38,822 Really? 31 00:04:39,662 --> 00:04:42,362 And, believe it or not, I don't have any plans. 32 00:04:43,832 --> 00:04:46,302 Some people took me out after work. 33 00:04:46,372 --> 00:04:51,962 Hmm. And that would be at, let me guess, Ma Bell or AT&T. 34 00:04:52,842 --> 00:04:54,702 The Great American Insurance Company. 35 00:04:54,772 --> 00:04:55,872 Oh. 36 00:04:55,942 --> 00:04:58,972 I'm part of that corporate establishment that, 37 00:04:59,052 --> 00:05:01,982 let me guess, you think is the cause of all the evil in the world, 38 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:03,612 from Vietnam to diaper rash. 39 00:05:03,682 --> 00:05:05,242 You left out bad breath. 40 00:05:08,522 --> 00:05:09,752 Just kidding. 41 00:05:12,432 --> 00:05:15,952 You're not gonna let me spend my birthday all by myself, are you? 42 00:05:18,632 --> 00:05:20,032 Listen, Harvey, 43 00:05:21,332 --> 00:05:23,332 you're pretty cute, 44 00:05:23,402 --> 00:05:25,372 but I don't date guys over 40. 45 00:05:27,172 --> 00:05:29,512 Well, then, this is my lucky night. 46 00:05:29,982 --> 00:05:31,342 Why is that? 47 00:05:31,412 --> 00:05:33,112 I'm still 39. 48 00:05:33,952 --> 00:05:35,642 It's only 11:15. 49 00:05:46,532 --> 00:05:47,822 Come on. 50 00:05:52,062 --> 00:05:53,832 What's your name? 51 00:05:53,902 --> 00:05:55,802 I'm Scott. 52 00:05:55,872 --> 00:05:58,802 Very nice to meet you, Mr. Harvey, insurance man. 53 00:06:37,442 --> 00:06:39,602 Where are you from? 54 00:06:39,682 --> 00:06:41,512 Jackson, Mississippi. 55 00:06:43,582 --> 00:06:46,452 This isn't Jackson. You can't respond to just every strange man 56 00:06:46,522 --> 00:06:48,152 that picks you up on a subway platform. 57 00:06:48,222 --> 00:06:49,242 It's too dangerous. 58 00:06:49,322 --> 00:06:50,652 Hmm, now you tell me. 59 00:06:51,862 --> 00:06:53,592 The New York Police are the toughest. 60 00:06:53,662 --> 00:06:55,392 They're arrogant and they're everywhere. 61 00:06:55,462 --> 00:06:56,932 I'll show you all the cruising spots, 62 00:06:57,002 --> 00:06:58,978 but you have to be very careful, little Scotty-san. 63 00:06:59,002 --> 00:07:01,362 Are you on some uppers or something? 64 00:07:01,972 --> 00:07:04,772 No. This is just plain me. 65 00:07:06,012 --> 00:07:07,732 And you're scared of the cops? 66 00:07:08,542 --> 00:07:11,072 I'm just discreet. I know a lot of people. 67 00:07:11,142 --> 00:07:13,042 If they see me, I could lose my job. 68 00:07:13,852 --> 00:07:15,582 Oh, you're one of those. 69 00:07:17,522 --> 00:07:21,612 Well, I think you need to find a new scene. Some new friends. 70 00:07:24,622 --> 00:07:26,792 I need a change. I know. 71 00:07:28,132 --> 00:07:29,752 Yeah, you're 40 now. 72 00:07:29,832 --> 00:07:30,832 Oh. 73 00:07:33,272 --> 00:07:38,432 Forty years old and I haven't done a thing I'm proud of. 74 00:07:38,502 --> 00:07:42,502 You keep eating this cake and you're going to be fat by the time you're 50. 75 00:07:42,582 --> 00:07:44,512 That's if I ever get to 50. Oh! 76 00:07:45,182 --> 00:07:47,342 Happy birthday, old man. 77 00:07:51,822 --> 00:07:53,882 Why don't we run away together? 78 00:07:53,952 --> 00:07:55,222 Where to? 79 00:08:09,102 --> 00:08:10,902 <i>HARVEY/ In the past, and still now,</i> 80 00:08:10,972 --> 00:08:14,302 <i>San Francisco was the place where everyone wanted to go.</i> 81 00:08:14,912 --> 00:08:18,812 <i>To drop out, to fall in love.</i> 82 00:08:19,982 --> 00:08:25,822 But by 1972, the Haight was boarded up. Drug filled, crime filled. 83 00:08:25,892 --> 00:08:28,412 The new place for us refugees 84 00:08:28,492 --> 00:08:31,792 <i>was a little Irish Catholic neighborhood in the Eureka Valley,</i> 85 00:08:32,862 --> 00:08:34,452 <i>six blocks square,</i> 86 00:08:35,702 --> 00:08:37,392 <i>the Castro.</i> 87 00:09:23,142 --> 00:09:25,772 I cashed my last unemployment check yesterday. 88 00:09:26,512 --> 00:09:29,352 Well, I hope you did something useful with it. 89 00:09:31,052 --> 00:09:32,752 I bought an ounce of pot. 90 00:09:32,822 --> 00:09:34,552 Don't move for a second. 91 00:09:37,922 --> 00:09:40,152 I suppose I can wait tables. 92 00:09:41,162 --> 00:09:42,682 I don't want you to go anywhere. 93 00:09:42,762 --> 00:09:45,202 I want you right here with me. 94 00:09:46,202 --> 00:09:48,392 I was thinking about a little shop. 95 00:09:48,472 --> 00:09:49,872 What kind of shop? 96 00:09:49,942 --> 00:09:51,578 Just a little shop with a little overhead. 97 00:09:51,602 --> 00:09:52,632 Not too much work. 98 00:09:52,712 --> 00:09:55,372 Just like Morris and Minnie Milk of Woodmere, New York. 99 00:09:56,042 --> 00:09:58,412 Did you see the little place downstairs for rent? 100 00:09:58,482 --> 00:09:59,882 Yeah. 101 00:10:00,682 --> 00:10:02,242 What do you think about that? 102 00:10:03,022 --> 00:10:04,412 I think it sounds great. 103 00:10:04,482 --> 00:10:06,712 A little bit up on the left. 104 00:10:12,092 --> 00:10:14,322 Oh, it looks great. Looks great. 105 00:10:14,392 --> 00:10:15,722 Yeah. 106 00:10:16,332 --> 00:10:18,022 You're the new renters? 107 00:10:18,802 --> 00:10:20,792 Well, hello. Harvey Milk. 108 00:10:21,932 --> 00:10:23,332 McConnely. Welcome to Castro Camera. 109 00:10:23,372 --> 00:10:24,632 Scott. 110 00:10:25,602 --> 00:10:27,572 Yeah. Like, you know, I would like 111 00:10:27,642 --> 00:10:31,542 to join the, what's it called, The Eureka Valley Merchants Association. 112 00:10:31,612 --> 00:10:32,802 I'm not an interloper. 113 00:10:32,882 --> 00:10:35,642 A Jew, perhaps, but I hope you'll forgive that. 114 00:10:35,712 --> 00:10:37,202 If you open those doors, 115 00:10:37,282 --> 00:10:40,252 the Merchants Association will have the police pull your license. 116 00:10:40,322 --> 00:10:41,792 Under what law? 117 00:10:41,852 --> 00:10:43,552 Excuse me? 118 00:10:43,622 --> 00:10:46,682 There's man's law and there's God's law in this neighborhood 119 00:10:46,762 --> 00:10:47,892 and in this city. 120 00:10:47,962 --> 00:10:49,482 You know, we pay taxes. 121 00:10:49,562 --> 00:10:52,932 The San Francisco police force is happy to enforce either. 122 00:10:53,002 --> 00:10:54,062 Have a good day. 123 00:10:54,132 --> 00:10:57,302 Yeah, thank you for the warm welcome to the neighborhood! 124 00:10:59,312 --> 00:11:01,172 Schmuck! 125 00:11:02,012 --> 00:11:03,102 Well. 126 00:11:04,682 --> 00:11:05,842 Hey. 127 00:11:09,422 --> 00:11:11,822 Okay. Customers, come on in. 128 00:11:34,242 --> 00:11:37,002 We'll form our own business association. 129 00:11:37,082 --> 00:11:39,272 We'll start with the gay businesses. 130 00:11:39,352 --> 00:11:43,252 We'll get the addresses of every customer that comes in the store for a roll of film 131 00:11:43,322 --> 00:11:46,682 and we'll ask them what they want, what they need changed. 132 00:11:46,752 --> 00:11:49,922 We'll get some money rolling in here. Revitalize the neighborhood. 133 00:11:49,992 --> 00:11:51,392 Can I come in now? 134 00:11:52,562 --> 00:11:54,152 One more minute. 135 00:11:56,462 --> 00:11:58,262 And I can go to the neighborhood banks. 136 00:11:58,332 --> 00:12:00,232 They must have some gay customers. 137 00:12:00,302 --> 00:12:03,962 Look, Harvey, what's with all this political activist crap? 138 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:06,602 I mean, I thought you were a goddamn Republican. 139 00:12:06,672 --> 00:12:08,612 I'm a businessman, Scott. 140 00:12:08,672 --> 00:12:11,972 And businesses should be good to their customers. 141 00:12:12,542 --> 00:12:14,842 Even if their customers are gay. 142 00:12:14,912 --> 00:12:16,912 For God's sake, it's San Francisco! 143 00:12:16,982 --> 00:12:19,822 Yeah. Well, it's just like any other city in the country. 144 00:12:19,892 --> 00:12:21,412 They hate us. Real surprise. 145 00:12:21,492 --> 00:12:24,322 We should have at least one block in one city, right? 146 00:12:24,392 --> 00:12:28,122 We start there and then we'll take over the neighborhood. 147 00:12:28,192 --> 00:12:29,522 Maybe. 148 00:12:30,832 --> 00:12:32,062 I'm coming in. 149 00:12:32,132 --> 00:12:34,332 Okay, you can come in now. 150 00:12:37,272 --> 00:12:39,672 Finally. This better be good. 151 00:12:40,412 --> 00:12:41,742 Oh! 152 00:12:42,572 --> 00:12:43,972 Happy birthday! 153 00:12:46,982 --> 00:12:50,212 I had to do it! I had to do it! I had to do it! 154 00:12:50,282 --> 00:12:52,412 Sanctuary, sanctuary! Harvey Milk! 155 00:12:52,482 --> 00:12:53,482 Sanctuary! 156 00:12:54,022 --> 00:12:56,252 And Castro became destination number one. 157 00:12:57,992 --> 00:13:01,792 Hundreds of gay men were coming every week from all over the world. 158 00:13:02,492 --> 00:13:05,092 <i>It was our area. Our own neighborhood.</i> 159 00:13:15,572 --> 00:13:18,812 <i>The police hated us. And we hated them right back.</i> 160 00:13:19,482 --> 00:13:22,172 <i>They would come in and attack us and beat us just for fun.</i> 161 00:13:22,252 --> 00:13:23,652 <i>But that wouldn't stop us.</i> 162 00:13:23,722 --> 00:13:27,882 <i>I made a list of shops that were friendly to us and shops that weren't.</i> 163 00:13:27,952 --> 00:13:30,182 <i>Those shops that worked with us thrived.</i> 164 00:13:30,262 --> 00:13:32,552 <i>Those that didn't, went out of business.</i> 165 00:13:32,622 --> 00:13:33,822 <i>Closed their doors.</i> 166 00:13:37,502 --> 00:13:39,522 Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. 167 00:13:39,602 --> 00:13:42,832 Mr. McConnely, I just came by to see how business was doing. 168 00:13:42,902 --> 00:13:44,232 Just fine, Harvey. 169 00:13:44,302 --> 00:13:46,792 You don't mind having all these homosexuals in here? 170 00:13:48,012 --> 00:13:50,442 Kidding, everybody. He loves our kind. Spend away. 171 00:13:50,512 --> 00:13:51,842 Tell your wife I said hello. 172 00:13:53,412 --> 00:13:56,812 But people started hanging around our store. 173 00:13:56,882 --> 00:13:59,822 Not customers. Activists, kids, 174 00:14:00,692 --> 00:14:03,622 young people who were looking for a home away from home. 175 00:14:24,942 --> 00:14:26,172 <i>There was Danny Nicoletta,</i> 176 00:14:26,252 --> 00:14:29,842 <i>cute art student that I picked up at Toad Hall, who worked in the shop.</i> 177 00:14:29,922 --> 00:14:32,682 <i>Harvey, come on. Opera is so passé.</i> 178 00:14:32,752 --> 00:14:34,198 You're not understanding the spectacle of it, 179 00:14:34,222 --> 00:14:35,652 the bigger than life emotions. 180 00:14:35,722 --> 00:14:37,622 The bigger than life emotions? 181 00:14:42,832 --> 00:14:44,852 Jim Rivaldo, a great mind. 182 00:14:44,932 --> 00:14:50,102 Harvard graduate, which nobody cared about in those days in the Castro. 183 00:14:50,172 --> 00:14:51,432 Including himself. 184 00:14:51,502 --> 00:14:54,372 <i>And somewhere along the line, Jim picked up a protégé,</i> 185 00:14:54,442 --> 00:14:57,242 a cute political kid from Wisconsin, Dick Pabich. 186 00:14:57,312 --> 00:14:59,712 And of course, there was Dennis Peron, 187 00:14:59,782 --> 00:15:03,372 <i>who ran a very successful business with the young kids.</i> 188 00:15:03,452 --> 00:15:06,682 And it wasn't only the gays who noticed what was happening. 189 00:15:07,192 --> 00:15:08,712 Also the straight people. 190 00:15:09,722 --> 00:15:11,952 There were some very unexpected ones. 191 00:15:13,032 --> 00:15:16,152 Teamster leader Allan Baird walked right into my shop 192 00:15:16,232 --> 00:15:20,262 <i>and asked me if I could get my people to help boycott Coors beer.</i> 193 00:15:20,332 --> 00:15:22,932 <i>And the Coors beer boycott had not been too successful.</i> 194 00:15:23,002 --> 00:15:27,202 <i>But I got my people to get all the Coors beer out of all the gay bars,</i> 195 00:15:27,272 --> 00:15:30,762 <i>and immediately Coors fell from number one and they caved.</i> 196 00:15:31,612 --> 00:15:34,882 <i>A week later, the Teamsters union, for the very first time,</i> 197 00:15:34,952 --> 00:15:36,782 <i>hired openly gay drivers.</i> 198 00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:39,012 <i>We weren't just a bunch of pansies anymore.</i> 199 00:15:39,082 --> 00:15:41,422 <i>We had had our first taste of power.</i> 200 00:15:41,492 --> 00:15:44,952 And it was about that time that someone first called me 201 00:15:45,022 --> 00:15:49,862 the Mayor of Castro Street, or I may have invented the term myself. 202 00:15:53,972 --> 00:15:55,592 The fucking cops, man. 203 00:15:55,672 --> 00:15:57,148 Cops are pulling people out of Toad Hall. 204 00:15:57,172 --> 00:15:58,102 Why? What did they do? 205 00:15:58,172 --> 00:15:59,948 They're sweeping the streets. It's happening right now. 206 00:15:59,972 --> 00:16:01,342 Come on. Come on. 207 00:16:26,602 --> 00:16:29,192 Through the door there, the front door there, 208 00:16:29,272 --> 00:16:33,932 was just an explosion of police charging in here. 209 00:16:34,012 --> 00:16:37,202 I ran into the bathroom to hide with some other people. 210 00:16:38,042 --> 00:16:43,452 All we could hear was screaming and crunching and smashing. 211 00:16:43,522 --> 00:16:48,422 It was frankly the most terrifying experience I've had in my life. 212 00:16:56,362 --> 00:16:57,892 If we had someone in government 213 00:16:57,962 --> 00:17:00,902 who saw things the way that we see them, 214 00:17:00,972 --> 00:17:05,532 like the black community has black leaders that look out for their interests. 215 00:17:13,312 --> 00:17:15,412 Politics is theater. 216 00:17:15,482 --> 00:17:16,728 It doesn't matter so much about winning. 217 00:17:16,752 --> 00:17:17,772 You make a statement. 218 00:17:17,852 --> 00:17:21,482 You say, "I'm here. ' ' You get their attention. 219 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:24,812 I mean, it'll be fun. 220 00:17:29,802 --> 00:17:34,862 Even though the Castro was firmly our area by 1973, it wasn't safe for us. 221 00:17:34,932 --> 00:17:38,872 We would have to wear whistles on our necks or in our pockets. 222 00:17:38,942 --> 00:17:41,632 <i>And if you ever heard a whistle, you would run to help.</i> 223 00:17:42,412 --> 00:17:46,142 Fruit was walking home with his trick when he got jumped. 224 00:17:46,212 --> 00:17:48,772 Name's Robert Hillsborough. Did you know him? 225 00:17:49,822 --> 00:17:52,482 He used to come into my shop. Are there any witnesses? 226 00:17:52,552 --> 00:17:54,852 Yeah, just the trick, Jerry Taylor. 227 00:17:54,922 --> 00:17:57,452 Jerry's not his trick, he's his lover. 228 00:17:57,522 --> 00:17:58,892 Hey, call it what you will. 229 00:17:58,962 --> 00:18:02,422 All we know is he's our only witness and he said he can't identify the attackers. 230 00:18:02,492 --> 00:18:04,908 Oh, you'd have a dozen witnesses if they thought you boys had any 231 00:18:04,932 --> 00:18:06,962 real interest in protecting them. 232 00:18:22,812 --> 00:18:25,912 <i>SCO TT ON PA/ Hey, come on. Come over. Everyone gather around.</i> 233 00:18:25,982 --> 00:18:27,752 Hey, Milk, good job on Coors. 234 00:18:27,822 --> 00:18:31,082 Thank you and we were very happy to do that. We were very happy to do that. 235 00:18:31,162 --> 00:18:33,182 <i>Everyone over here, gather around.</i> 236 00:18:38,262 --> 00:18:41,432 <i>Hello. I'm Harvey Milk.</i> 237 00:18:44,802 --> 00:18:46,292 <i>A week ago,</i> 238 00:18:47,842 --> 00:18:51,972 <i>police officers came into our area with badges covered.</i> 239 00:18:53,512 --> 00:18:58,542 <i>They sent 14 of our people to hospitals and to jail.</i> 240 00:18:58,622 --> 00:19:02,182 <i>The charges, "Blocking the sidewalk."</i> 241 00:19:04,362 --> 00:19:08,992 <i>Let's let our tax money go to our protection, not our persecution.</i> 242 00:19:09,732 --> 00:19:13,192 <i>Worry about gun control, not marijuana control.</i> 243 00:19:13,272 --> 00:19:16,962 <i>School supplies, seniors, not the books we read!</i> 244 00:19:22,312 --> 00:19:24,102 <i>My fellow degenerates,</i> 245 00:19:25,512 --> 00:19:30,952 <i>I would like to announce my candidacy for San Francisco City Supervisor!</i> 246 00:19:35,422 --> 00:19:37,512 How are you, Lee? Fine, thank you. 247 00:19:37,592 --> 00:19:39,638 Oh, I bought you some flowers to brighten up your day. 248 00:19:39,662 --> 00:19:42,132 Could I leave some flyers for your customers? 249 00:19:42,932 --> 00:19:44,092 Hello, everyone. 250 00:19:44,162 --> 00:19:45,692 Harvey Milk, running for supervisor. 251 00:19:45,762 --> 00:19:47,252 <i>We need your support.</i> 252 00:19:47,332 --> 00:19:49,302 Are you registered to vote? 253 00:19:49,372 --> 00:19:51,648 Let me just give you that. It's for Harvey Milk for supervisor, all right? 254 00:19:51,672 --> 00:19:54,142 <i>He's running for the Board of Supervisors. Right. Thank you.</i> 255 00:19:54,212 --> 00:19:55,372 <i>Take care. Have a good day.</i> 256 00:19:55,442 --> 00:20:00,142 Harvey Milk for supervisor! Excuse me, ma'am, are you registered to vote? 257 00:20:00,212 --> 00:20:01,802 Sir, are you registered to vote? 258 00:20:01,882 --> 00:20:04,352 I'm Harvey Milk, sir. I'm running for supervisor. 259 00:20:04,422 --> 00:20:06,942 I want you to know that my campaign is very interested 260 00:20:07,022 --> 00:20:08,712 in taking care of seniors in the area. 261 00:20:08,792 --> 00:20:10,368 <i>We've been doing a lot about reaching out.</i> 262 00:20:10,392 --> 00:20:14,052 I'm Harvey Milk. Will you register here if you're not registered? 263 00:20:14,662 --> 00:20:19,362 Hey, I like the way those pants fit! Where are you from, kid? 264 00:20:19,432 --> 00:20:21,702 Sorry, old man, not interested. 265 00:20:21,772 --> 00:20:23,832 Where's home? 266 00:20:23,902 --> 00:20:25,462 Phoenix. 267 00:20:25,542 --> 00:20:28,132 Come here. Just come here a minute. 268 00:20:30,982 --> 00:20:33,812 I'm Harvey Milk. I'm running for supervisor. 269 00:20:33,882 --> 00:20:35,012 What's your name? 270 00:20:35,082 --> 00:20:36,952 Cleve Jones. 271 00:20:37,022 --> 00:20:39,252 Cleve Jones. You're adorable. 272 00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:43,282 We should get you over here and get you registered, Mr. Jones. 273 00:20:44,562 --> 00:20:46,252 Fuck that. Elections of any kind 274 00:20:46,322 --> 00:20:48,422 are fucking bourgeois affectation. 275 00:20:48,492 --> 00:20:50,152 Is that right? Mmm-hmm. 276 00:20:50,232 --> 00:20:52,532 What do you do, trick up on Polk Street? 277 00:20:55,632 --> 00:20:57,662 If I need the cash. 278 00:20:57,742 --> 00:21:00,248 But I'm a little bit more selective about my clients than you are. 279 00:21:00,272 --> 00:21:03,042 Okay, let me ask you one thing before you go back to work. 280 00:21:03,112 --> 00:21:05,202 What was it like to be a little queer in Phoenix? 281 00:21:05,282 --> 00:21:07,772 Did all the jocks beat you up in gym class? 282 00:21:11,522 --> 00:21:14,252 I faked a lung disease to get out of P.E. 283 00:21:14,322 --> 00:21:16,952 So what, what are you? Some kind of street shrink? 284 00:21:17,022 --> 00:21:18,462 Sometimes. 285 00:21:18,522 --> 00:21:21,652 But what I'm talking about is that we can change Phoenix. 286 00:21:22,132 --> 00:21:24,322 But we have to start with our street. 287 00:21:26,002 --> 00:21:31,092 Police abuse, rent control, pot, parks, seniors issues. 288 00:21:31,172 --> 00:21:33,072 Good luck with all that. 289 00:21:33,612 --> 00:21:34,732 Good luck. 290 00:21:36,542 --> 00:21:38,412 You know what I think, Cleve Jones? 291 00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:40,358 That you're gonna get somewhere if you keep talking. 292 00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:42,612 No. I think you should do what you do well. 293 00:21:42,682 --> 00:21:44,212 You should be a prick. 294 00:21:44,282 --> 00:21:48,382 But come with us and be a prick. Fight City Hall. Fight the cops. 295 00:21:48,452 --> 00:21:50,982 Fight the people that made you come here to do what you do. 296 00:21:51,062 --> 00:21:53,922 Sorry, old man, I'm leaving for Spain tomorrow. Europe. 297 00:21:53,992 --> 00:21:56,392 All the cash I need is in my back pocket. 298 00:22:05,442 --> 00:22:08,572 I'm just saying that at this point, it looks like all the big guns, 299 00:22:08,642 --> 00:22:10,202 all the gay money, the real money, 300 00:22:10,282 --> 00:22:11,642 is gonna get behind Feinstein 301 00:22:11,712 --> 00:22:13,288 and all the straight candidates they consider "gay-friendly. ' ' 302 00:22:13,312 --> 00:22:15,142 Who cares about those old queens? 303 00:22:15,212 --> 00:22:16,388 Well, you need them to get elected. 304 00:22:16,412 --> 00:22:19,212 Why isn't my campaign manager leading this meeting? 305 00:22:19,282 --> 00:22:21,968 'Cause I'm exhausted. I've been handing out pamphlets for seven hours. 306 00:22:21,992 --> 00:22:23,252 Yeah, in a bathhouse. 307 00:22:23,322 --> 00:22:25,222 And who are these so-called gay leaders anyway? 308 00:22:25,292 --> 00:22:27,822 Who appointed them? What are you suggesting, Jim? 309 00:22:27,892 --> 00:22:30,092 That I go down there and solicit their endorsement? 310 00:22:30,162 --> 00:22:33,292 I mean, we're down here trying to help people on the streets. Where are they? 311 00:22:33,372 --> 00:22:35,562 Yeah, I know, but... You need an endorsement, Harvey. 312 00:22:35,632 --> 00:22:36,902 Take this. 313 00:22:36,972 --> 00:22:38,272 Checking the exposure. 314 00:22:38,342 --> 00:22:40,302 They're nice pictures. 315 00:22:40,372 --> 00:22:42,272 Is he your boyfriend? Sort of. 316 00:22:42,712 --> 00:22:45,112 <i>Harvey, David Goodstein is a publisher from The Advocate.</i> 317 00:22:45,182 --> 00:22:46,582 Harvey. He's got a house... 318 00:22:46,652 --> 00:22:50,842 Harvey, I think you got to see this. 319 00:22:54,722 --> 00:22:57,152 "Harvey Milk will have a dream journey 320 00:22:57,222 --> 00:23:00,282 "and nightmare to hell, a night of horror. 321 00:23:00,362 --> 00:23:02,545 "You will be stabbed and have your 322 00:23:02,557 --> 00:23:05,462 genitals, cock, balls and prick cut off. ' ' 323 00:23:06,632 --> 00:23:07,892 I'm calling the police. 324 00:23:07,972 --> 00:23:11,632 They probably wrote it. Look, think of it this way. 325 00:23:11,702 --> 00:23:13,688 If they try to kill me, I'll get the sympathy vote. 326 00:23:13,712 --> 00:23:16,042 That might be just the push we need. 327 00:23:16,112 --> 00:23:18,802 You think this is funny? Look at it. 328 00:23:21,512 --> 00:23:22,782 It's a total joke. 329 00:23:22,852 --> 00:23:25,942 I mean, it's got no rhythm, no humor. It's insulting. 330 00:23:29,692 --> 00:23:30,712 Don't do that. 331 00:23:30,792 --> 00:23:32,468 No, if you put it away, you put it in a drawer, 332 00:23:32,492 --> 00:23:34,462 it just gets bigger and scarier. 333 00:23:34,532 --> 00:23:37,432 Here, it's right here. We see it every day. It can't get us. 334 00:23:39,262 --> 00:23:42,202 Gonna spend all this energy to make yourself a target? 335 00:23:42,272 --> 00:23:44,062 For something you're not gonna even win? 336 00:23:44,142 --> 00:23:47,232 I keep telling you, it's not just about winning. 337 00:23:48,542 --> 00:23:51,532 <i>HARVEY/ The top gays in San Francisco were David Goodstein</i> 338 00:23:51,612 --> 00:23:54,172 <i>and his civil rights lawyer sidekick, Rick Stokes.</i> 339 00:23:54,252 --> 00:23:57,452 <i>David was a rich old queen who had bought the biggest gay magazine, The Advocate.</i> 340 00:23:57,482 --> 00:24:00,182 Hello. Hello, welcome to Mr. Goodstein's. 341 00:24:00,252 --> 00:24:01,342 Milo. 342 00:24:03,092 --> 00:24:05,492 I worked for a financial institution in New York. 343 00:24:05,562 --> 00:24:07,082 I was very discreet. 344 00:24:07,162 --> 00:24:09,222 One night I went to the Metropolitan Opera, 345 00:24:09,292 --> 00:24:11,262 <i>Il Trovatore, Verdi.</i> 346 00:24:11,332 --> 00:24:13,702 I was sitting in a box, next to my lover. 347 00:24:14,502 --> 00:24:17,262 Someone spotted us. Next day I was fired. 348 00:24:18,602 --> 00:24:20,432 So I decided to do something about it. 349 00:24:20,512 --> 00:24:23,372 <i>Came out here to San Francisco, I bought The Advocate.</i> 350 00:24:23,812 --> 00:24:28,682 I use my money and my influence, in very subtle and quiet ways, to do what I can. 351 00:24:29,482 --> 00:24:31,242 So you think that backing straight candidates 352 00:24:31,322 --> 00:24:32,512 is the best way to help us? 353 00:24:32,582 --> 00:24:34,552 Yeah, if they're friendly to our cause. 354 00:24:34,622 --> 00:24:36,552 Supervisor is a citywide office. 355 00:24:36,622 --> 00:24:38,352 Political alliances have to be built. 356 00:24:38,422 --> 00:24:42,552 You can't just move here from across the country and run for that office. 357 00:24:42,632 --> 00:24:44,092 But I am running for office. 358 00:24:44,162 --> 00:24:45,462 I'm on the ballot. 359 00:24:45,532 --> 00:24:47,662 I have the union rank and file, I have the seniors. 360 00:24:47,732 --> 00:24:50,532 And I would like to have your magazine's endorsement. 361 00:24:52,042 --> 00:24:54,972 Harvey, we're like the Catholic church. 362 00:24:55,042 --> 00:24:58,572 We welcome converts, but we don't make them Pope the same day. 363 00:24:58,642 --> 00:25:00,742 Why haven't you run yet? 364 00:25:00,812 --> 00:25:03,782 Too early. Especially from the Castro. 365 00:25:05,252 --> 00:25:06,682 What's wrong with the Castro? 366 00:25:06,752 --> 00:25:09,692 Nobody works there. It's all about sex and drugs and more sex. 367 00:25:09,752 --> 00:25:12,052 David, we need one of our own in office. 368 00:25:13,632 --> 00:25:18,032 Harvey, you can't demand acceptance overnight. 369 00:25:18,102 --> 00:25:19,222 Why not? 370 00:25:19,302 --> 00:25:21,992 The more "out" you make us, the more you incite them. 371 00:25:22,072 --> 00:25:24,972 Harvey, step back and quiet down. 372 00:25:25,042 --> 00:25:27,202 You're suggesting we should go back in the closet? 373 00:25:27,272 --> 00:25:28,672 Is that what you're saying? 374 00:25:28,742 --> 00:25:31,712 I spent more years in the closet than I care to remember. 375 00:25:31,782 --> 00:25:33,402 Let's go, Scott. Yeah. 376 00:25:33,482 --> 00:25:34,958 I don't need your magazine's endorsement. 377 00:25:34,982 --> 00:25:38,072 And I'm not asking for anyone's acceptance. I don't have time. 378 00:25:38,652 --> 00:25:41,682 For you, politics is a game, a lark. 379 00:25:41,752 --> 00:25:44,592 It's like putting on a rock festival or staging a love-in. 380 00:25:44,662 --> 00:25:46,752 You're too old to be a hippie, Harvey Milk. 381 00:25:46,832 --> 00:25:49,762 I am not a candidate. I am part of a movement. 382 00:25:49,832 --> 00:25:52,852 The movement is the candidate. There is a difference. 383 00:25:52,932 --> 00:25:54,872 You don't see it, but I do. 384 00:25:57,002 --> 00:25:59,092 Sorry, I, uh, pissed in the pool. 385 00:26:00,772 --> 00:26:05,872 So, on election day, out of 32 candidates vying for six seats, 386 00:26:05,942 --> 00:26:09,242 <i>we came in tenth. We lost.</i> 387 00:26:09,312 --> 00:26:16,122 But only a few votes shy of my becoming the first big eared, cock-sucking, 388 00:26:17,222 --> 00:26:20,122 queer as a three-dollar-bill-man 389 00:26:20,192 --> 00:26:22,222 <i>to be elected to public office.</i> 390 00:26:23,362 --> 00:26:26,492 So we decided to try it again in 1975. 391 00:26:28,302 --> 00:26:30,362 <i>Only this time, with a few adjustments.</i> 392 00:26:32,442 --> 00:26:36,462 No. No, not cute. I hate the shoes. 393 00:26:36,542 --> 00:26:38,372 I hate the hair. You're not fooling anybody. 394 00:26:38,442 --> 00:26:40,712 I'm not gonna let those little Pacific Heights biddies 395 00:26:40,782 --> 00:26:43,582 write me off anymore because of a ponytail. I like it. 396 00:26:43,652 --> 00:26:48,212 No more bathhouses, no more pot, for me and my little poo. 397 00:26:50,192 --> 00:26:51,522 Speak for yourself. Come on. 398 00:26:51,592 --> 00:26:58,762 We ran and lost the supervisor's race for the second time in 1975, 399 00:26:58,832 --> 00:27:01,822 but with more votes than ever before. 400 00:27:02,532 --> 00:27:07,772 So in 1976, against everyone's advice, 401 00:27:07,842 --> 00:27:11,042 <i>I really pissed off the political power houses</i> 402 00:27:11,112 --> 00:27:14,172 <i>in the Democratic party by running against their man,</i> 403 00:27:14,252 --> 00:27:17,842 <i>Art Agnos, who was part of their political machine.</i> 404 00:27:17,922 --> 00:27:20,982 <i>And this time, not for supervisor, but for a bigger job,</i> 405 00:27:21,052 --> 00:27:22,852 <i>for the California State Assembly.</i> 406 00:27:22,922 --> 00:27:26,192 I don't think that State Assembly seats should be the reward 407 00:27:26,262 --> 00:27:28,122 for service to the Democratic party machine. 408 00:27:28,192 --> 00:27:30,792 Machines run on oil and grease. They're dirty. 409 00:27:31,332 --> 00:27:35,322 They're dehumanizing. And they tend to be entirely unresponsive 410 00:27:35,402 --> 00:27:38,432 to the needs of anybody, but those of their operator. 411 00:27:38,872 --> 00:27:42,502 Mr. Milk, I've been a social worker in this city for years. 412 00:27:42,572 --> 00:27:44,372 I know Sacramento. 413 00:27:44,442 --> 00:27:46,912 I know how to get done what we all need done there. 414 00:27:46,982 --> 00:27:50,682 Tell me something, Mr. Agnos, right here in the Castro, 415 00:27:50,752 --> 00:27:55,522 Robert Hillsbourough was murdered for walking home with his longtime partner. 416 00:27:55,592 --> 00:27:57,452 He was stabbed 15 times. 417 00:27:58,192 --> 00:28:02,992 The last words he heard were, "Faggot, faggot, faggot. ' ' 418 00:28:03,062 --> 00:28:06,762 Now, you say you're outraged. 419 00:28:08,202 --> 00:28:13,332 Why then does your liberal establishment refuse to answer our calls? 420 00:28:13,402 --> 00:28:16,132 Why do they not bring these murderers to justice? 421 00:28:19,942 --> 00:28:21,812 My God, you're handsome up close. 422 00:28:22,952 --> 00:28:25,812 Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to licking you, 423 00:28:25,882 --> 00:28:27,152 in the polls. 424 00:28:28,322 --> 00:28:31,122 You know, Harv, your whole rap's a real downer. 425 00:28:32,162 --> 00:28:34,422 You talk a lot about what you're against. 426 00:28:34,492 --> 00:28:36,082 But what are you for? 427 00:28:36,162 --> 00:28:40,532 In this town, you got to give them a reason for optimism, or you're cooked. 428 00:28:44,602 --> 00:28:46,472 See you around. 429 00:28:46,542 --> 00:28:47,542 Okay, Art. 430 00:28:48,142 --> 00:28:49,972 You're gonna wanna read that entire thing. 431 00:28:50,042 --> 00:28:51,372 Okay, I'll take a look at it. 432 00:28:51,442 --> 00:28:52,812 Excuse me. 433 00:28:52,882 --> 00:28:54,852 Guys. Don't touch that. 434 00:28:55,482 --> 00:28:58,542 Harvey. Harvey, dinner. Have to get some union boys in there. 435 00:28:58,622 --> 00:29:01,052 They love me, they love me. 436 00:29:04,392 --> 00:29:06,722 Excuse me. Excuse me. 437 00:29:08,292 --> 00:29:10,392 Harvey, you have to eat. 438 00:29:10,462 --> 00:29:13,522 Everyone, the apartment is now off limits! 439 00:29:13,602 --> 00:29:15,432 Good night. Good night. 440 00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:18,602 Good night. Whose jacket is this? 441 00:29:18,672 --> 00:29:20,502 Right here. Here you go. Good night. 442 00:29:20,572 --> 00:29:23,372 Down the stairs. Thank you. Thank you. 443 00:29:25,142 --> 00:29:26,542 Good night. Thank you. 444 00:29:26,612 --> 00:29:28,358 I think you got to call the guy, 'cause I can't talk to that guy. 445 00:29:28,382 --> 00:29:29,942 Sit. 446 00:29:31,252 --> 00:29:33,652 Don't say anything. 447 00:29:44,832 --> 00:29:46,192 Can I just tell you... 448 00:29:46,262 --> 00:29:49,432 If you say anything about politics or the campaign, 449 00:29:49,502 --> 00:29:51,702 or what speech you have to give or anything, 450 00:29:51,772 --> 00:29:54,332 I swear to God I'm gonna stab you with this fork. 451 00:29:55,412 --> 00:30:01,402 I just wanted to say that this is the most wonderful dinner I have ever had. 452 00:30:06,182 --> 00:30:10,122 If we lose this, it'll just be you and me again. 453 00:30:10,192 --> 00:30:12,052 I promise. 454 00:30:12,122 --> 00:30:13,852 I'm sorry, I just... 455 00:30:13,932 --> 00:30:18,062 No, I know. I know, I know. 456 00:31:21,632 --> 00:31:22,852 Phoenix. 457 00:31:23,532 --> 00:31:25,362 At least now you look gay. 458 00:31:32,742 --> 00:31:34,362 Let's go inside. 459 00:31:45,482 --> 00:31:47,582 Are you staying up with me? 460 00:31:50,192 --> 00:31:52,822 The election's tomorrow. I won't sleep anyway. 461 00:32:01,472 --> 00:32:02,732 Was he handsome? 462 00:32:02,802 --> 00:32:06,002 Oh, no! He was hideous. 463 00:32:08,412 --> 00:32:12,782 Usually when my lovers leave, they cheat with even more attractive men. 464 00:32:17,622 --> 00:32:22,682 I actually thought we were gonna spend the rest of our lives together. 465 00:32:29,092 --> 00:32:31,032 Well, guess what, Cleve Jones. 466 00:32:32,462 --> 00:32:33,562 What? 467 00:32:33,632 --> 00:32:37,762 You're going to meet the most extraordinary men, 468 00:32:37,842 --> 00:32:41,102 the sexiest, funniest, brightest men. 469 00:32:41,172 --> 00:32:43,748 You're going to meet so many of them, fall in love with so many of them, 470 00:32:43,772 --> 00:32:45,332 you won't know till the end of your life 471 00:32:45,412 --> 00:32:48,942 which ones were your greatest lovers and which were your greatest friends. 472 00:32:50,152 --> 00:32:51,952 Is that supposed to help? 473 00:32:52,582 --> 00:32:55,352 Maybe a little. Or not. 474 00:33:05,302 --> 00:33:08,132 I went to Spain last month. 475 00:33:08,202 --> 00:33:09,532 Long story. 476 00:33:13,602 --> 00:33:16,472 In Barcelona, there was this memorial march 477 00:33:16,542 --> 00:33:19,142 for gay people that had died under Franco. 478 00:33:20,612 --> 00:33:22,942 Of course, the police tried to break it up. 479 00:33:23,012 --> 00:33:25,072 But these queens didn't run. No. 480 00:33:25,152 --> 00:33:28,592 They turned around and they started a fucking riot. 481 00:33:28,652 --> 00:33:31,492 I saw a bullet, one of those big rubber bullets 482 00:33:31,562 --> 00:33:35,652 rip through a drag queen's scalp, but she kept on fighting. 483 00:33:36,232 --> 00:33:39,252 She was screaming, but she kept on fighting. 484 00:33:40,462 --> 00:33:41,462 I mean... 485 00:33:43,632 --> 00:33:45,002 Our lives. 486 00:33:47,512 --> 00:33:50,872 There was blood literally running in the gutter. 487 00:33:52,712 --> 00:33:54,442 In a gutter. 488 00:33:58,282 --> 00:34:00,982 We could have a revolution here. 489 00:34:03,152 --> 00:34:06,652 But you can't use the Castro just to cruise. 490 00:34:07,592 --> 00:34:09,152 You have to fight. 491 00:34:12,402 --> 00:34:13,992 You really think you'll win? 492 00:34:14,072 --> 00:34:17,162 Winning is not my strong suit. 493 00:34:18,272 --> 00:34:19,632 Well, 494 00:34:21,342 --> 00:34:23,642 I don't do losing, ever. 495 00:34:23,712 --> 00:34:27,012 Maybe I should run for office and you can work for me. 496 00:34:27,082 --> 00:34:29,242 I mean, if you can do it... 497 00:34:29,312 --> 00:34:31,472 Can you assemble a thousand people in an hour? 498 00:34:31,552 --> 00:34:32,682 Fuck, yeah. 499 00:34:32,752 --> 00:34:35,282 Well, if I run again, you're gonna be my man. 500 00:34:36,452 --> 00:34:37,612 If? 501 00:34:38,592 --> 00:34:40,252 You're so adorable. 502 00:34:42,432 --> 00:34:44,392 The polls are open in 3 hours. 503 00:34:45,332 --> 00:34:47,592 How about you and I hit the bus stops? 504 00:34:49,472 --> 00:34:50,472 Okay. 505 00:34:52,272 --> 00:34:57,172 <i>Yes, Jesus</i> 506 00:34:57,982 --> 00:35:00,342 <i>Loves me</i> 507 00:35:00,412 --> 00:35:03,782 <i>Anita Bryant was once known as an orange juice saleswoman.</i> 508 00:35:03,852 --> 00:35:07,442 <i>Hi, I'm Anita Bryant.</i> 509 00:35:07,992 --> 00:35:09,482 <i>Hello, I'm Anita Bryant.</i> 510 00:35:09,552 --> 00:35:11,952 <i>With a religious fervor that has made her America's most</i> 511 00:35:12,022 --> 00:35:13,822 <i>controversial woman overnight,</i> 512 00:35:13,892 --> 00:35:17,092 <i>her group is crusading to repeal a new Dade County law,</i> 513 00:35:17,162 --> 00:35:19,892 <i>which protects homosexuals in jobs and housing.</i> 514 00:35:19,962 --> 00:35:24,732 <i>I believe that more than ever before, that there are evil forces</i> 515 00:35:27,872 --> 00:35:29,342 <i>round about us,</i> 516 00:35:30,612 --> 00:35:33,342 <i>even perhaps disguised as something good,</i> 517 00:35:35,452 --> 00:35:38,012 <i>that would want to tear down</i> 518 00:35:38,082 --> 00:35:42,682 <i>the very foundation, the family unit, that holds America together.</i> 519 00:35:42,752 --> 00:35:44,552 <i>There are those people who say that it is</i> 520 00:35:44,622 --> 00:35:47,022 <i>kind of an eye for an eye law that is at work here,</i> 521 00:35:47,092 --> 00:35:49,622 <i>that you're denying homosexuals many of their rights as well.</i> 522 00:35:49,692 --> 00:35:52,692 <i>You see, if homosexuals are allowed their civil rights,</i> 523 00:35:52,762 --> 00:35:55,632 <i>then so would prostitutes or thieves or anyone else.</i> 524 00:35:55,702 --> 00:35:57,962 <i>God puts it in a category of morality.</i> 525 00:35:58,042 --> 00:36:00,202 <i>Doesn't that necessarily follow that you believe that</i> 526 00:36:00,272 --> 00:36:01,932 <i>homosexuality ought to be illegal?</i> 527 00:36:02,012 --> 00:36:04,472 <i>ANITA/ I do believe that it should be illegal.</i> 528 00:36:04,542 --> 00:36:06,942 Well, we lost, but we didn't lose by much. 529 00:36:07,682 --> 00:36:10,042 More votes than ever! 530 00:36:13,082 --> 00:36:14,922 That used to make you laugh. 531 00:36:17,562 --> 00:36:19,682 Harvey, I got to show you something. 532 00:36:21,162 --> 00:36:22,632 This is incredible. 533 00:36:25,832 --> 00:36:29,862 If we can get that new initiative on district elections to go through, 534 00:36:29,932 --> 00:36:32,402 and we can, we can, 535 00:36:34,912 --> 00:36:37,312 the boundary for the new supervisor district 536 00:36:38,912 --> 00:36:41,102 is gonna go right down Market Street, 537 00:36:43,252 --> 00:36:47,182 right around the Haight like this, 538 00:36:50,052 --> 00:36:53,622 and right around the Castro. 539 00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:59,122 The Haight and the Castro. That's it. 540 00:37:00,162 --> 00:37:04,692 If these are the only people we have to convince, the hippies and the gays, 541 00:37:05,642 --> 00:37:08,162 you win, you win. 542 00:37:09,672 --> 00:37:11,472 You win by a landslide. 543 00:37:15,452 --> 00:37:20,882 You'll be the first openly gay man elected to major office in the U.S. 544 00:37:24,592 --> 00:37:28,052 I don't know if I have another one in me. 545 00:37:28,132 --> 00:37:29,682 Or Scotty. 546 00:37:32,802 --> 00:37:33,992 Yeah, well. 547 00:37:46,412 --> 00:37:49,972 Relentless man. Oh, you're a relentless man. 548 00:37:56,452 --> 00:38:00,582 <i>This is the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.</i> 549 00:38:00,662 --> 00:38:04,322 <i>The battle over homosexual rights in Dade County, Florida.</i> 550 00:38:04,402 --> 00:38:06,262 <i>The battle pitting singer Anita Bryant</i> 551 00:38:06,332 --> 00:38:10,032 <i>against gay rights activist comes to a vote there Tuesday.</i> 552 00:38:10,102 --> 00:38:13,502 <i>The issue was whether or not to repeal a four-month-old ordinance,</i> 553 00:38:13,572 --> 00:38:17,602 <i>which prohibits job and housing discrimination against homosexuals.</i> 554 00:38:17,682 --> 00:38:19,142 <i>In anticipation of the vote,</i> 555 00:38:19,212 --> 00:38:21,202 <i>the gay community has staged protests</i> 556 00:38:21,282 --> 00:38:24,652 <i>in New York and other major cities across the country.</i> 557 00:38:24,722 --> 00:38:28,482 <i>The vote is going now 18,930 for repeal.</i> 558 00:38:28,552 --> 00:38:30,282 Oh, give me a fucking break. 559 00:38:30,352 --> 00:38:32,352 <i>Eighty eight hundred sixty nine against repeal.</i> 560 00:38:32,422 --> 00:38:35,592 <i>Virgil, is that enough for you to make a projection?</i> 561 00:38:35,662 --> 00:38:41,292 <i>Yes, I think very definitely that the ordinance is going to be repealed.</i> 562 00:38:41,372 --> 00:38:43,562 <i>With this margin, it's over.</i> 563 00:38:43,632 --> 00:38:47,332 <i>Tonight, the laws of God</i> 564 00:38:47,402 --> 00:38:51,502 <i>and the cultural values of man have been vindicated.</i> 565 00:38:51,582 --> 00:38:55,242 <i>The people of Dade County, the normal majority,</i> 566 00:38:55,312 --> 00:39:00,182 <i>have said, "Enough, enough, enough."</i> 567 00:39:00,252 --> 00:39:03,412 <i>Singer Anita Bryant's well publicized...</i> 568 00:39:10,932 --> 00:39:12,332 Scotty? 569 00:39:12,402 --> 00:39:14,832 I'm sorry, sir, I read about you in the paper. 570 00:39:14,902 --> 00:39:17,372 <i>I'm sorry. I can't talk right now.</i> 571 00:39:17,942 --> 00:39:19,492 Sir, I think I'm gonna kill myself. 572 00:39:21,812 --> 00:39:23,862 No. You don't want to do that. 573 00:39:24,782 --> 00:39:26,612 Where are you calling from? 574 00:39:26,682 --> 00:39:27,972 <i>Minnesota.</i> 575 00:39:29,882 --> 00:39:32,642 You saw my picture in the paper in Minnesota? 576 00:39:32,722 --> 00:39:33,742 How did I look? 577 00:39:33,822 --> 00:39:39,452 <i>My folks are gonna take me to this place tomorrow. A hospital. To fix me.</i> 578 00:39:42,062 --> 00:39:44,432 There's nothing wrong with you. Listen to me. 579 00:39:44,502 --> 00:39:47,232 <i>You just get on a bus to the nearest biggest city.</i> 580 00:39:47,302 --> 00:39:50,172 <i>Los Angeles or New York or San Francisco,</i> 581 00:39:50,232 --> 00:39:51,702 <i>it doesn't matter, you just leave.</i> 582 00:39:51,772 --> 00:39:54,242 And you are not sick, 583 00:39:54,312 --> 00:39:57,142 and you are not wrong and God does not hate you. 584 00:39:57,512 --> 00:39:58,572 Just leave. 585 00:40:01,012 --> 00:40:03,982 I can't. I can't walk, sir. 586 00:40:04,052 --> 00:40:06,112 Paul, I need you to come out here. 587 00:40:06,182 --> 00:40:07,242 Hello? 588 00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:09,312 Harvey! 589 00:40:09,392 --> 00:40:10,442 Hello? 590 00:40:11,792 --> 00:40:13,312 Oh, shit. 591 00:40:13,392 --> 00:40:16,522 Harvey, you better come down, there's going to be a riot. 592 00:40:29,672 --> 00:40:31,832 Harvey, you should get to the stage. 593 00:40:31,912 --> 00:40:33,602 Bring him the stage, guys. 594 00:40:34,752 --> 00:40:37,442 If you can't control them, we will. 595 00:40:37,512 --> 00:40:39,912 Just get me permission to march them. 596 00:40:39,982 --> 00:40:41,382 Where? 597 00:40:41,452 --> 00:40:42,542 Anywhere. 598 00:40:56,802 --> 00:40:58,772 Out of the bar and into the streets! 599 00:40:58,842 --> 00:41:01,172 Anita Bryant's coming for you! 600 00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:04,472 Out of the bar and into the streets! 601 00:41:04,542 --> 00:41:06,842 Anita Bryant's coming for you! 602 00:41:06,912 --> 00:41:14,912 We have vowed to fight back! 603 00:41:34,772 --> 00:41:36,872 <i>I know you are angry.</i> 604 00:41:41,382 --> 00:41:43,212 <i>I am angry!</i> 605 00:41:45,252 --> 00:41:51,592 <i>Let's march the streets of San Francisco and share our anger!</i> 606 00:41:59,762 --> 00:42:01,632 Gay rights now! 607 00:42:01,702 --> 00:42:04,962 Gay rights now! Gay rights now! 608 00:42:05,042 --> 00:42:09,672 Gay rights now! Gay rights now! Gay rights now! 609 00:42:09,742 --> 00:42:12,542 Gay rights now! Gay rights now! 610 00:42:12,612 --> 00:42:14,172 Gay rights now! 611 00:42:14,242 --> 00:42:15,712 <i>Gay rights now!</i> 612 00:42:15,782 --> 00:42:16,858 <i>Gay rights now! Gay rights now!</i> 613 00:42:16,882 --> 00:42:24,882 Gay rights now! Gay rights now! 614 00:42:26,892 --> 00:42:33,062 Gay rights now! Gay rights now! 615 00:42:48,182 --> 00:42:50,742 <i>My name is Harvey Milk and I want to recruit you.</i> 616 00:42:54,052 --> 00:42:56,252 <i>I am here tonight to say</i> 617 00:42:57,222 --> 00:43:01,562 <i>that we will no longer sit quietly in the closet.</i> 618 00:43:02,762 --> 00:43:04,822 <i>We must fight.</i> 619 00:43:04,902 --> 00:43:07,562 <i>And not only in the Castro,</i> 620 00:43:07,632 --> 00:43:10,862 <i>not only in San Francisco,</i> 621 00:43:10,932 --> 00:43:13,562 <i>but everywhere the Anitas go.</i> 622 00:43:15,212 --> 00:43:17,802 <i>Anita Bryant did not win tonight.</i> 623 00:43:18,242 --> 00:43:21,682 <i>Anita Bryant brought us together!</i> 624 00:43:24,382 --> 00:43:30,582 <i>She is going to create a national gay force!</i> 625 00:43:35,532 --> 00:43:40,692 <i>And the young people in Jackson, Mississippi,</i> 626 00:43:42,032 --> 00:43:45,592 <i>in Minnesota, in the Richmond,</i> 627 00:43:46,702 --> 00:43:48,302 <i>in Woodmere, New York,</i> 628 00:43:49,712 --> 00:43:54,232 <i>who are hearing her on television,</i> 629 00:43:54,312 --> 00:43:58,212 <i>hearing Anita Bryant on television,</i> 630 00:43:58,282 --> 00:44:02,582 <i>telling them they are sick, they are wrong,</i> 631 00:44:03,222 --> 00:44:07,782 <i>there is no place in this great country for them,</i> 632 00:44:07,862 --> 00:44:10,422 <i>no place in this world,</i> 633 00:44:10,492 --> 00:44:13,992 <i>they are looking to us for something tonight.</i> 634 00:44:15,472 --> 00:44:17,462 <i>And I say</i> 635 00:44:17,532 --> 00:44:20,802 <i>we have got to give them hope!</i> 636 00:44:23,872 --> 00:44:24,902 <i>Hope!</i> 637 00:44:25,142 --> 00:44:28,842 For a better world. Hope for a better tomorrow. 638 00:44:29,652 --> 00:44:32,952 Hope for a better place to come into if the pressures at home are too great. 639 00:44:33,022 --> 00:44:36,852 Hope for the worker who awakens from the American dream 640 00:44:36,922 --> 00:44:39,752 only to find that all the jobs have left the country. 641 00:44:39,822 --> 00:44:41,812 We've got to give them hope. 642 00:44:54,672 --> 00:44:58,162 When San Francisco changed its voting rules, 643 00:44:58,242 --> 00:45:01,212 so that people could elect people from their own neighborhood, 644 00:45:01,282 --> 00:45:05,372 so that the blacks could elect a African-American supervisor, 645 00:45:05,452 --> 00:45:08,482 and in Chinatown, they could elect a Chinese supervisor, 646 00:45:08,552 --> 00:45:12,612 and in the Castro, they could choose between myself and Rick Stokes. 647 00:45:13,192 --> 00:45:15,092 <i>But decent art begs balance, right?</i> 648 00:45:15,162 --> 00:45:18,562 <i>So, little district eight, two miles south of the Castro,</i> 649 00:45:18,632 --> 00:45:22,732 <i>still very much the same. Irish Catholic, conservative.</i> 650 00:45:22,802 --> 00:45:25,062 <i>And with just the right amount of poetry,</i> 651 00:45:25,142 --> 00:45:27,932 <i>they found themselves a handsome ex-cop.</i> 652 00:45:28,342 --> 00:45:30,902 See, I'm not going to be forced out of San Francisco 653 00:45:30,972 --> 00:45:36,112 by splinter groups of social radicals, social deviants, and incorrigibles. 654 00:45:36,182 --> 00:45:40,082 Now you must realize that there are thousands upon thousands of frustrated, 655 00:45:40,152 --> 00:45:42,812 angry people, such as yourselves, 656 00:45:42,892 --> 00:45:46,082 just waiting to unleash a fury that will eradicate 657 00:45:46,162 --> 00:45:49,092 the malignancies that blight our beautiful city. 658 00:45:52,432 --> 00:45:55,872 Just one more. We can't let Rick Stokes take this one. 659 00:45:55,932 --> 00:45:57,762 Let Rick Stokes take it. 660 00:46:05,282 --> 00:46:06,572 Sorry. 661 00:46:09,512 --> 00:46:11,452 I can't do another one. 662 00:46:55,732 --> 00:46:59,462 Oh, God damn it. 663 00:47:21,422 --> 00:47:23,392 Bring out the old, bring in the new. 664 00:47:23,452 --> 00:47:25,722 This is over. Done. 665 00:47:25,792 --> 00:47:28,722 I don't want to see one more thing that says fucking Assembly on it. 666 00:47:28,792 --> 00:47:33,862 'Cause this three time faggot loser is running for supervisor. 667 00:47:33,932 --> 00:47:35,992 There she is. Who the heck is that? 668 00:47:36,072 --> 00:47:38,092 That's our new campaign manager. 669 00:47:38,172 --> 00:47:41,232 She called last week to volunteer and I asked for her help. 670 00:47:41,302 --> 00:47:44,032 Help or take over? What about Scott? 671 00:47:44,112 --> 00:47:45,602 We need new blood. 672 00:47:45,682 --> 00:47:49,482 Gentlemen, Anne Kronenberg. A woman. 673 00:47:49,552 --> 00:47:53,072 A woman who likes women. And that's odd, isn't it? 674 00:47:53,152 --> 00:47:54,712 Hi, guys. 675 00:47:54,792 --> 00:47:58,452 Mr. Milk, Rick Stokes isn't pulling out. 676 00:47:58,522 --> 00:48:00,962 He's officially filed to run against you. 677 00:48:01,022 --> 00:48:04,322 <i>My friend at The Advocate says David Goodstein is backing him.</i> 678 00:48:04,392 --> 00:48:06,622 So, a gay candidate against a gay candidate. 679 00:48:06,702 --> 00:48:08,132 That's unfortunate. 680 00:48:08,202 --> 00:48:09,508 Let's find out when they are going to announce. 681 00:48:09,532 --> 00:48:11,362 So you replaced Scott with a lesbian? 682 00:48:11,442 --> 00:48:13,732 Anne worked on a recycling campaign up north. 683 00:48:13,802 --> 00:48:16,402 She's very, very organized. We need that. 684 00:48:16,472 --> 00:48:18,502 How do you know she's not a plant for Rick Stokes? 685 00:48:18,582 --> 00:48:20,812 Are you guys always this paranoid? 686 00:48:20,882 --> 00:48:23,472 Yes. We take after Harvey. 687 00:48:23,552 --> 00:48:25,482 Don't you have someone's laundry to do? 688 00:48:25,552 --> 00:48:27,412 Shouldn't you be at a hairdressing convention? 689 00:48:28,852 --> 00:48:31,322 Sir, my girlfriends say you guys don't like women. 690 00:48:31,392 --> 00:48:32,652 I'm just asking. 691 00:48:32,722 --> 00:48:36,452 Is there a place for us in all this or are you all scared of girls? 692 00:48:39,432 --> 00:48:40,952 Okay, gentlemen, 693 00:48:41,032 --> 00:48:43,362 we've already got a tinker bell, a lotus blossom. 694 00:48:43,432 --> 00:48:45,118 We've got Jim and Dick in their three-piece suits. 695 00:48:45,142 --> 00:48:49,332 We need someone to manage things. A woman this time. 696 00:48:50,572 --> 00:48:52,242 Plus, she's the right price, 697 00:48:52,312 --> 00:48:54,782 and she's got bigger balls than anybody else in here. 698 00:48:54,852 --> 00:48:57,228 Just give me whatever is in the register at the end of the day. 699 00:48:57,252 --> 00:49:02,982 <i>So should I call The Chronicle about getting us an actual endorsement this time?</i> 700 00:49:03,052 --> 00:49:04,182 No? 701 00:49:04,252 --> 00:49:07,162 <i>Yeah, call The Chronicle, sweetheart. Tell them I said hi.</i> 702 00:49:07,222 --> 00:49:10,062 Please call. In fact, don't drive down there. 703 00:49:10,132 --> 00:49:11,922 You'll scare the shit out of them. 704 00:49:13,702 --> 00:49:15,222 Call. 705 00:49:15,302 --> 00:49:16,392 All right. 706 00:49:16,472 --> 00:49:17,872 Hi, I'm Cleve. 707 00:49:17,932 --> 00:49:19,632 Anne. Good to meet you. 708 00:49:19,702 --> 00:49:22,472 I was telling Harvey we needed some tough dykes around here, so... 709 00:49:22,542 --> 00:49:23,942 Well, you got one. 710 00:50:13,962 --> 00:50:15,052 All right. 711 00:50:15,132 --> 00:50:18,122 First ever newspaper endorsement. 712 00:50:18,202 --> 00:50:20,892 <i>And we got the Bay Guardian,</i> 713 00:50:20,962 --> 00:50:23,692 <i>The Sentinel and The Bay Area Reporter.</i> 714 00:50:27,142 --> 00:50:31,542 You are pulling your weight. Oh, this is sensational! 715 00:50:32,942 --> 00:50:35,612 They endorsed you for being a good businessman? 716 00:50:35,682 --> 00:50:38,582 Oh, my gosh, you really are a miracle worker. 717 00:50:38,652 --> 00:50:40,982 Scott has got to read this. He's just gonna piss himself. 718 00:50:41,052 --> 00:50:42,782 Yeah, you should show him. 719 00:50:43,722 --> 00:50:45,038 You know what you should do, Cleve, 720 00:50:45,062 --> 00:50:48,352 you should get yourself a boy to celebrate with, just in case we win. 721 00:50:48,432 --> 00:50:49,822 Anybody want to buy me a drink? 722 00:50:49,892 --> 00:50:51,722 Oh, I will buy you a drink. 723 00:50:51,802 --> 00:50:53,262 How about a bottle of champagne? 724 00:50:54,562 --> 00:50:57,802 We are going to The Stud right fucking now. 725 00:50:57,872 --> 00:50:59,878 Harvey, are you going to come? You're gonna miss out? 726 00:50:59,902 --> 00:51:02,632 Go, go, go, go. I want to be with my newspaper. 727 00:51:05,482 --> 00:51:07,142 Come on, let's go. Come on, I'm buying. 728 00:51:07,212 --> 00:51:09,742 You're not buying. You don't have any money. 729 00:51:18,292 --> 00:51:20,022 Gonna win this time, Milk? 730 00:51:59,262 --> 00:52:01,532 You look more handsome in the poster. 731 00:52:02,832 --> 00:52:03,962 Oh, thank you. 732 00:52:06,742 --> 00:52:10,472 You know, palominos are my favorite horse. 733 00:52:10,972 --> 00:52:12,672 They're smart. 734 00:52:13,282 --> 00:52:15,612 But they're compact and fast. 735 00:52:15,682 --> 00:52:17,612 I like that. 736 00:52:21,052 --> 00:52:24,952 You think I'm more like a palomino, 737 00:52:26,562 --> 00:52:28,682 or a stallion? 738 00:52:29,462 --> 00:52:31,952 You know, with big balls and... 739 00:52:32,032 --> 00:52:35,192 Oh, oh, oh, oh! Here, let me help you. 740 00:52:37,632 --> 00:52:39,362 You okay? 741 00:52:39,442 --> 00:52:41,462 Yeah, it's... Come in. 742 00:52:41,542 --> 00:52:44,302 Here, just lean on me. 743 00:52:44,372 --> 00:52:45,812 Thank you. What happened? 744 00:52:45,882 --> 00:52:48,142 I don't know, these boots are too big for me. 745 00:52:48,212 --> 00:52:52,202 Oh, well, let's get you in and get those off your feet. 746 00:52:52,282 --> 00:52:54,582 Where you going? 747 00:52:54,652 --> 00:52:56,742 I have some things to do. 748 00:52:56,822 --> 00:52:59,452 I got to go and meet some friends. No, no, no. 749 00:53:10,272 --> 00:53:12,732 My father beat me when he found out. 750 00:53:13,042 --> 00:53:15,442 So, that's why I came here. 751 00:53:16,742 --> 00:53:23,012 But, I'm living with this guy that... I don't know. 752 00:53:23,682 --> 00:53:25,552 I don't like him. 753 00:53:28,522 --> 00:53:30,712 Nobody will ever beat you again. 754 00:53:35,592 --> 00:53:38,822 I love you. I love you. 755 00:53:40,102 --> 00:53:42,062 Do you even remember my name? 756 00:53:47,272 --> 00:53:48,902 No. 757 00:53:48,972 --> 00:53:50,172 Harvey. 758 00:53:51,542 --> 00:53:52,802 I'm Harvey. 759 00:53:54,112 --> 00:53:56,872 Harvey, I love you. 760 00:54:08,092 --> 00:54:09,182 Thanks. 761 00:54:09,262 --> 00:54:10,352 Thank you. 762 00:54:21,342 --> 00:54:24,072 <i>For the first time, it all came together.</i> 763 00:54:24,142 --> 00:54:29,982 <i>The union boys, women, the seniors, the gays and minorities.</i> 764 00:54:30,052 --> 00:54:32,342 <i>All of the "us's" showed up.</i> 765 00:54:32,422 --> 00:54:34,352 <i>We can hear it, we can't really see too much,</i> 766 00:54:34,422 --> 00:54:36,852 <i>but it looks and sounds to you and to me</i> 767 00:54:36,922 --> 00:54:39,252 <i>like New Year's Eve on Market Street.</i> 768 00:54:43,592 --> 00:54:45,822 We did it! 769 00:54:45,902 --> 00:54:47,832 I love you all! 770 00:55:03,652 --> 00:55:07,952 We are the movement. We are the movement. Thank you so much. 771 00:55:08,552 --> 00:55:09,998 Come on, we just want to congratulate him. 772 00:55:10,022 --> 00:55:12,582 No, I understand, but right now we're all full. 773 00:55:16,292 --> 00:55:18,192 Harvey! 774 00:55:18,262 --> 00:55:19,392 Harvey! Harvey! 775 00:55:19,462 --> 00:55:21,692 Hey, Harvey! 776 00:55:23,232 --> 00:55:24,332 Hey. 777 00:55:24,402 --> 00:55:27,802 Sorry, it's just so crowded. 778 00:55:27,872 --> 00:55:30,142 Come in, sorry, sorry. 779 00:55:30,212 --> 00:55:32,902 It's so crowded. It's just so crowded. 780 00:55:33,742 --> 00:55:35,342 Harvey, man! 781 00:55:40,622 --> 00:55:41,712 Scotty! 782 00:55:43,352 --> 00:55:46,152 Is this all for you, Harvey? Are you this famous, baby? 783 00:55:46,222 --> 00:55:48,192 No, we do this all the time. You like it? 784 00:55:48,262 --> 00:55:49,322 Yeah. 785 00:55:49,392 --> 00:55:53,162 The new Mrs. Milk. I give it a week. 786 00:55:53,232 --> 00:55:57,462 Gordon Lau, Carol Ruth Silver. It's the most liberal board in years. In history! 787 00:55:58,132 --> 00:55:59,972 What about Dan White? Did he win? 788 00:56:00,042 --> 00:56:02,332 We'll deal with him tomorrow. Oh, God. 789 00:56:14,622 --> 00:56:17,422 <i>Does this mean, as many straights are concerned,</i> 790 00:56:17,492 --> 00:56:20,322 <i>maybe the gays are taking over San Francisco?</i> 791 00:56:20,392 --> 00:56:23,592 <i>Are you going to be a supervisor for all the people?</i> 792 00:56:23,662 --> 00:56:26,062 <i>Well, I have to be. That's what I was elected for.</i> 793 00:56:26,132 --> 00:56:28,722 <i>I have to be there to open for the dialogue,</i> 794 00:56:28,802 --> 00:56:31,772 <i>for the sensitivities of all people and all their problems.</i> 795 00:56:31,832 --> 00:56:34,672 <i>The problems that affect this city, affect us all.</i> 796 00:56:35,312 --> 00:56:36,802 <i>Okay, well, congratulations.</i> 797 00:56:36,872 --> 00:56:39,362 <i>Thank you. Thank you, San Francisco!</i> 798 00:56:41,312 --> 00:56:42,642 <i>And that's Harvey Milk,</i> 799 00:56:42,712 --> 00:56:45,652 <i>celebrating his election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.</i> 800 00:56:45,722 --> 00:56:48,012 <i>For Channel Five news, I'm Mary Dilts.</i> 801 00:56:50,452 --> 00:56:54,752 <i>I, Harvey Milk, do solemnly swear...</i> 802 00:56:54,822 --> 00:57:01,622 <i>That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States...</i> 803 00:57:01,702 --> 00:57:05,402 <i>During such time as I hold the office of supervisor,</i> 804 00:57:05,472 --> 00:57:08,342 <i>City and County of San Francisco.</i> 805 00:57:08,402 --> 00:57:12,072 During such time as I hold the office of supervisor, 806 00:57:12,142 --> 00:57:14,742 City and County of San Francisco. 807 00:57:14,812 --> 00:57:16,972 Congratulations, Harvey. Thank you, Mayor. 808 00:57:20,182 --> 00:57:25,022 <i>Anita Bryant said that it was gay people that brought the drought to California.</i> 809 00:57:25,722 --> 00:57:29,682 <i>Well, it looks to me as though it's finally started raining.</i> 810 00:57:30,962 --> 00:57:32,592 <i>This will be the first time in many years</i> 811 00:57:32,662 --> 00:57:35,632 <i>that we've seen so many new faces on the Board of Supervisors.</i> 812 00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:38,692 Do you think such diversity will cripple the board? 813 00:57:38,772 --> 00:57:42,072 Well, the name of the game is six votes to get anything passed. 814 00:57:42,142 --> 00:57:43,632 So, whether you like it or not, 815 00:57:43,712 --> 00:57:45,872 Dan and I are in bed together. 816 00:57:45,942 --> 00:57:47,432 Politically speaking. 817 00:57:47,842 --> 00:57:50,012 <i>You see, I've assured Harvey here that, uh,</i> 818 00:57:50,082 --> 00:57:52,602 <i>my brochure's comments about social deviants</i> 819 00:57:52,682 --> 00:57:55,622 <i>referred more to junkies than to his people.</i> 820 00:57:55,692 --> 00:57:57,812 <i>See, I'm about to have my first child</i> 821 00:57:57,892 --> 00:58:01,652 <i>and I had to make sure that this city remains a decent place to raise him.</i> 822 00:58:02,792 --> 00:58:05,592 <i>Well, thank you so much for coming on the show, gentlemen,</i> 823 00:58:05,662 --> 00:58:07,292 <i>and we'll see what happens.</i> 824 00:58:07,362 --> 00:58:08,648 <i>HARVEY/ That's it? It's over? We're finished?</i> 825 00:58:08,672 --> 00:58:09,722 <i>Yes.</i> 826 00:58:09,802 --> 00:58:11,732 <i>That was quick. Thank you.</i> 827 00:58:12,302 --> 00:58:14,002 How long were you a fireman, Dan? 828 00:58:14,072 --> 00:58:15,472 A couple of years. 829 00:58:15,542 --> 00:58:17,562 And you were a police officer before that? 830 00:58:17,642 --> 00:58:19,402 You got something against cops, Harv? 831 00:58:19,482 --> 00:58:21,712 No, no. They tend to against me though. 832 00:58:21,782 --> 00:58:24,212 But firefighters, they're the true heroes. 833 00:58:24,282 --> 00:58:27,042 They supported me on my last campaign. I fully support them. 834 00:58:27,122 --> 00:58:28,782 I appreciate that. 835 00:58:28,852 --> 00:58:30,822 I meant what I said. I'd like to work together. 836 00:58:30,892 --> 00:58:32,512 Me, too. I'll see you later. 837 00:58:32,592 --> 00:58:33,592 Okay. 838 00:58:47,102 --> 00:58:50,202 Oh. What do you think of my new theater? 839 00:58:50,272 --> 00:58:51,742 A bit over the top. 840 00:58:53,942 --> 00:58:55,742 You're wearing a suit? 841 00:58:55,812 --> 00:58:57,142 I got it from a friend. 842 00:58:57,212 --> 00:58:58,412 No, no, no, no. 843 00:58:58,482 --> 00:59:02,112 Anytime you come here, I want you to wear the tightest jeans possible. 844 00:59:02,192 --> 00:59:05,212 Never blend in. And never take the elevator. 845 00:59:05,292 --> 00:59:06,552 Always use the stairs. 846 00:59:06,622 --> 00:59:11,622 You can make such a grand entrance by taking these stairs. 847 00:59:11,992 --> 00:59:13,192 Hello. 848 00:59:13,732 --> 00:59:15,252 Carol, friend. 849 00:59:16,702 --> 00:59:18,132 Dan White. 850 00:59:20,242 --> 00:59:21,462 Hello, Dianne. 851 00:59:23,542 --> 00:59:25,772 And then this is Gordon Lau's office. 852 00:59:25,842 --> 00:59:27,402 Anne, can you set Cleve up on mail? 853 00:59:27,482 --> 00:59:28,642 Will do. 854 00:59:30,312 --> 00:59:31,712 Okay, 855 00:59:31,782 --> 00:59:33,982 first order of business to come out of this office 856 00:59:34,052 --> 00:59:35,752 is a citywide Gay Rights Ordinance, 857 00:59:35,822 --> 00:59:38,552 just like the one that Anita shot down in Dade County. 858 00:59:38,622 --> 00:59:39,838 What do you think, Lotus Blossom? 859 00:59:39,862 --> 00:59:41,982 I think it's good. It's not great. 860 00:59:42,062 --> 00:59:46,052 Okay, so make it brilliant. We want Anita's attention here in San Francisco. 861 00:59:46,132 --> 00:59:48,222 I want her to bring her fight to us. 862 00:59:48,302 --> 00:59:51,322 We need a unanimous vote, we need headlines. 863 00:59:51,402 --> 00:59:53,032 Dan White is not gonna vote for this. 864 00:59:53,102 --> 00:59:54,332 Dan White will be fine. 865 00:59:54,402 --> 00:59:56,672 Dan White is just uneducated. We'll teach him. 866 00:59:56,742 --> 00:59:59,302 Hey, Harv, committee meets at 9:30. 867 00:59:59,712 --> 01:00:00,842 Hey, you guys. 868 01:00:00,912 --> 01:00:03,672 Say, did you get the invitation to my son's christening? 869 01:00:03,752 --> 01:00:05,542 I invited a few of the other Supes, too. 870 01:00:05,622 --> 01:00:07,382 Oh, I'll be there. 871 01:00:07,452 --> 01:00:09,252 Great! Thanks. 872 01:00:10,192 --> 01:00:12,152 Did he hear you? What the fuck! 873 01:00:12,222 --> 01:00:14,092 Are you going? 874 01:00:14,162 --> 01:00:15,830 I would let him christen me if it means he's 875 01:00:15,842 --> 01:00:17,408 gonna vote for the Gay Rights Ordinance. 876 01:00:17,432 --> 01:00:20,052 We need allies. We need everyone. 877 01:00:20,762 --> 01:00:22,252 I don't think he heard you. 878 01:00:22,332 --> 01:00:24,062 Is it just me or is he cute? 879 01:00:46,662 --> 01:00:47,822 Jack? 880 01:00:48,262 --> 01:00:52,162 Welcome home, Harvey. I hope you're hungry. 881 01:00:52,602 --> 01:00:55,622 I just know how to cook one thing, but I make it good. 882 01:00:56,872 --> 01:00:58,232 Come. 883 01:00:58,302 --> 01:01:00,132 Jack, did you break in? 884 01:01:00,202 --> 01:01:03,642 No, no, no. I asked the little boy downstairs to let me in. 885 01:01:03,712 --> 01:01:04,902 Danny? Yeah. 886 01:01:04,972 --> 01:01:07,702 He wouldn't let me, so I came in this way. 887 01:01:08,982 --> 01:01:11,572 You know, your friends aren't very nice to me, Harvey. 888 01:01:11,652 --> 01:01:13,312 I have a Town Hall meeting tonight. 889 01:01:13,382 --> 01:01:17,322 Sit down. Come, five minutes. That's it. Come, please. 890 01:01:18,752 --> 01:01:20,382 There you go. 891 01:01:21,362 --> 01:01:24,192 I watched TV here today, all day. 892 01:01:24,262 --> 01:01:26,092 <i>I saw All My Children.</i> 893 01:01:27,662 --> 01:01:30,832 And they killed Margo. But I knew it was going to happen. 894 01:01:32,472 --> 01:01:35,702 You know, they always try and trick you but it never works. 895 01:01:36,872 --> 01:01:38,672 You always see it coming. 896 01:01:38,742 --> 01:01:43,872 What? Killing the blonde? Yeah, I'm good with that. 897 01:01:48,752 --> 01:01:50,312 Jack. What? 898 01:01:50,592 --> 01:01:52,322 If I make you a key, 899 01:01:53,592 --> 01:01:55,822 will you promise never to break in again? 900 01:01:57,492 --> 01:01:58,962 That's right. 901 01:02:09,912 --> 01:02:13,932 Is it your will that Charles should be baptized in the faith of the church 902 01:02:14,012 --> 01:02:15,882 which we have all professed with you? 903 01:02:15,952 --> 01:02:17,472 It is. It is. 904 01:02:21,352 --> 01:02:24,582 Charles, I baptize you in the name of the Father 905 01:02:24,652 --> 01:02:28,022 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 906 01:02:34,632 --> 01:02:37,792 God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ has freed you from sin... 907 01:02:37,872 --> 01:02:40,132 I'm proposing a citywide ordinance 908 01:02:40,202 --> 01:02:43,002 which would ensure that any person who already has a job 909 01:02:43,072 --> 01:02:45,912 cannot be fired on the basis of sexual orientation. 910 01:02:46,882 --> 01:02:49,872 I don't think my constituents would favor that, Harvey. 911 01:02:52,652 --> 01:02:55,342 Is there anyone else here from the board today, Dan? 912 01:02:56,252 --> 01:02:58,522 You're the only one who showed, I think. 913 01:02:58,592 --> 01:02:59,712 Were you christened here? 914 01:02:59,792 --> 01:03:02,312 I was. Right here, same parish. 915 01:03:02,392 --> 01:03:05,422 My grandma immigrated here when this was an Irish Catholic city, 916 01:03:05,492 --> 01:03:07,192 the City of Saint Francis. 917 01:03:07,962 --> 01:03:09,608 But a lot's changed here since then, you know. 918 01:03:09,632 --> 01:03:12,162 You're more like one of us now, an outsider. 919 01:03:12,772 --> 01:03:15,642 You're not like most homosexuals, are you, Harvey? 920 01:03:16,542 --> 01:03:19,012 Do you know a lot of homosexuals, Dan? 921 01:03:21,712 --> 01:03:25,672 Hey, where do you stand on the Psychiatric Center 922 01:03:25,752 --> 01:03:28,082 that the city's been pushing into my district? 923 01:03:28,652 --> 01:03:30,712 Well, I'd have to study it... 924 01:03:30,792 --> 01:03:35,162 It was a key piece on my platform. Getting it out of my district. 925 01:03:35,222 --> 01:03:37,538 It only attracts arsonists, rapists, that sort of thing, you know. 926 01:03:37,562 --> 01:03:38,862 A campaign promise. 927 01:03:38,932 --> 01:03:40,662 A big one. Sure. 928 01:03:42,732 --> 01:03:44,552 What do you say we watch out for each 929 01:03:44,564 --> 01:03:46,792 other's interests? I would really like that. 930 01:03:46,872 --> 01:03:49,002 I'd like that too, Dan. Good. 931 01:03:49,642 --> 01:03:51,972 Sorry, hon, we just slipped into some shop talk. 932 01:03:52,042 --> 01:03:54,172 The Gay Rights Ordinance. My fault. 933 01:03:54,582 --> 01:03:56,842 Seems like an inappropriate subject, don't you think? 934 01:03:56,912 --> 01:03:59,312 Oh, don't knock it till you've tried it. 935 01:04:00,752 --> 01:04:04,852 Hello. Oh, oh, but you had such a beautiful christening. 936 01:04:04,922 --> 01:04:06,982 Supervisors Silver and Lau are asking you to vote 937 01:04:07,062 --> 01:04:09,052 to keep this Psychiatric Center in Dan's district. 938 01:04:09,132 --> 01:04:11,962 It'll go down six to five if you vote to get rid of it. 939 01:04:12,032 --> 01:04:13,462 It's a youth campus, Harvey. 940 01:04:13,532 --> 01:04:15,772 And these are kids that would be displaced from families. 941 01:04:15,832 --> 01:04:17,992 I can't just dump Dan. He's got nothing going for him. 942 01:04:18,072 --> 01:04:19,192 No friends... 943 01:04:19,272 --> 01:04:22,672 Oh, God, oh, God! Here we go, here we go. Harvey to the rescue. 944 01:04:22,742 --> 01:04:25,042 Isn't it enough that we have to put up with Jack? 945 01:04:25,112 --> 01:04:28,042 All right, lay off. He registered 120 voters last week. 946 01:04:28,112 --> 01:04:29,542 Okay, so do any of your volunteers, 947 01:04:29,612 --> 01:04:31,812 but you don't go and make them all first lady. 948 01:04:31,882 --> 01:04:34,582 Harvey, what does Dan White do for you? 949 01:04:34,652 --> 01:04:36,682 Really, politically. 950 01:04:37,692 --> 01:04:40,452 He intrigues me. I think he may be one of us. 951 01:04:40,522 --> 01:04:41,682 No, no. 952 01:04:41,762 --> 01:04:43,422 It's just a theory. 953 01:04:43,492 --> 01:04:44,962 You just think he's cute. 954 01:04:45,032 --> 01:04:48,262 No, no. I know what it's like to live that life. 955 01:04:48,332 --> 01:04:52,062 That lie. I can see it in Dan's eyes. That fear, the pressure. 956 01:04:58,672 --> 01:05:00,642 Good or bad? Not great. 957 01:05:01,182 --> 01:05:05,512 State Senator John Briggs is Anita Bryant's go-to guy in California for sure. 958 01:05:06,052 --> 01:05:09,072 He filed a petition for a statewide referendum 959 01:05:09,152 --> 01:05:12,182 to fire all gay teachers and anyone who supports them. 960 01:05:12,962 --> 01:05:15,082 How many signatures does he need to get on the ballot? 961 01:05:15,122 --> 01:05:19,622 Oh, whatever. He can get them in two Sundays at church in Orange fucking County. 962 01:05:22,602 --> 01:05:26,062 So, this means that the fight is coming here, 963 01:05:27,342 --> 01:05:29,672 where we can do something about it. 964 01:05:30,342 --> 01:05:32,532 <i>The issue in California is whether school boards</i> 965 01:05:32,612 --> 01:05:35,912 <i>should be allowed to fire teachers who are known homosexuals.</i> 966 01:05:35,982 --> 01:05:37,912 <i>The courts have ruled they cannot.</i> 967 01:05:37,982 --> 01:05:41,972 <i>Boards must prove a teacher's homosexuality adversely affects children</i> 968 01:05:42,052 --> 01:05:44,352 <i>and makes them unfit for the classroom.</i> 969 01:05:44,422 --> 01:05:46,912 <i>State Senator John Briggs wants to change that.</i> 970 01:05:46,992 --> 01:05:52,482 My proposition promises to protect our children from these gay perverts and... 971 01:05:54,162 --> 01:05:57,962 These gay perverts and pedophiles who recruit our children 972 01:05:58,032 --> 01:06:01,332 to participate in their deviant lifestyle, 973 01:06:01,402 --> 01:06:04,432 including the ones who do it in our public schools. 974 01:06:04,512 --> 01:06:08,672 The time has come for us to root them out. 975 01:06:09,882 --> 01:06:12,112 How are you going to determine who's homosexual? 976 01:06:12,182 --> 01:06:13,482 I'm sorry, sir, what? 977 01:06:13,552 --> 01:06:15,712 How are you going to determine who's homosexual? 978 01:06:15,782 --> 01:06:18,812 Sir, my bill has procedures for identifying homosexuals. 979 01:06:18,892 --> 01:06:21,692 Oh, yeah, how? Will you be sucking them off, Briggs? 980 01:06:21,762 --> 01:06:25,062 Excuse me. You know what, you can argue with me, 981 01:06:25,832 --> 01:06:27,822 you cannot argue with God. 982 01:06:33,772 --> 01:06:35,362 Harvey, I can't believe it. 983 01:06:35,442 --> 01:06:38,742 No, he wants my job. You want my job, you prick! 984 01:06:38,812 --> 01:06:41,942 <i>Sir, you were here when State Senator Briggs was on the steps.</i> 985 01:06:42,012 --> 01:06:43,412 <i>What do you think about that?</i> 986 01:06:43,482 --> 01:06:45,377 <i>Well, I think what you saw, you saw some</i> 987 01:06:45,389 --> 01:06:47,582 <i>very committed opposition to his proposition.</i> 988 01:06:47,652 --> 01:06:49,882 <i>And I think that's only going to continue.</i> 989 01:06:49,952 --> 01:06:52,582 <i>People have very emotional reactions to this.</i> 990 01:06:52,662 --> 01:06:54,262 <i>This is their lives that are on the line.</i> 991 01:06:54,292 --> 01:06:56,352 <i>What's going to happen?</i> 992 01:06:56,432 --> 01:06:59,122 <i>Well, look what happened in Germany.</i> 993 01:06:59,202 --> 01:07:02,822 <i>I mean, Anita Bryant has already said that the Jews and Muslims are going to hell.</i> 994 01:07:02,902 --> 01:07:05,332 <i>So, you know she has a shopping list.</i> 995 01:07:05,402 --> 01:07:08,432 <i>And we are not going to let the John Briggs' or the Anita Bryants</i> 996 01:07:08,502 --> 01:07:10,472 <i>legislate bigotry in this state.</i> 997 01:07:15,112 --> 01:07:17,342 Hello, Harvey, running late? 998 01:07:17,412 --> 01:07:19,782 Your boyfriend is in the closet. 999 01:07:19,852 --> 01:07:21,182 Excuse me, David. 1000 01:07:21,252 --> 01:07:24,582 The Latino has locked himself in the closet upstairs. 1001 01:07:24,652 --> 01:07:26,422 Harvey, Harvey, Phil Burton is here. 1002 01:07:26,492 --> 01:07:28,552 He's likely the next Speaker of the House 1003 01:07:28,622 --> 01:07:31,992 and a very important ally against Proposition 6. 1004 01:07:32,062 --> 01:07:34,052 So, please, no scenes, all right? 1005 01:07:37,432 --> 01:07:39,422 You're right. I was late by 20 minutes. 1006 01:07:39,502 --> 01:07:40,562 So come on out, Jack. 1007 01:07:40,642 --> 01:07:44,472 Who were you with? Scott? Or with a new boy you were trying to save? 1008 01:07:44,542 --> 01:07:47,342 I was at work. Come on out, sweet pea. 1009 01:07:47,412 --> 01:07:49,072 You embarrassed me, Harvey. 1010 01:07:49,142 --> 01:07:52,052 I didn't know anyone down there and they're bad people. 1011 01:07:53,682 --> 01:07:55,912 I just want to go, okay? 1012 01:07:55,992 --> 01:07:57,682 Then you should go home. 1013 01:07:58,892 --> 01:08:01,882 No, I want to stay. I want to stay here. 1014 01:08:02,462 --> 01:08:05,332 So, you go away, okay? Go away! 1015 01:08:10,202 --> 01:08:13,262 The Briggs initiative is polling at 75% for approval statewide. 1016 01:08:13,342 --> 01:08:16,672 80% in other polls. Some even have us losing San Francisco. 1017 01:08:16,742 --> 01:08:19,262 We deceive people into thinking we can beat this, 1018 01:08:19,342 --> 01:08:21,642 we'll have riots and only increase the backlash. 1019 01:08:21,712 --> 01:08:23,142 That's a good point, David. 1020 01:08:23,212 --> 01:08:26,582 Maybe we should just roll over and make it easier for Briggs to fuck us in the ass. 1021 01:08:26,652 --> 01:08:28,882 We're taking this very seriously in my office. 1022 01:08:28,952 --> 01:08:32,032 We want to send one of these to every home in California and that takes money. 1023 01:08:32,092 --> 01:08:34,562 "Proposition 6 is an affront to human rights. 1024 01:08:34,622 --> 01:08:38,822 "An invasion of the state into the private lives of California citizens. ' ' 1025 01:08:39,232 --> 01:08:42,062 Without a single mention of the word gay on the entire flyer. 1026 01:08:42,132 --> 01:08:43,662 By design, Harvey. 1027 01:08:43,732 --> 01:08:45,632 Corey Wares is an out gay teacher... Rick... 1028 01:08:45,702 --> 01:08:48,472 With the heat bearing down on your movement right now, 1029 01:08:48,542 --> 01:08:51,702 we feel it's best to dodge the gay bullet. Go for the human rights angle. 1030 01:08:51,772 --> 01:08:55,512 People need to know who it is that's being affected. 1031 01:08:55,582 --> 01:08:58,172 You need at least one old queer on this flyer. 1032 01:08:58,252 --> 01:09:00,198 Excuse me, yeah. Maybe you should volunteer for that, David. 1033 01:09:00,222 --> 01:09:02,712 This is shit. This is shit and masturbation. 1034 01:09:02,792 --> 01:09:05,692 It's just a coward's response to a dangerous threat. 1035 01:09:14,932 --> 01:09:16,862 Come on, Jack. It's time to go. 1036 01:09:17,272 --> 01:09:19,332 Get everyone together at your place. 1037 01:09:19,402 --> 01:09:22,232 I want young people, I want women, I want fresh heads. 1038 01:09:22,302 --> 01:09:26,042 Get organizers and fighters, not politicians. Come on, Jack. 1039 01:09:26,112 --> 01:09:28,672 What about S-C-O-T-T? 1040 01:09:29,482 --> 01:09:30,602 Yeah. 1041 01:09:30,952 --> 01:09:32,682 Jack, come on. 1042 01:09:33,252 --> 01:09:34,358 We have to fight the machine. 1043 01:09:34,382 --> 01:09:36,852 They don't want to change, they want to stay in the past. 1044 01:09:36,922 --> 01:09:38,552 Stop and be realistic about it. 1045 01:09:38,622 --> 01:09:42,582 Realistic? We're not interested in staying in the closet, losing Prop 6. 1046 01:09:42,662 --> 01:09:45,092 We're all on the same side, man, we're on the same side. 1047 01:09:46,502 --> 01:09:49,732 Hey, is anybody gonna pay the pizza guy or we're just gonna stare? 1048 01:09:49,802 --> 01:09:51,432 How could we not stare? 1049 01:09:52,972 --> 01:09:54,602 Here, put out your hand. 1050 01:09:56,312 --> 01:09:59,332 You are shameless. You are shameless. 1051 01:09:59,412 --> 01:10:01,602 I mean, I'm proud of you but you are hysterical. 1052 01:10:01,682 --> 01:10:02,682 Hey. 1053 01:10:09,182 --> 01:10:11,382 We're going to convince the 90% 1054 01:10:12,552 --> 01:10:14,852 to give a shit about us 10%. 1055 01:10:14,922 --> 01:10:18,022 We have to let them know who we are. 1056 01:10:19,632 --> 01:10:22,392 Everybody has to come out. 1057 01:10:22,462 --> 01:10:25,332 Across the entire state, no matter where they live. 1058 01:10:25,802 --> 01:10:27,362 Come out, come out, wherever you are. 1059 01:10:27,442 --> 01:10:30,872 If we're going to beat Prop 6, we tell all of them to come out. 1060 01:10:30,942 --> 01:10:35,042 Every gay lawyer, teacher, doctor, dog catcher. 1061 01:10:35,112 --> 01:10:37,142 We have to leave the ghetto. 1062 01:10:37,212 --> 01:10:42,172 We have to let all those people out there know that they know one of us. 1063 01:10:42,252 --> 01:10:44,482 And if somebody doesn't want to step out of the closet, 1064 01:10:44,552 --> 01:10:46,522 we open the door for them. 1065 01:10:46,592 --> 01:10:47,752 Jesus. 1066 01:10:47,822 --> 01:10:50,162 The whole state isn't San Francisco, Harvey. 1067 01:10:50,232 --> 01:10:51,492 Clearly, Scott. 1068 01:10:51,562 --> 01:10:53,208 Harvey, that could be really, really dangerous. 1069 01:10:53,232 --> 01:10:55,462 I mean, there's such a thing as a right to privacy. 1070 01:10:55,532 --> 01:10:57,062 Privacy. 1071 01:10:58,132 --> 01:11:00,122 In this movement, at this time, 1072 01:11:00,202 --> 01:11:04,402 I'm not saying this as a supervisor, privacy is the enemy. 1073 01:11:05,712 --> 01:11:10,442 And if you want real political power, if that's what you want, 1074 01:11:10,512 --> 01:11:13,112 try telling the truth for a change. 1075 01:11:13,182 --> 01:11:15,122 All right? Starting here. 1076 01:11:15,182 --> 01:11:18,242 If there's anyone in this room, right now, 1077 01:11:19,252 --> 01:11:21,192 who hasn't told their families, 1078 01:11:21,262 --> 01:11:23,592 their friends, their employers, 1079 01:11:24,732 --> 01:11:26,162 do it now. 1080 01:11:26,902 --> 01:11:29,232 My folks know already. 1081 01:11:31,172 --> 01:11:33,192 My dad doesn't know yet. 1082 01:11:37,442 --> 01:11:39,572 They vote for us two to one. 1083 01:11:40,312 --> 01:11:42,682 If they know, they know one of us. 1084 01:11:53,322 --> 01:11:55,522 As much as I'm sure you'd all like to watch, 1085 01:11:55,592 --> 01:11:57,892 I don't think that's such a good idea. 1086 01:12:00,332 --> 01:12:04,702 Cleve, could you show Dick where there's a phone where he could speak in private? 1087 01:12:05,802 --> 01:12:07,892 There's one in the bedroom. 1088 01:12:22,852 --> 01:12:28,052 I just found myself clawing over him, literally running to get him. 1089 01:12:28,122 --> 01:12:29,952 Oh, good night. Good night. 1090 01:12:30,032 --> 01:12:31,622 <i>Ciao, gang. Sleep tight.</i> 1091 01:12:31,692 --> 01:12:34,392 I thought you got out of politics. 1092 01:12:34,462 --> 01:12:37,262 Politics. Not the movement. 1093 01:12:38,132 --> 01:12:39,602 What the hell was that in there? 1094 01:12:39,672 --> 01:12:41,272 The movement needs people to be upfront. 1095 01:12:41,302 --> 01:12:43,132 Why were you fighting me in there? 1096 01:12:43,212 --> 01:12:47,162 Those are kids in there. You're asking them to lose their families. 1097 01:12:48,242 --> 01:12:50,942 If their families don't love them for who they are, 1098 01:12:51,012 --> 01:12:53,352 who they really are, then they should lose them. 1099 01:12:53,422 --> 01:12:55,182 That's fucking insane. 1100 01:12:55,252 --> 01:12:57,652 You were the biggest closet case in New York. 1101 01:12:57,722 --> 01:13:00,242 You asked me and all your boyfriends to keep our traps shut. 1102 01:13:00,322 --> 01:13:01,882 I mean, you're being the hypocrite. 1103 01:13:01,962 --> 01:13:05,592 My parents are gone. My brother knew. I'm sure they knew. 1104 01:13:06,402 --> 01:13:10,832 How many times did I have to listen to calls to Mom, 1105 01:13:10,902 --> 01:13:12,962 where you denied my existence? 1106 01:13:13,042 --> 01:13:16,202 And you want to be normal like anybody. More than anybody. 1107 01:13:19,942 --> 01:13:22,142 Who's he? You live together? 1108 01:13:23,312 --> 01:13:24,872 Someone I'm seeing. 1109 01:13:25,612 --> 01:13:27,812 Keeps me out of trouble, out of the bars. 1110 01:13:29,482 --> 01:13:31,152 I miss you. 1111 01:13:31,952 --> 01:13:33,392 Harvey, 1112 01:13:34,692 --> 01:13:36,122 what's that about? 1113 01:13:36,192 --> 01:13:38,092 Harvey. 1114 01:13:39,192 --> 01:13:40,752 He needs me. 1115 01:13:50,172 --> 01:13:54,472 If there is an air of dishonesty with this board and its members, 1116 01:13:54,542 --> 01:13:55,742 that is repugnant... 1117 01:13:55,812 --> 01:13:58,802 I have told no lies today or to Supervisor White in the past. 1118 01:13:58,882 --> 01:14:00,358 Supervisor Milk, you will come to order. 1119 01:14:00,382 --> 01:14:02,982 I would like it noted that I never promised 1120 01:14:03,052 --> 01:14:04,882 to back moving any mental health centers. 1121 01:14:04,952 --> 01:14:09,012 And that with great respect to Supervisor White, I would like his remarks stricken. 1122 01:14:09,092 --> 01:14:13,322 Duly noted. We will take a 10 minute recess before recording the vote. 1123 01:14:15,132 --> 01:14:17,122 Thank you, Harvey. 1124 01:14:18,232 --> 01:14:21,792 Can I have a moment with Harvey? Alone, please, Carol? 1125 01:14:26,942 --> 01:14:29,812 Why? Why are you turning on me like this? 1126 01:14:29,882 --> 01:14:31,812 At the last minute? What did I do? 1127 01:14:31,882 --> 01:14:32,972 I never got the details. 1128 01:14:33,052 --> 01:14:35,572 Dan, if you want me to help you draft another version of it 1129 01:14:35,652 --> 01:14:40,092 that doesn't shanghai every troubled kid in your area, I'll be happy to. 1130 01:14:40,162 --> 01:14:44,922 Harvey, I can't go back to my family, to my folks, to my district without this. 1131 01:14:44,992 --> 01:14:47,032 Don't do this. Well, I have a lot of pressure on me. 1132 01:14:47,062 --> 01:14:48,622 So, you're just stringing me along 1133 01:14:48,702 --> 01:14:50,208 and then you're just gonna throw me to the wolves, is that it? 1134 01:14:50,232 --> 01:14:51,448 Dan, you only need one more vote. 1135 01:14:51,472 --> 01:14:54,162 You've got five other supervisors you can convince besides me. 1136 01:14:54,242 --> 01:14:57,288 I'm gonna vote against your queer law and I'm gonna get Quentin against it, too. 1137 01:14:57,312 --> 01:14:59,988 Oh, it's gonna pass anyway and you can't keep alienating yourself here, Dan. 1138 01:15:00,012 --> 01:15:03,502 I gave you a chance, Harvey, okay? I gave you a chance and you blew it! 1139 01:15:05,282 --> 01:15:06,802 You blew it. 1140 01:15:11,952 --> 01:15:14,182 <i>The city council in St. Paul, Minnesota</i> 1141 01:15:14,262 --> 01:15:16,692 <i>passed a law guaranteeing, among other things,</i> 1142 01:15:16,762 --> 01:15:19,892 <i>equal rights in housing, employment and education,</i> 1143 01:15:19,962 --> 01:15:22,162 <i>regardless of sexual preference.</i> 1144 01:15:22,232 --> 01:15:24,702 <i>Now, voters in that city have made their disapproval clear.</i> 1145 01:15:24,772 --> 01:15:29,142 <i>Homosexuality is a question facing the voters of Eugene, Oregon tomorrow.</i> 1146 01:15:29,202 --> 01:15:31,872 <i>A referendum to repeal gay rights protection.</i> 1147 01:15:32,242 --> 01:15:37,412 So, while we were fighting Proposition 6 and Briggs in California, 1148 01:15:38,552 --> 01:15:40,712 I needed to put a show on the road. 1149 01:15:41,452 --> 01:15:44,782 And our next stop, Wichita, Kansas. 1150 01:15:44,852 --> 01:15:48,522 <i>Voters of Wichita, Kansas have overwhelmingly repealed</i> 1151 01:15:48,592 --> 01:15:50,752 <i>a city law protecting homosexuals</i> 1152 01:15:50,832 --> 01:15:53,322 <i>against discrimination in jobs and housing.</i> 1153 01:15:53,402 --> 01:15:55,662 <i>Only two hours after the polls closed,</i> 1154 01:15:55,732 --> 01:16:00,072 <i>the church organization that started the repeal action was celebrating victory.</i> 1155 01:16:04,272 --> 01:16:06,142 Hey, Lawrence, it's Cleve. 1156 01:16:06,212 --> 01:16:07,472 Hey, we're losing Wichita. 1157 01:16:07,542 --> 01:16:10,742 So rally tonight sundown at Market and Castro, okay? 1158 01:16:10,812 --> 01:16:12,142 Okay, bye. 1159 01:16:14,452 --> 01:16:15,452 Hello? 1160 01:16:26,962 --> 01:16:30,862 Jerry. Hey, we're losing Wichita... 1161 01:16:41,042 --> 01:16:42,532 They're moving. I don't know where. 1162 01:16:42,612 --> 01:16:45,012 Did Jim call the press? You get out there with your camera. 1163 01:16:45,082 --> 01:16:48,052 Press is covered. But we don't have a permit to march. 1164 01:16:49,422 --> 01:16:50,542 Hurry up. 1165 01:16:57,432 --> 01:17:01,862 When I got Coors beer out of the bars, the union boys gave me this. 1166 01:17:01,932 --> 01:17:03,922 I want you to take it now. 1167 01:17:04,632 --> 01:17:06,192 What am I supposed to do with this? 1168 01:17:06,272 --> 01:17:07,978 You're an activist now, you're gonna march them. 1169 01:17:08,002 --> 01:17:10,388 I want you to march them right up to the front doors of City Hall. 1170 01:17:10,412 --> 01:17:13,002 When things start to look really bad, 1171 01:17:13,072 --> 01:17:17,242 the city's first gay supervisor will come out and play peacemaker. 1172 01:17:19,012 --> 01:17:20,282 Do it with me. 1173 01:17:29,522 --> 01:17:30,682 <i>Hello.</i> 1174 01:17:31,862 --> 01:17:34,232 <i>Forty years ago, tonight,</i> 1175 01:17:34,302 --> 01:17:39,702 <i>the gay citizens of Germany found out they no longer had civil rights.</i> 1176 01:17:42,602 --> 01:17:47,232 <i>Tomorrow morning, the gay citizens of Wichita will also awaken</i> 1177 01:17:47,312 --> 01:17:51,342 <i>to find that they too have lost their civil rights!</i> 1178 01:17:51,412 --> 01:17:55,852 <i>You have whistles. You use them when we have been attacked.</i> 1179 01:17:56,322 --> 01:17:58,012 <i>Tonight we have been attacked.</i> 1180 01:17:58,092 --> 01:18:00,282 Come on, the crowd is leaving without us! 1181 01:18:00,362 --> 01:18:01,852 Shit! 1182 01:18:27,352 --> 01:18:29,682 Get the press to the marquee. 1183 01:18:29,752 --> 01:18:32,222 <i>Move left! Move left!</i> 1184 01:18:32,292 --> 01:18:34,398 What are you doing? What are you doing? Where's Harvey? 1185 01:18:34,422 --> 01:18:36,862 We're shutting down traffic, both directions. 1186 01:18:36,932 --> 01:18:38,122 <i>Cameras are rolling.</i> 1187 01:18:38,192 --> 01:18:40,352 Okay, disconnect the power arm! 1188 01:18:56,682 --> 01:19:03,312 <i>Civil rights or civil war! Gay rights now!</i> 1189 01:19:14,302 --> 01:19:17,962 Civil rights or civil war! Gay rights now! 1190 01:19:18,032 --> 01:19:25,162 Civil rights or civil war! Gay rights now! 1191 01:19:25,242 --> 01:19:26,502 <i>Anita!</i> 1192 01:19:26,572 --> 01:19:30,702 <i>Anita, you're a liar! We'll set your hair on fire!</i> 1193 01:19:30,782 --> 01:19:32,642 Anita, you're a liar! 1194 01:19:32,712 --> 01:19:39,582 Anita, you're a liar! We'll set your hair on fire! 1195 01:20:06,012 --> 01:20:08,452 Okay, okay! 1196 01:20:09,852 --> 01:20:13,052 <i>My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.</i> 1197 01:20:15,162 --> 01:20:18,462 They're calling it a successful mediation. 1198 01:20:18,532 --> 01:20:22,692 You're a goddamn hero. Fuck, we came this close to a riot. 1199 01:20:24,832 --> 01:20:26,302 Next time put down the note cards. 1200 01:20:26,372 --> 01:20:30,332 You got to keep talking into that bullhorn and tell them what they're feeling. 1201 01:20:30,412 --> 01:20:33,432 Oh, you're just jealous it wasn't you out there. 1202 01:20:33,512 --> 01:20:35,982 We're losing Proposition 6 by 60%, 1203 01:20:36,042 --> 01:20:38,012 and you're over there celebrating a riot. 1204 01:20:38,082 --> 01:20:40,052 What we need is exposure. 1205 01:20:40,122 --> 01:20:41,642 If we're gonna beat this thing, 1206 01:20:41,722 --> 01:20:43,952 we got to get Briggs to acknowledge it. 1207 01:20:44,022 --> 01:20:47,462 Every paper's calling Prop 6 the main event now. 1208 01:20:47,522 --> 01:20:51,082 We lose this, we'll have anti-gay laws in all 50 states, 1209 01:20:51,162 --> 01:20:53,422 and Briggs won't answer our calls for a public debate. 1210 01:20:53,502 --> 01:20:55,162 He's trying to ignore us to death. 1211 01:20:55,232 --> 01:20:57,362 We need something populist. 1212 01:20:59,102 --> 01:21:01,592 What's the number one problem in this city? 1213 01:21:01,672 --> 01:21:04,162 The fucking piss smell in the tenderloin. 1214 01:21:04,242 --> 01:21:05,402 Close. 1215 01:21:05,472 --> 01:21:06,842 Dog shit. 1216 01:21:07,882 --> 01:21:10,442 If you clean up the dog shit in this town, you're the next mayor. 1217 01:21:10,512 --> 01:21:12,542 <i>Supervisor Milk took to the grassy lawn</i> 1218 01:21:12,612 --> 01:21:15,242 <i>at Duboce Park this afternoon to publicize the new law.</i> 1219 01:21:15,322 --> 01:21:18,292 Dog mess is a hazard and on top of that, it's disgusting. 1220 01:21:18,352 --> 01:21:22,382 So under the new ordinance, all dog owners who don't clean up their mess 1221 01:21:22,462 --> 01:21:23,552 will be fined. 1222 01:21:23,632 --> 01:21:26,562 <i>Milk put his foot down to emphasize that the city intends to enforce,</i> 1223 01:21:26,632 --> 01:21:28,392 <i>and you guessed it.</i> 1224 01:21:28,462 --> 01:21:32,262 <i>In Supervisor Milk's words, "This really is the bottom line."</i> 1225 01:21:32,432 --> 01:21:33,592 <i>Aye.</i> 1226 01:21:33,672 --> 01:21:36,762 Lau, aye. Supervisor Hutch? 1227 01:21:36,842 --> 01:21:37,902 Aye. 1228 01:21:37,972 --> 01:21:41,272 Hutch, aye. Supervisor White? 1229 01:21:42,742 --> 01:21:43,842 No. 1230 01:21:43,912 --> 01:21:47,312 White, no. Supervisor Silver? 1231 01:21:47,382 --> 01:21:48,712 Aye. 1232 01:21:48,782 --> 01:21:51,952 Silver, aye. Supervisor Milk? 1233 01:21:53,052 --> 01:21:54,152 Aye. 1234 01:21:54,222 --> 01:21:56,122 Milk, aye. 1235 01:21:56,192 --> 01:22:00,392 Madam President, I have ten ayes and one no. 1236 01:22:00,462 --> 01:22:03,192 The San Francisco Gay Rights Ordinance 1237 01:22:03,262 --> 01:22:08,032 sponsored by Supervisors Milk and Silver is passed. 1238 01:22:15,642 --> 01:22:18,082 I can't get my stories on page ten, you're getting page one? 1239 01:22:18,152 --> 01:22:20,242 Doggy-doo is a real issue, George. 1240 01:22:22,152 --> 01:22:25,712 A powder blue pen to sign the city's first gay rights law. 1241 01:22:28,192 --> 01:22:31,822 I don't do this enough, taking swift and unambiguous action 1242 01:22:31,892 --> 01:22:34,422 on a substantive move for civil rights. 1243 01:22:37,102 --> 01:22:38,462 Congratulations. 1244 01:22:39,032 --> 01:22:40,902 George, we need your help with Briggs. 1245 01:22:40,972 --> 01:22:44,372 The gay community will have your back on every issue from now on. 1246 01:22:44,442 --> 01:22:46,172 We hope you'll have ours. 1247 01:22:54,652 --> 01:22:56,842 What are you working on, Dan? 1248 01:22:58,252 --> 01:22:59,768 If you have something to discuss, Harvey, 1249 01:22:59,792 --> 01:23:03,022 you can have your aide make an appointment with my aide. 1250 01:23:03,092 --> 01:23:06,122 Dan, I know you're upset about the psychiatric center. 1251 01:23:08,102 --> 01:23:10,032 What else do you have coming up? 1252 01:23:10,102 --> 01:23:11,832 Now you need something from me. 1253 01:23:12,972 --> 01:23:16,632 What do you want, me to support the queers against Prop 6, is that it? 1254 01:23:16,702 --> 01:23:19,202 We prefer the term gay, Dan. 1255 01:23:19,272 --> 01:23:23,232 Just as I'm sure you prefer the term Irish-American instead of mick. 1256 01:23:23,852 --> 01:23:27,442 Harvey, a society can't exist without the family. 1257 01:23:27,522 --> 01:23:29,212 We're not against that. You're not? 1258 01:23:29,282 --> 01:23:31,052 What, can two men reproduce? 1259 01:23:31,122 --> 01:23:32,122 No. 1260 01:23:32,192 --> 01:23:33,952 But God knows we keep trying. 1261 01:23:37,292 --> 01:23:39,122 This isn't you, Dan. 1262 01:23:39,192 --> 01:23:41,862 It's like you're channeling Anita and Briggs. 1263 01:23:42,562 --> 01:23:45,362 We got to be able to work together on something. 1264 01:23:47,172 --> 01:23:48,802 Okay, Milk, 1265 01:23:49,742 --> 01:23:52,732 introduce an initiative for supervisor pay raises. 1266 01:23:52,812 --> 01:23:55,042 Dan, we both have elections coming up. We can't do that. 1267 01:23:55,112 --> 01:23:57,242 No, you asked for something. 1268 01:23:57,312 --> 01:24:01,582 Introduce pay raises, 'cause I can't take care of my family on our salaries. 1269 01:24:01,652 --> 01:24:04,452 You don't have that problem, do you? 1270 01:24:13,832 --> 01:24:16,302 <i>Senator John Briggs apparently has not flinched</i> 1271 01:24:16,362 --> 01:24:20,462 <i>in the face of statewide criticism of his anti-gay crusade.</i> 1272 01:24:20,542 --> 01:24:23,992 <i>He says polls show most of the people are still on his side.</i> 1273 01:24:24,072 --> 01:24:27,702 <i>Especially those concerned with the preservation of the American family.</i> 1274 01:24:27,782 --> 01:24:32,542 <i>If these people are going to live a life of such open homosexuality,</i> 1275 01:24:33,182 --> 01:24:37,282 <i>that they want a 21 gun salute every time somebody walks by them,</i> 1276 01:24:38,592 --> 01:24:43,112 <i>those people are going to be in danger of being removed from their job.</i> 1277 01:24:44,632 --> 01:24:49,122 <i>ALL/ Happy birthday to you</i> 1278 01:24:49,202 --> 01:24:55,002 <i>Happy birthday, dear Harvey</i> 1279 01:24:55,072 --> 01:25:00,132 <i>Happy birthday to you</i> 1280 01:25:24,832 --> 01:25:26,302 What's wrong, taco? 1281 01:25:26,372 --> 01:25:28,462 It's just that Cleve and Anne, 1282 01:25:28,542 --> 01:25:31,062 they tried to cut me out of your table, baby. 1283 01:25:31,142 --> 01:25:33,872 I'm so sick of them. You should fire them. 1284 01:25:35,182 --> 01:25:37,372 I'll take it under consideration. 1285 01:25:37,452 --> 01:25:39,882 Would you go get us some cake? 1286 01:25:39,952 --> 01:25:41,182 Cake? Yeah. 1287 01:25:41,252 --> 01:25:42,842 Whatever you want. 1288 01:25:47,892 --> 01:25:50,292 Don't let Cesar Chavez hear you calling him taco. 1289 01:25:50,362 --> 01:25:54,122 He's getting much better. He's enrolling in classes on Monday, I hope. 1290 01:25:54,202 --> 01:25:56,292 You know, I remember when your birthdays were 1291 01:25:56,362 --> 01:25:58,362 a lot less lavish and a little more intimate. 1292 01:25:58,432 --> 01:25:59,962 Who invited you? Anne? 1293 01:26:00,032 --> 01:26:03,272 No, my boyfriend. I'm his plus one. 1294 01:26:04,942 --> 01:26:07,572 Well, congratulations. It was a very hard ticket to get. 1295 01:26:07,642 --> 01:26:11,312 Congratulations to you. Looks like you're part of the machine now. 1296 01:26:13,112 --> 01:26:15,142 By the way, you can do better. 1297 01:26:15,852 --> 01:26:18,342 When I come home to Jack, I don't have to talk politics, 1298 01:26:18,422 --> 01:26:21,752 I don't have to talk intelligently. I don't have to talk at all. 1299 01:26:21,822 --> 01:26:24,020 And besides, where's an ugly old man like me 1300 01:26:24,032 --> 01:26:26,192 gonna find a handsome young man like that? 1301 01:26:26,262 --> 01:26:29,462 You're not that old and you look handsome. 1302 01:26:30,632 --> 01:26:34,732 Happy 48. Looks like you're gonna make it to 50 after all, Mr. Milk. 1303 01:26:40,342 --> 01:26:42,172 Harvey! 1304 01:26:52,622 --> 01:26:54,682 Harvey, Harvey! 1305 01:26:54,762 --> 01:26:56,662 Is your birthday party over? 1306 01:26:56,722 --> 01:26:58,952 Well, it's just winding down. Hi. 1307 01:26:59,032 --> 01:27:02,152 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I missed your birthday party. 1308 01:27:02,232 --> 01:27:04,662 No, it's no problem. It's good to see you, Dan. 1309 01:27:04,732 --> 01:27:06,962 I'm sorry. It's good to see you too, Harvey. 1310 01:27:08,402 --> 01:27:12,842 Oh, I wanted to ask you about the dog poop. 1311 01:27:12,912 --> 01:27:14,372 Yeah. 1312 01:27:14,442 --> 01:27:17,242 That's good. It's a really good one. 1313 01:27:17,312 --> 01:27:18,842 It's a good one. 1314 01:27:18,912 --> 01:27:20,852 Hey, I got you a little something. 1315 01:27:21,482 --> 01:27:22,682 You didn't have to. 1316 01:27:22,752 --> 01:27:24,222 I knew you were going to say that. 1317 01:27:24,292 --> 01:27:26,012 Why do people always say that? 1318 01:27:26,092 --> 01:27:29,022 "You didn't have to. ' ' I mean, of course, right? 1319 01:27:29,092 --> 01:27:30,962 But that's what they always say. 1320 01:27:31,032 --> 01:27:33,322 They always say things like that. 1321 01:27:33,392 --> 01:27:34,992 Always. 1322 01:27:36,002 --> 01:27:37,462 Are you okay, Dan? 1323 01:27:38,072 --> 01:27:39,622 Yeah. 1324 01:27:39,702 --> 01:27:41,222 Are you okay, Harvey? 1325 01:27:42,242 --> 01:27:44,102 Are we okay? Okay. 1326 01:27:44,172 --> 01:27:46,642 I've learned a lot from watching you. I doubt that. 1327 01:27:46,712 --> 01:27:50,372 No, I have. I've realized you just gotta get out there. 1328 01:27:50,452 --> 01:27:53,352 You gotta be noticed, 'cause that's how it all works. 1329 01:27:53,412 --> 01:27:56,852 But you have an issue. See, that's your advantage. 1330 01:27:59,292 --> 01:28:00,692 That's an advantage. 1331 01:28:00,762 --> 01:28:03,522 Dan, it's more than an issue. 1332 01:28:04,192 --> 01:28:05,782 What? I... 1333 01:28:06,862 --> 01:28:11,302 Dan, I have had four relationships in my life. 1334 01:28:11,372 --> 01:28:14,562 And three of them have tried to commit suicide. And that's my fault, 1335 01:28:14,642 --> 01:28:18,042 because I kept them hidden and quiet, because I was closeted and weak. 1336 01:28:18,112 --> 01:28:20,672 You see what I'm saying? Yes. 1337 01:28:20,742 --> 01:28:22,732 You do? Mmm-hmm. 1338 01:28:22,812 --> 01:28:27,582 This is not just jobs or issues, this is our lives we're fighting for. 1339 01:28:27,652 --> 01:28:29,342 Okay? All right. 1340 01:28:29,422 --> 01:28:31,482 Okay, Dan... I've learned a lot from you, Harvey. 1341 01:28:31,552 --> 01:28:32,832 I'm getting back to my party now. 1342 01:28:32,892 --> 01:28:34,862 I'm going to get my picture in the papers, too. 1343 01:28:34,922 --> 01:28:38,652 Why are you even here? Why did you just show up from somewhere? 1344 01:28:38,732 --> 01:28:41,462 I've got my own issues. Okay. 1345 01:28:41,532 --> 01:28:43,592 I've got my own issues. Thank you. 1346 01:28:43,662 --> 01:28:46,032 "Thank you. ' ' Whatever. 1347 01:28:46,102 --> 01:28:51,732 I don't even know who you are. You just showed up out of nowhere, Latino man. 1348 01:28:52,912 --> 01:28:55,432 Dan White's got an issue! 1349 01:28:57,952 --> 01:29:01,382 <i>John Briggs said this morning that Dade County, Oklahoma, and St. Paul, Minnesota</i> 1350 01:29:01,452 --> 01:29:03,212 <i>were only preliminary battles.</i> 1351 01:29:03,282 --> 01:29:08,222 <i>He called his California campaign against homosexual teachers the main event.</i> 1352 01:29:08,292 --> 01:29:10,922 <i>What it's doing, what these people are doing is</i> 1353 01:29:10,992 --> 01:29:14,552 <i>changing our morals from our religious background. And I don't want that.</i> 1354 01:30:01,382 --> 01:30:03,472 This came in the mail today. 1355 01:30:04,882 --> 01:30:08,682 "You get the first bullet the minute you stand at the microphone. ' ' 1356 01:30:08,752 --> 01:30:10,312 <i>Supervisor Harvey Milk.</i> 1357 01:30:10,382 --> 01:30:13,552 Well, publicity's working. 1358 01:30:13,622 --> 01:30:15,562 You don't have to go up there. 1359 01:30:16,722 --> 01:30:19,522 The whole nation is watching. I have to go. 1360 01:30:34,112 --> 01:30:38,742 <i>My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you!</i> 1361 01:30:40,982 --> 01:30:46,012 <i>I want to recruit you for the fight to preserve your democracy!</i> 1362 01:30:46,092 --> 01:30:49,752 <i>Brothers and sisters, you must come out!</i> 1363 01:30:49,822 --> 01:30:51,992 <i>Come out to your parents,</i> 1364 01:30:52,062 --> 01:30:56,362 <i>come out to your friends, if indeed they are your friends.</i> 1365 01:30:56,432 --> 01:31:00,262 <i>Come out to your neighbors, come out to your fellow workers.</i> 1366 01:31:00,332 --> 01:31:04,332 <i>Once and for all, let's break down the myths</i> 1367 01:31:04,412 --> 01:31:08,142 <i>and destroy the lies and distortions.</i> 1368 01:31:10,612 --> 01:31:14,482 <i>For your sake, for their sake.</i> 1369 01:31:14,552 --> 01:31:19,212 <i>For the sake of all the youngsters who've been scared</i> 1370 01:31:19,292 --> 01:31:22,262 <i>by the votes from Dade to Eugene.</i> 1371 01:31:26,132 --> 01:31:28,862 <i>On the Statue of Liberty, it says,</i> 1372 01:31:29,732 --> 01:31:36,142 <i>"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free."</i> 1373 01:31:38,572 --> 01:31:41,772 <i>In the Declaration of Independence it is written,</i> 1374 01:31:42,342 --> 01:31:49,722 <i>"All men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights."</i> 1375 01:31:57,262 --> 01:32:00,192 <i>So, for Mr. Briggs,</i> 1376 01:32:03,432 --> 01:32:04,762 <i>And Mrs. Bryant,</i> 1377 01:32:07,672 --> 01:32:10,432 <i>And all the bigots out there,</i> 1378 01:32:11,972 --> 01:32:14,572 <i>no matter how hard you try,</i> 1379 01:32:14,642 --> 01:32:19,912 <i>you can never erase those words from the Declaration of Independence!</i> 1380 01:32:19,982 --> 01:32:25,252 <i>No matter how hard you try, you can never chip those words</i> 1381 01:32:25,322 --> 01:32:28,412 <i>from the base of the Statue of Liberty!</i> 1382 01:32:28,492 --> 01:32:31,982 <i>That is where America is!</i> 1383 01:32:32,062 --> 01:32:34,292 <i>Love it or leave it!</i> 1384 01:32:44,242 --> 01:32:45,730 Okay, the mayor says Briggs is on his way 1385 01:32:45,742 --> 01:32:47,388 here and that he could intercept him for us. 1386 01:32:47,412 --> 01:32:49,218 We could get him face to face. Go get the press. 1387 01:32:49,242 --> 01:32:50,572 All right. 1388 01:32:52,652 --> 01:32:56,382 Well, I see naked men walking around, naked women walking around, 1389 01:32:56,452 --> 01:33:00,782 which doesn't bother me as far as my personal standards of nudity, 1390 01:33:00,862 --> 01:33:05,722 but it's not proper. It wouldn't be allowed for any other parade in San Francisco, 1391 01:33:05,792 --> 01:33:08,162 and it should not be allowed for the Gay Parade. 1392 01:33:46,672 --> 01:33:48,732 I have a right to be at this parade, Mr. Mayor. 1393 01:33:48,802 --> 01:33:50,788 I'm afraid it's not in the interest of your safety, 1394 01:33:50,812 --> 01:33:53,932 or my public's safety to let you into these parade grounds. 1395 01:33:55,582 --> 01:33:59,172 I'm Harvey Milk. It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Briggs. 1396 01:34:01,022 --> 01:34:02,612 Yeah, no, I'm aware. 1397 01:34:02,682 --> 01:34:06,282 You know, it's sad, Mr. Milk, that you're afraid to fight this out in public. 1398 01:34:06,352 --> 01:34:07,452 Oh, that's not true. 1399 01:34:07,522 --> 01:34:09,338 I'd very much like to have a public debate with you. 1400 01:34:09,362 --> 01:34:11,592 I'm very interested in the details of your argument. 1401 01:34:11,662 --> 01:34:14,962 Oh, well, you know, you know the details. 1402 01:34:15,032 --> 01:34:18,932 I mean, just look at the votes across this nation. The public is with me. 1403 01:34:19,002 --> 01:34:20,402 They are today. 1404 01:34:20,472 --> 01:34:22,702 Which is why with my city's mayor 1405 01:34:22,772 --> 01:34:25,172 and the San Francisco press as my witnesses, 1406 01:34:25,242 --> 01:34:27,802 I'd like to challenge you to a public debate. 1407 01:34:33,082 --> 01:34:34,672 Oh, I think that's a yes. 1408 01:34:37,152 --> 01:34:41,712 <i>You know, Mr. Milk, we don't allow people who practice bestiality</i> 1409 01:34:41,792 --> 01:34:44,262 <i>To teach our children, and... Excuse me,</i> 1410 01:34:44,332 --> 01:34:46,562 <i>and the reason we don't is because it is illegal.</i> 1411 01:34:46,632 --> 01:34:49,722 <i>It is not illegal to be a homosexual in California.</i> 1412 01:34:49,802 --> 01:34:51,732 <i>And your law goes even further.</i> 1413 01:34:52,572 --> 01:34:56,232 <i>Any school employee who even supports a gay person will be fired.</i> 1414 01:34:56,302 --> 01:34:59,102 <i>Well, that's true. But gay people don't have any children of their own.</i> 1415 01:34:59,172 --> 01:35:01,732 <i>And if they don't recruit our children, they'd all just die away.</i> 1416 01:35:03,042 --> 01:35:05,688 <i>You know? And that's why they're all so interested in becoming teachers,</i> 1417 01:35:05,712 --> 01:35:09,672 <i>because they want to encourage our children to join them.</i> 1418 01:35:11,652 --> 01:35:13,242 <i>And how do you teach homosexuality?</i> 1419 01:35:13,322 --> 01:35:14,342 <i>It's like French?</i> 1420 01:35:17,292 --> 01:35:19,662 <i>I was born of heterosexual parents,</i> 1421 01:35:19,732 --> 01:35:21,822 <i>taught by heterosexual teachers</i> 1422 01:35:21,902 --> 01:35:24,522 <i>in a fiercely heterosexual society.</i> 1423 01:35:24,602 --> 01:35:26,732 <i>So why then am I homosexual?</i> 1424 01:35:26,802 --> 01:35:28,502 <i>And no offense meant,</i> 1425 01:35:28,572 --> 01:35:31,442 <i>but if it were true that children mimicked their teachers,</i> 1426 01:35:31,512 --> 01:35:33,672 <i>we'd have a hell of a lot more nuns running around.</i> 1427 01:35:41,622 --> 01:35:46,182 We were really, genuinely frightened by Proposition 6. 1428 01:35:47,422 --> 01:35:51,622 And with Anita and Briggs gaining strength, we were very pessimistic. 1429 01:35:52,662 --> 01:35:55,692 We didn't think that there was any chance that we could beat it. 1430 01:35:55,762 --> 01:35:58,232 But what we did hope for 1431 01:35:58,302 --> 01:36:00,632 <i>is that we could organize enough,</i> 1432 01:36:01,272 --> 01:36:05,172 <i>so that when we did lose, all hell would break loose.</i> 1433 01:36:05,242 --> 01:36:08,372 We're still losing 60-30. We got to take this show on the road. 1434 01:36:08,442 --> 01:36:09,842 Put out a press release. 1435 01:36:09,912 --> 01:36:12,972 Call Briggs' office, tell him he can pick the audience, the town. 1436 01:36:13,052 --> 01:36:14,982 I'll tell my supporters to stay away. 1437 01:36:15,052 --> 01:36:18,612 Harvey, his audiences are intensely devout. You'll get killed. 1438 01:36:19,352 --> 01:36:21,292 Get me Orange County. 1439 01:36:21,862 --> 01:36:25,352 <i>In your statements here and all these newspapers and tonight,</i> 1440 01:36:25,432 --> 01:36:28,222 <i>you say that child molestation is not an issue.</i> 1441 01:36:28,302 --> 01:36:29,992 <i>If it's not an issue,</i> 1442 01:36:30,062 --> 01:36:33,562 <i>why do you put out literature that hammers it home?</i> 1443 01:36:33,632 --> 01:36:37,072 <i>Why do you play on this myth and fear?</i> 1444 01:36:37,142 --> 01:36:39,572 <i>Same thing with VD, Harvey, we put out publications...</i> 1445 01:36:39,642 --> 01:36:40,802 <i>This is campaign literature.</i> 1446 01:36:40,872 --> 01:36:44,472 <i>Well, we put out publications about VD so you can avoid it.</i> 1447 01:36:51,322 --> 01:36:54,952 <i>You yourself had said that there's more molestation in the heterosexual group,</i> 1448 01:36:55,022 --> 01:36:58,222 <i>So why not get rid of the heterosexual teachers?</i> 1449 01:36:58,292 --> 01:37:01,962 <i>We are not talking about homosex... About child molestation.</i> 1450 01:37:02,032 --> 01:37:07,802 <i>Nearly... The fact is, nearly 95 percent of the people are heterosexual,</i> 1451 01:37:07,872 --> 01:37:11,172 <i>so, if we took the heterosexuals out and the homosexuals out,</i> 1452 01:37:11,242 --> 01:37:12,902 <i>you know what, we'd have no teachers.</i> 1453 01:37:12,972 --> 01:37:14,248 <i>We'd have no teachers, no more molestation.</i> 1454 01:37:14,272 --> 01:37:16,502 <i>So you're saying that the percentage of the population</i> 1455 01:37:16,582 --> 01:37:17,888 <i>is equal to the percentage of child molestation?</i> 1456 01:37:17,912 --> 01:37:19,882 <i>No, no, no, I'm not saying that, no.</i> 1457 01:37:19,952 --> 01:37:21,412 <i>That's what you just said.</i> 1458 01:37:21,482 --> 01:37:23,798 <i>No, no, no. I'm not saying that at all. I am saying that we can't prevent</i> 1459 01:37:23,822 --> 01:37:26,412 <i>child molestation, so let's just cut our odds down</i> 1460 01:37:26,492 --> 01:37:30,292 <i>by taking out the homosexuals and keeping in the heterosexual groups.</i> 1461 01:37:33,132 --> 01:37:36,862 <i>Sir, in your drive for personal power,</i> 1462 01:37:36,932 --> 01:37:39,522 <i>how many careers are you willing to see destroyed?</i> 1463 01:37:39,602 --> 01:37:44,732 <i>How many lives, in your lust for power, will you destroy and when will it stop?</i> 1464 01:37:58,492 --> 01:37:59,712 Jack, what is it? 1465 01:37:59,792 --> 01:38:02,052 <i>Nothing. Just wondering when you'll be home.</i> 1466 01:38:02,122 --> 01:38:05,582 You just had them pull me out of my big vote on the dog shit ordinance for this? 1467 01:38:05,662 --> 01:38:07,562 What, do you do this on purpose? 1468 01:38:07,632 --> 01:38:09,652 Fuck, Harvey, it's poop, okay? 1469 01:38:09,732 --> 01:38:12,432 I just hope I'm more important than poop. 1470 01:38:12,502 --> 01:38:16,872 <i>Look, it's... I just... I don't know what time I'll be home.</i> 1471 01:38:16,942 --> 01:38:18,402 6:00 or 6:15. 1472 01:38:18,472 --> 01:38:19,962 <i>Okay. Okay?</i> 1473 01:38:20,042 --> 01:38:21,772 I'm all right. I'll see you then. 1474 01:38:21,842 --> 01:38:23,332 <i>Okay. 6/15, then.</i> 1475 01:38:27,052 --> 01:38:29,112 Dan, how's the baby? 1476 01:38:29,182 --> 01:38:31,582 You didn't bring up supervisor pay raises? 1477 01:38:31,652 --> 01:38:34,782 In fact, I heard that you plan to publicly oppose them. 1478 01:38:34,862 --> 01:38:36,868 Well, I heard that you planned to vote against them, too. 1479 01:38:36,892 --> 01:38:38,292 Were you setting me up? 1480 01:38:38,362 --> 01:38:41,192 It's not a good time for me, politically speaking. 1481 01:38:41,802 --> 01:38:45,062 Dan, there's a vote on the Police Desegregation Settlement. 1482 01:38:45,132 --> 01:38:47,432 You give me that and I'll consider backing pay raises. 1483 01:38:47,502 --> 01:38:49,592 I don't trade votes. 1484 01:38:49,672 --> 01:38:51,162 Unlike you, the way I was raised, 1485 01:38:51,242 --> 01:38:54,172 we believe in right and wrong. Moral and immoral. 1486 01:38:54,242 --> 01:38:56,842 Black skin and white in the police department. 1487 01:38:56,912 --> 01:39:00,612 Dan, even Ronald Reagan is opposed to Proposition 6. 1488 01:39:00,682 --> 01:39:02,582 You're looking more and more out of touch. 1489 01:39:02,652 --> 01:39:05,428 Okay, if I come out against Prop 6, it's only going to be for the invasion 1490 01:39:05,452 --> 01:39:06,982 of state's rights issue, that's it. 1491 01:39:07,052 --> 01:39:09,292 And the potential witch hunt against you straight people. 1492 01:39:12,062 --> 01:39:15,622 You can't humiliate me, okay? 1493 01:39:16,302 --> 01:39:19,322 You will not demean me. 1494 01:39:23,872 --> 01:39:27,812 Harvey, we're doing the final vote. We need to get you back. 1495 01:39:42,362 --> 01:39:43,522 Jack? 1496 01:39:47,192 --> 01:39:48,352 Jack? 1497 01:39:55,772 --> 01:39:56,902 Jack? 1498 01:40:11,492 --> 01:40:12,922 Oh! 1499 01:40:12,992 --> 01:40:15,012 No, Jack. Jack, no! 1500 01:40:15,092 --> 01:40:18,322 No, no, no. Jack, no. 1501 01:40:20,992 --> 01:40:21,992 Jack! 1502 01:40:22,902 --> 01:40:27,032 No, no, no, no! Oh, no! 1503 01:40:33,242 --> 01:40:34,672 Harvey, 1504 01:40:36,142 --> 01:40:37,542 look at me. 1505 01:40:38,552 --> 01:40:40,412 Hey, look at me. 1506 01:40:41,482 --> 01:40:43,642 You did everything that you could. 1507 01:40:46,722 --> 01:40:48,382 No, I didn't. 1508 01:40:49,862 --> 01:40:51,762 What more could you have done? 1509 01:40:53,862 --> 01:40:58,922 I could have come back at 6:00 instead of 6:15. 1510 01:41:01,942 --> 01:41:03,402 Shh. 1511 01:41:05,942 --> 01:41:09,002 Jack was gone. I didn't have any time to mourn. 1512 01:41:09,082 --> 01:41:10,742 There was no choice. 1513 01:41:11,412 --> 01:41:14,782 I had to keep on... Keep on fighting. 1514 01:41:16,822 --> 01:41:18,682 <i>Most California political leaders,</i> 1515 01:41:18,752 --> 01:41:21,812 <i>from Governor Jerry Brown to former Governor Ronald Reagan,</i> 1516 01:41:21,892 --> 01:41:25,522 <i>say there are already enough laws on the books to protect children.</i> 1517 01:41:25,592 --> 01:41:27,992 <i>If you allow one, just one human being</i> 1518 01:41:28,062 --> 01:41:31,362 <i>to be allowed to have his rights taken away from him,</i> 1519 01:41:31,432 --> 01:41:33,262 <i>as a human being then, pal,</i> 1520 01:41:33,332 --> 01:41:35,718 <i>you don't have any right when they come to take away your rights!</i> 1521 01:41:35,742 --> 01:41:38,332 <i>You do what you want in the privacy of your own home.</i> 1522 01:41:38,412 --> 01:41:40,702 <i>But don't tell me I got to accept it in mine.</i> 1523 01:41:48,652 --> 01:41:50,982 San Bernadino is coming in. Not good. 1524 01:41:51,052 --> 01:41:52,382 Of course not. How not good? 1525 01:41:52,452 --> 01:41:54,852 60% for Briggs. Same in Fresno. 1526 01:41:54,922 --> 01:41:56,912 Oh, dear God, Lotus Blossom. 1527 01:41:56,992 --> 01:42:00,122 Imperial is 69% for so far. 1528 01:42:00,192 --> 01:42:01,632 Put it on the board. 1529 01:42:01,702 --> 01:42:04,932 <i>I love homosexuals, if you can believe that.</i> 1530 01:42:05,002 --> 01:42:06,692 <i>I love them enough to tell them the truth.</i> 1531 01:42:06,772 --> 01:42:10,672 <i>I think that if it were passed, it would be just what some people would need</i> 1532 01:42:10,742 --> 01:42:12,472 <i>to conduct a very severe witch hunt.</i> 1533 01:42:12,542 --> 01:42:15,942 <i>What I ask, everybody to vote against Proposition 6.</i> 1534 01:42:21,922 --> 01:42:26,182 The whole world is watching. This is San Francisco we're losing. You ready? 1535 01:42:26,992 --> 01:42:30,152 I can have 15,000 people here in an hour, 1536 01:42:30,222 --> 01:42:32,592 but there's gonna be riots if this thing passes. 1537 01:42:32,662 --> 01:42:34,492 There goddamn well better be. 1538 01:42:35,662 --> 01:42:37,252 What are you telling me? 1539 01:42:37,332 --> 01:42:39,772 I can't say this because I'm a public official, 1540 01:42:39,832 --> 01:42:44,032 but if this thing passes, fight the hell back. 1541 01:42:44,102 --> 01:42:46,662 <i>It was fundamentalist Christians who helped Briggs</i> 1542 01:42:46,742 --> 01:42:50,302 <i>gather most of the signatures to put Proposition 6 on today's ballot.</i> 1543 01:42:50,382 --> 01:42:52,612 <i>The Christian community had never been involved</i> 1544 01:42:52,682 --> 01:42:54,912 <i>in any political controversial issue.</i> 1545 01:42:54,982 --> 01:42:57,782 <i>And they're not only involved, but they're committed.</i> 1546 01:42:57,852 --> 01:42:59,158 <i>They've not only been working very hard, but</i> 1547 01:42:59,170 --> 01:43:00,428 <i>they're going to come out and vote today.</i> 1548 01:43:00,452 --> 01:43:03,012 <i>"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."</i> 1549 01:43:03,092 --> 01:43:05,722 <i>And I would like to know how you, Senator Briggs,</i> 1550 01:43:05,792 --> 01:43:10,862 <i>believe that Proposition 6 will help children learn how to accept people</i> 1551 01:43:10,932 --> 01:43:12,422 <i>who are different from themselves.</i> 1552 01:43:12,502 --> 01:43:14,692 Harvey, Don Amador from LA. 1553 01:43:16,302 --> 01:43:17,532 Not a good time, Don. 1554 01:43:17,602 --> 01:43:20,332 <i>No, sir, this is Paul. Don just gave me the phone.</i> 1555 01:43:20,412 --> 01:43:21,532 Paul who? 1556 01:43:21,612 --> 01:43:23,472 <i>You spoke to me on the phone a year or so ago.</i> 1557 01:43:23,542 --> 01:43:26,742 <i>I'm in a wheelchair. I'm from Minnesota.</i> 1558 01:43:26,812 --> 01:43:29,212 I thought you were a goner, Paul. 1559 01:43:29,952 --> 01:43:33,112 When I saw that you won the supervisor seat, 1560 01:43:33,192 --> 01:43:35,652 I got a friend to put me on a bus to LA. 1561 01:43:35,722 --> 01:43:37,662 <i>Who do you know in Los Angeles?</i> 1562 01:43:38,892 --> 01:43:40,482 Nobody. 1563 01:43:40,562 --> 01:43:42,152 That's the... 1564 01:43:44,332 --> 01:43:46,092 I just didn't want to die anymore. 1565 01:43:46,172 --> 01:43:48,402 <i>I met your friend Don down here.</i> 1566 01:43:48,472 --> 01:43:51,232 <i>I turned 18 and I voted today against Prop 6.</i> 1567 01:43:51,302 --> 01:43:53,622 <i>I don't think I'd be alive right now if it weren't for you.</i> 1568 01:43:53,672 --> 01:43:55,612 No, you did that all by yourself, Paul. 1569 01:43:55,682 --> 01:43:58,242 <i>Don wanted me to congratulate you on what he says</i> 1570 01:43:58,312 --> 01:44:01,942 <i>looks like a big win for us tonight. Congratulations, Mr. Milk.</i> 1571 01:44:07,152 --> 01:44:08,922 Yeah, I know, it's incredible. 1572 01:44:08,992 --> 01:44:12,362 All the precincts have reported we've won 65% in LA County. 1573 01:44:12,432 --> 01:44:14,092 <i>It's huge, Harvey.</i> 1574 01:44:14,162 --> 01:44:15,992 I got to go, Don. 1575 01:44:16,062 --> 01:44:20,932 We just took LA County by 65%. Put it up! Put it up! 1576 01:44:31,312 --> 01:44:32,512 Okay, okay. 1577 01:44:32,582 --> 01:44:34,412 What, Jim? Jim, what? Okay, okay! 1578 01:44:34,482 --> 01:44:36,782 The polls were way off. Briggs is going down by 2 to 1. 1579 01:44:36,852 --> 01:44:40,182 The only place it's going to pass in San Francisco is Dan White's district. 1580 01:44:41,352 --> 01:44:43,752 Somebody, cover up Lady Liberty! 1581 01:44:43,822 --> 01:44:46,592 The cameras are on the way here. 1582 01:45:30,302 --> 01:45:34,502 <i>Tonight, it's become clear to everyone out there</i> 1583 01:45:34,572 --> 01:45:37,602 <i>that they do know one of us, and now that they do,</i> 1584 01:45:37,682 --> 01:45:39,702 <i>they can see that we're not sick.</i> 1585 01:45:40,512 --> 01:45:42,982 <i>They can feel that we are not wrong.</i> 1586 01:45:43,882 --> 01:45:48,452 <i>And they know that there must be, that there should be a place</i> 1587 01:45:48,522 --> 01:45:53,262 <i>for us in this great country, in this world.</i> 1588 01:45:59,602 --> 01:46:04,632 A message of hope has been sent to all those young people, 1589 01:46:04,702 --> 01:46:08,332 to all of those who've been afraid by this wave of hate, 1590 01:46:08,412 --> 01:46:12,572 to all of those who have lost their homes, lost their hometowns. 1591 01:46:12,652 --> 01:46:18,382 Tonight, we are clear that there is a place for us! 1592 01:46:18,452 --> 01:46:21,752 My brothers and sisters, we can come home again! 1593 01:46:46,182 --> 01:46:48,242 Oh, good morning, Dan. 1594 01:46:48,322 --> 01:46:51,442 Morning, Harvey, I just resigned. 1595 01:46:52,192 --> 01:46:55,852 Congratulations. I'm sure you'll be the next President of the Board. 1596 01:46:59,292 --> 01:47:02,592 Hey, Dan. Just got word. 1597 01:47:02,662 --> 01:47:04,962 Can we talk to you for a minute? 1598 01:47:05,532 --> 01:47:06,792 Yeah, sure. 1599 01:47:06,872 --> 01:47:09,272 The association meeting room. 1600 01:47:23,822 --> 01:47:26,952 <i>Well, now it starts all over again, because this morning,</i> 1601 01:47:27,022 --> 01:47:32,222 <i>former Supervisor Dan White says he wants to be called supervisor one more time.</i> 1602 01:47:32,292 --> 01:47:36,752 He gets dragged into this closed door meeting at Police Association. 1603 01:47:36,832 --> 01:47:38,352 Suddenly he wants his job back. 1604 01:47:38,432 --> 01:47:40,078 I mean, who knows what they might have said to him in there. 1605 01:47:40,102 --> 01:47:42,032 Or what they may have promised him. 1606 01:47:42,102 --> 01:47:43,648 Or worse yet, if they had threatened him. 1607 01:47:43,672 --> 01:47:46,162 A man has the right to change his mind. Give me some peace. 1608 01:47:46,242 --> 01:47:49,772 Dan White has been the vote on the board that has stood in our way. 1609 01:47:49,842 --> 01:47:51,612 The vote. I get it, Harvey. 1610 01:47:51,682 --> 01:47:53,542 I've been lobbied all week. Enough. 1611 01:47:54,812 --> 01:47:58,012 Let me remind you of something, you're up for re-election. 1612 01:47:58,082 --> 01:48:01,352 If you reappoint Dan White, you will lose the gay vote. They listen to me. 1613 01:48:01,422 --> 01:48:03,582 You will not be elected dog catcher. 1614 01:48:06,532 --> 01:48:08,862 I'll make my decision on Monday. 1615 01:48:09,702 --> 01:48:11,992 You know who you sounded like just now? 1616 01:48:12,072 --> 01:48:15,002 Boss Tweed or Mayor Daly. 1617 01:48:17,172 --> 01:48:18,762 I like that. 1618 01:48:21,472 --> 01:48:24,032 A homosexual with power. 1619 01:48:25,412 --> 01:48:27,212 That's scary. 1620 01:49:36,352 --> 01:49:38,012 Hello. 1621 01:49:38,082 --> 01:49:39,812 Yes, hold on, please. 1622 01:49:41,862 --> 01:49:43,322 Thank you. 1623 01:49:44,392 --> 01:49:45,792 Yes, this is Dan White. 1624 01:49:45,862 --> 01:49:48,422 <i>Hi, Mr. White, this is Barbara Taylor from KCBS.</i> 1625 01:49:48,502 --> 01:49:49,592 Mmm-hmm. 1626 01:49:49,662 --> 01:49:51,562 <i>I'm interested in your reaction.</i> 1627 01:49:51,632 --> 01:49:54,362 <i>I've received information from the mayor's office</i> 1628 01:49:54,432 --> 01:49:57,532 <i>that you're not getting your job back.</i> 1629 01:49:59,542 --> 01:50:02,442 I'm sorry, I don't know anything about that. 1630 01:50:20,162 --> 01:50:21,392 Hello? 1631 01:50:21,462 --> 01:50:23,092 <i>Did I wake you?</i> 1632 01:50:25,062 --> 01:50:27,402 Harvey? Are you all right? 1633 01:50:28,072 --> 01:50:32,332 I went to the opera tonight. Guess who I went with. 1634 01:50:33,412 --> 01:50:34,502 <i>Who?</i> 1635 01:50:34,572 --> 01:50:37,102 Bidu Sayao herself. 1636 01:50:37,182 --> 01:50:40,582 She was my first Puccini. The crowd went wild. 1637 01:50:40,652 --> 01:50:44,952 I felt like I was young again, being at my first opera. 1638 01:50:57,332 --> 01:51:00,202 Maybe you should tell me the next time you go to the opera. 1639 01:51:01,302 --> 01:51:02,702 Really? 1640 01:51:02,772 --> 01:51:05,072 <i>Yeah. I'd go with you.</i> 1641 01:51:08,142 --> 01:51:09,672 I'd like that. 1642 01:51:25,792 --> 01:51:28,022 Look outside, the sun's coming up. 1643 01:51:28,092 --> 01:51:30,092 <i>Okay, hang on.</i> 1644 01:51:54,892 --> 01:51:56,452 Hey, wait a minute. 1645 01:51:56,522 --> 01:51:58,652 My aide was supposed to come down here 1646 01:51:58,732 --> 01:52:00,808 and let me in the side door, but she never showed up. 1647 01:52:00,832 --> 01:52:03,302 And you are? I'm Dan White, City Supervisor. 1648 01:52:11,742 --> 01:52:12,862 Harvey, 1649 01:52:14,812 --> 01:52:17,282 I want you to know that I am proud of you. 1650 01:52:59,022 --> 01:53:00,922 I don't wanna miss this. 1651 01:53:02,062 --> 01:53:03,682 <i>Miss what?</i> 1652 01:53:06,392 --> 01:53:07,452 This. 1653 01:53:12,032 --> 01:53:15,332 Is he here? Can I see the mayor for a moment? 1654 01:53:16,542 --> 01:53:19,062 Just a minute, I'll see if he's available. 1655 01:53:21,472 --> 01:53:23,842 Sir, Dan White is here to see you. 1656 01:53:28,182 --> 01:53:30,212 So, who are they gonna replace Dan with? 1657 01:53:30,282 --> 01:53:33,552 That goddamn lefty liberal, Don Horanzy? 1658 01:53:33,622 --> 01:53:35,452 That'll really shake up the board. 1659 01:53:35,522 --> 01:53:38,252 All I know is that we're getting a new supervisor today. 1660 01:53:38,322 --> 01:53:41,492 If Dan shows up, just avoid him. 1661 01:53:41,562 --> 01:53:44,032 We don't need a scene today, do we, Harvey? 1662 01:53:44,632 --> 01:53:46,122 God forbid, Dianne. 1663 01:53:48,602 --> 01:53:51,402 Mr. White, the mayor will see you now. 1664 01:53:54,642 --> 01:53:55,972 Thanks. You're welcome. 1665 01:53:56,042 --> 01:53:58,372 Dan, come on in. 1666 01:54:00,782 --> 01:54:02,658 It's not something that I wanna calm down about. 1667 01:54:02,682 --> 01:54:04,452 You can't take this away from me. 1668 01:54:04,522 --> 01:54:07,422 Dan, look, you made a decision. 1669 01:54:07,492 --> 01:54:09,482 You know, you made the decision. 1670 01:54:11,422 --> 01:54:15,022 The issue is what's fair to the people of your district, Dan. 1671 01:54:15,092 --> 01:54:19,222 Now, look, take some time off. Spend it with your family. 1672 01:55:05,582 --> 01:55:09,812 Tell President Carter we're coming after him next, this time next year. 1673 01:55:09,882 --> 01:55:10,972 Hi, Dianne. 1674 01:55:11,052 --> 01:55:13,252 We're marching to Washington D.C. 1675 01:55:16,192 --> 01:55:18,452 Hey, can I see you in my office for a minute? 1676 01:55:20,832 --> 01:55:24,292 Sure. I'll be back. Yeah. 1677 01:55:42,782 --> 01:55:44,012 No. 1678 01:56:25,862 --> 01:56:28,022 Well, you know what I think? 1679 01:56:28,092 --> 01:56:30,822 I think you need to find a new scene. 1680 01:56:30,902 --> 01:56:32,492 And some new friends. 1681 01:56:35,132 --> 01:56:36,972 I need a change. 1682 01:56:40,342 --> 01:56:42,432 You're 40 now. Oh. 1683 01:56:47,312 --> 01:56:52,412 Forty years old and I haven't done a thing I'm proud of. 1684 01:56:54,292 --> 01:56:58,882 Keep eating all that cake, you're gonna be a fat-ass by the time you're 50. 1685 01:56:58,962 --> 01:57:01,932 No, I'll never make it to 50. 1686 01:57:47,442 --> 01:57:49,032 Where is everyone? 1687 01:57:50,042 --> 01:57:51,772 Doesn't anyone give a damn? 1688 01:57:52,712 --> 01:57:55,552 Cleve's getting some people together in the Castro. 1689 01:58:02,992 --> 01:58:07,552 Last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania. 1690 01:58:08,662 --> 01:58:14,502 The voice was very young, and the person said, "Thanks. ' ' 1691 01:58:15,842 --> 01:58:20,572 <i>You've got to elect gay people so that the young child</i> 1692 01:58:21,172 --> 01:58:24,302 <i>and the thousands upon thousands just like him</i> 1693 01:58:25,212 --> 01:58:27,872 <i>will have hope for a better life.</i> 1694 01:58:29,022 --> 01:58:31,422 <i>Hope for a better tomorrow.</i> 1695 01:58:48,902 --> 01:58:50,372 <i>I ask this,</i> 1696 01:58:51,902 --> 01:58:54,842 <i>that if there be an assassination,</i> 1697 01:58:56,482 --> 01:59:02,682 <i>I would want five, ten, a hundred, a thousand to rise.</i> 1698 01:59:07,422 --> 01:59:11,752 <i>If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door.</i> 1699 01:59:13,292 --> 01:59:20,492 <i>I ask for the movement to continue because it's not about personal gain,</i> 1700 01:59:20,572 --> 01:59:23,732 <i>and it's not about ego and it's not about power.</i> 1701 01:59:24,502 --> 01:59:27,032 <i>It's about the "us's" out there.</i> 1702 01:59:28,412 --> 01:59:32,172 <i>Not just the gays but the blacks and the Asians</i> 1703 01:59:32,242 --> 01:59:34,142 <i>and the seniors and the disabled.</i> 1704 01:59:34,212 --> 01:59:35,442 <i>The "us's."</i> 1705 01:59:39,122 --> 01:59:42,492 <i>Without hope, the "us's" give up.</i> 1706 01:59:44,692 --> 01:59:48,792 <i>And I know you can't live on hope alone.</i> 1707 01:59:48,862 --> 01:59:53,562 <i>But without hope, life is not worth living.</i> 1708 01:59:55,942 --> 01:59:57,332 <i>So you,</i> 1709 01:59:58,302 --> 01:59:59,862 <i>and you,</i> 1710 02:00:00,372 --> 02:00:01,742 <i>and you,</i> 1711 02:00:02,112 --> 02:00:04,132 you got to give them hope. 1712 02:00:05,982 --> 02:00:08,472 You got to give them hope. 1712 02:00:09,305 --> 02:01:09,864 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm