Comments on: Now on DVD: “Milk.” Or, How a Dead Jewish Fag* Made Me a Feminist.

By: Liz A.

Liz A. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:40:41 +0000

"That documentary made me see that until everyone has full civil rights, no one is safe from discrimination." Amen! I haven't experienced much discrimination in my life, unless you consider the sexual harassment endured while working in a restaurant. I do find it odd so little has seemed to change for homosexuals when Jim Crowe seems like a 100 years ago. I guess that was so literally black and white that it could not be avoided/ignored. What kills me is how we are still legislating things obviously against the Constitution. Liz A.’s last blog post..Little Update and Story Request.

By: TheHolls

TheHolls — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:25:45 +0000

I got all sweaty and panicked during the chatter about Prop 6 in the movie because I felt like, in some ways, so very little has changed — was it not just a few years ago that Jim DeMint was making the same sorts of comments about gays (and single mothers) being unfit public school teachers? I mean, he said those things during his campaign for the Senate, and he WON. Shudders.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:59:45 +0000

This was one of my first movies in my first film class in college. I, too, had a feeling that I was learning something I never knew I didn't know. (That makes odd sense to me now, though I guess that's what education is about, isn't it? Who knew?) I knew fellow homosexuals, like myself, had gone through difficult times. I knew, some two years predating my own coming out, that I would be, at some point, stepping into some worn-out shoes––being in a minority was hard. I should have known this, being a fat Jewish boy. But as I had never been teased for my dense curly hair or the Friday night lights of a shabbat candle (just a few teases throughout the years for my midsection's girthy girth), I did not understand what TRUE discrimination was, how it cuts through your gut and your soul at the same time; not until Harvey Milk's story was told to me. Like you, Barr (I mean Elizabeth...I mean Tink's Mom), I am thankful I learned it. It may still be the most pertinent lesson I ever learned in school. Ben’s last blog post..Twit Club