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ne election is past and thoughts are on the next one: votes equal change, and you’re ready for it. You’ll be the next in a long line of changers, as you’ll see in the new book “The Children of Harvey Milk” by Andrew Reynolds. In the latter part of June, 1978, Harvey Milk, the “Mayor of Castro Street,” called former Army nurse and Castro Street “fixture” Gilbert Baker and asked him to make something special for the upcoming Gay Freedom parade. At that time, the rainbow flag was “a rebel flag,” but Baker subsumed it into a symbol of pride. By the end of that year, Milk was dead and rainbow flags were still “rare and exotic,” as were openly gay politicians. Just a handful of “LGB” people were in office around the world at that time; it would be years before the first openly trans individual would be elected. Here, Reynolds tells their stories, and others, world-wide.
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He begins with a battle in New Zealand’s Parliament that was narrowly-won, followed four years later by marriage equality victory in nearby Australia. He writes of two gay politicians who squared off in Great Britain, noting that laws against buggery were still on the books when they did battle. He tells of a Dutch politician who, by mere months, preceded Harvey Milk as the world’s first openly gay man to serve in office. And he shares a story of politics in Ireland, “the first country in the world to pass gay marriage by popular referendum.”
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Closer to home, Reynolds writes about Barney Frank, his “first political battle” for civil rights in Mississippi, and the “undercelebrated” woman who inspired him. Reynolds recalls the beginning of the AIDS crisis, and what it was like to be active in politics then. He writes of trans politicians Sarah McBride and Danica Roem, and the fierce but highly ironic story of Pauli Murray, whose great-aunt’s land donation helped build a university that ultimately denied bathroom access to trans individuals. If you see “The Children of Harvey Milk” on a shelf somewhere, you may be confused by the title. No, author Andrew Reynolds isn’t referring to small humans; his title instead refers to babes in political office, world-wide, who happen to be gay. For some readers, that could present problems: fully half of Reynolds’ book is about politics overseas, and some of it won’t make sense unless you’ve got basic knowledge of how other governments work. Without it, you may not fully appreciate the significance of what you’ll read – and if that makes you feel a tinge of regretful isolationism, know that, happily, Reynolds is a good teacher. Here, readers will easily learn, and what they learn is absolutely inspiring. For political animals, this book is an easy choice. For the slightly clueless, it’s a know-your-history book that doesn’t dwell strictly domestically. For a casual reader, it may be challenging but in the end, “The Children of Harvey Milk” could be the most informative book you’ll lay eyes on.
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10 Best Queer Pop Culture Moments By Romeo San Vicentei
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s it because we’re all swimming together in the toxic Trump pool that makes every new addition to the LGBTQ cultural canon feel like an act of rebellion? Probably. But even if we were living in a queer-friendly political era, 2018’s (they’re calling it #20GayTeen on the Internet, just FYI) pop culture output would still be impressive. And not just among ourselves – the mainstream took notice and we didn’t have to dilute or code ourselves to make a splash there. The receipts: somewhere around $15 million and over its run raked 1. Pose on FX forever smashed ideas about how much in over 65) this teenage coming out and coming-oftrans is too much trans for one show. TV mogul Ryan age story was the sweet John Hughes-esque comedy Murphy stepped back, let transgender actors, writers Hollywood hadn’t yet bothered to make. and directors take over, and it made the show more true, heartfelt and emotional than we even dared to 6. Vida was the Starz network’s queer Latinx show you hope for. And over on Viceland, the documentary series haven’t watched yet, but when you do it will become My House went into the real 2018 ballroom scene and your very favorite thing. About two Mexican-American let audiences know exactly what has changed since sisters in East Los Angeles, it’s a dramedy about Paris is Burning. identity and the making and breaking of family bonds. Go stream it! 2. Janelle Monae’s “PYNK” and its accompanying video served as a deliriously gorgeous and hypnotic ode 7. About a transgender woman going for and getting to women of color – both cis and trans – loving other everything she knows she deserves in the face of much women of color, and it turned into a launching pad adversity, Chilean film A Fantastic Woman won the for best friends Monae and Tessa Thompson coming Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and out, Thompson as bisexual and Monae as pansexual. made a rising star of Daniela Vega. If you’re confused by the difference, there’s always Google. 8. Listen, we still like Queer Eye even if we think Tan’s fashion advice is a bit too transparently product 3. The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased, placement for Bonobos and overly reliant on shirts that together, formed one solid movie about the toxic world are only half tucked in (don’t blame France for it, dude). of anti-gay Evangelical conversion camps for LGBTQ We’re into Jonathan’s gleefully defiant attack on the young people. Miseducation had a queer director in masc4masc aesthetic. All day. Every day. Desiree Akhavan, which informed the film’s ability to get the anxiety and power of teenage desire just right, 9. Here for lesbian drama: Disobedience with Rachel but Erased, based on author Garrard Conley’s lived Weisz and Rachel McAdams had the hottest sex, Skate experience in the church, dove deep into the terror and Kitchen had better skateboard skills than Mid90s, abuse of fundamentalist belief. See them both. Lizzie had the best violent attack on the patriarchy, and The Favourite had the fanciest, iciest, lady-on-lady 4. Broadway went Old School this year with revivals seduction in the biggest royal costumes and tall wigs. of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy (closing in All of them matter. January of 2019 and beginning a national tour) and the groundbreaking drama The Boys In The Band, 10. Haley Kiyoko was MTV’s Push Artist of the Year starring Jim Parsons. They’re a reminder that within at the 2018 VMAs. Do you know her yet? You will the lifespan of most members of Generation X, the when you go watch her video for “What I Need,” which American public’s perception of queer people has features queer singer Kehlani. Then you’ll wonder why shifted in ways that make the word “dramatic” quite an this story of young women running away to be together understatement. wasn’t a feature-length film. Neither of these young ladies came to play, and you’ll soon be seeing and 5. Love, Simon took heat for being about a relatively hearing more from both. affluent suburban gay white boy, but as a mainstream multiplex entry with very long legs (its budget was
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