First Thoughts

I'm looking forward to starting this project for American studies. I have grown up around the gay community with my family, and I am familiar with a lot of recent political controversy's. Its also a current topic in the media and something that our generation is getting involved in. I have done a lot of past research on glbt for past projects. This is a topic I am interested in and also something I care a lot about. I'm researching Harvey Milk and other historical figures for glbt. I've seen the movie Milk, and have researched some basic information about him. Harvey Milk was the first out gay political leader. He was the on the San Fransisco Board of Supervisors, Milk mainly focused on advocating of glbt rights. He was assassinated November 27, 1978 by Dan White. This was a huge loss for the glbt community, and after his death started the White riots. I'm excited to start this project and work on a topic that I care about and is going on currently.