In 2014, news sources have revealed that, the US Post Office will print a stamp featuring the late gay activist Harvey Milk. This is after a rather loud campaign by homosexual lobbyists for the stamp, which gained over 10,000 signatures on the web-site change.org. Sadly, what we know about Milk has been completely filtered by the gay guardians of his image in the homosexual community and by the complicit media. The best source is the book “The Mayor of Castro Street” by Randy Shilts. In his biography of Milk, Shilts describes the early molestations of the future politician by older men at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. By the time he was 15, already sexually active, Milk started visiting the notorious gay cruising spots on nearby Fire Island. Later on in life, Milk had a series of relationships with younger men who all came from horrific backgrounds: boyfriend Joe Campbell started out as a male hustler at the age of 9; another boyfriend Craig Rodwell was molested in his all-boys school, then became a prostitute by age 14; the tragic Jack McKinley, who was 16 when he started a sexual relationship with the 33-year old Milk, committed suicide after years of drugs abuse and mental illness; his last lover, Scott Smith, who was 19-years Milk's junior, later became HIV+ and died of pneumonia at age 46.
In truth, the story of Milk, and those around him, is a truly sad one; not the tale of courage and triumph that the media likes to spin. For the most part, Milk and his associates, were the adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It tainted the rest of their lives. The ability to later make healthy and sane choices was taken away from them by the older males who molested them. At the time, the burgeoning gay community offered a place of insular protection and acceptance. But, it also was a deep pit of unfulfilled promises. What the gay world, and their straight cohorts, are openly celebrating is the restless wanderings of wounded and broken men: in their tragic search for healing and happiness. It's all for political power. The following excerpt is from a California Teacher's Guide on how to implement lessons surrounding Harvey Milk Day. The ambitions are naked and completely lacking of any subtlety:
The other interesting thing that I have noticed about these conversations-well, there are lots of interesting things really, but one - is that they want to know a lot about Joe Campbell and Scott Smith. Usually I have a picture or two ready to show them. Just like I had a picture or two of Coretta Scott King for MLK, as people who supported these leaders. For Milk, though, this leads to a conversation about marriage and gay marriage. In the past, this has been something that the kids have felt really strongly about and have wanted to or actually written letters to Congress, etc. regarding gay marriage initiatives. That, then, becomes their social action project - It's really neat and organic, really comes from the kids.(Source: www.harveymilkstory.com)