http://www.gaycities.com/outthere/125/castro-makeover-for-milk-begins/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.gaycities.com/outthere/125/castro-makeover-for-milk-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-167 mongoliangirl Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:41:21 +0000 http://www.gaycities.com/outthere/125/castro-makeover-for-milk-begins/#comment-167 In '89 I was 21 and, by chance, caught the '84 documentary about Harvey Milk. It was amazing to see such a documentary being shown on a southern Missouri television station. Though I cannot say I've ever been anti-gay, I had been raised around serious anti-gay sentiment and had lots of questions about gay rights at the time. Thank goodness that southern Missouri station took the risk of showing that documentary and, therefore, took a risk on me. I admit I cried my eyes out and realized I had been asking the wrong question all along. The question, I discovered, is NOT, "Should (whatever group) have equal rights?" The question IS, "Since we all have equal rights, how can I be part of making that fact a reality?" It is true that a 90 minute documentary can change a life. I cannot wait to see the movie! Thanks! In ‘89 I was 21 and, by chance, caught the ‘84 documentary about Harvey Milk. It was amazing to see such a documentary being shown on a southern Missouri television station. Though I cannot say I’ve ever been anti-gay, I had been raised around serious anti-gay sentiment and had lots of questions about gay rights at the time. Thank goodness that southern Missouri station took the risk of showing that documentary and, therefore, took a risk on me. I admit I cried my eyes out and realized I had been asking the wrong question all along. The question, I discovered, is NOT, “Should (whatever group) have equal rights?” The question IS, “Since we all have equal rights, how can I be part of making that fact a reality?” It is true that a 90 minute documentary can change a life. I cannot wait to see the movie! Thanks!

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