Harvey Milk's nephew blazes his own trail

Dan82 · Jun 20, 2010

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/19/BAPP1E0CMM.DTL

Stuart Milk, the 49-year-old nephew of assassinated gay rights trailblazer Harvey Milk, has picked up his uncle's torch and taken it across the country and the globe speaking about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.

He co-founded the Harvey Milk Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy and education center. Last year, on his late uncle's behalf, Milk accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama and the California Hall of Fame Medal from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. This year, he celebrated California's inaugural Harvey Milk Day on May 22. Born in New York, Milk now lives in South Florida. He spoke recently with Chronicle reporter Rachel Gordon.

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donnie5 · Jun 20, 2010

That's really cool that he continued the legacy his uncle died for.

theJosephDean · Jun 20, 2010

That's amazing!! It's good to know that Harvey's work lives on, in his own family, no less :]

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