Milk Page #8

Do it with me.

Hello.

Forty years ago, tonight,

the gay citizens of Germany found

out they no longer had civil rights.

Tomorrow morning, the gay citizens

of Wichita will also awaken

to find that they too

have lost their civil rights!

You have whistles. You use them

when we have been attacked.

Tonight we have been attacked.

Come on, the crowd

is leaving without us!

Sh*t!

Get the press

to the marquee.

Move left! Move left!

What are you doing?

What are you doing? Where's Harvey?

We're shutting down traffic,

both directions.

Cameras are rolling.

Okay, disconnect

the power arm!

Civil rights or civil war!

Gay rights now!

Civil rights or civil war!

Gay rights now!

Civil rights or civil war!

Gay rights now!

Civil rights or civil war!

Gay rights now!

Civil rights or civil war!

Gay rights now!

Anita!

Anita, you're a liar!

We'll set your hair on fire!

Anita, you're a liar!

Anita, you're a liar!

We'll set your hair on fire!

Anita, you're a liar!

We'll set your hair on fire!

Okay, okay!

My name is Harvey Milk

and I'm here to recruit you.

They're calling it

a successful mediation.

You're a goddamn hero. F***,

we came this close to a riot.

Next time

put down the note cards.

You got to keep talking into that bullhorn

and tell them what they're feeling.

Oh, you're just jealous

it wasn't you out there.

We're losing

Proposition 6 by 60%,

and you're over there

celebrating a riot.

What we need is exposure.

If we're gonna

beat this thing,

we got to get Briggs

to acknowledge it.

Every paper's calling

Prop 6 the main event now.

We lose this, we'll have

anti-gay laws in all 50 states,

and Briggs won't answer our

calls for a public debate.

He's trying

to ignore us to death.

We need

something populist.

What's the number one

problem in this city?

The f***ing piss

smell in the tenderloin.

Close.

Dog sh*t.

If you clean up the dog sh*t in

this town, you're the next mayor.

Supervisor Milk

took to the grassy lawn

at Duboce Park this afternoon

to publicize the new law.

Dog mess is a hazard and on

top of that, it's disgusting.

So under the new ordinance, all dog

owners who don't clean up their mess

will be fined.

Milk put his foot down to emphasize

that the city intends to enforce,

and you guessed it.

In Supervisor Milk's words,

"This really is the bottom line. "

Aye.

Lau, aye.

Supervisor Hutch?

Aye.

Hutch, aye.

Supervisor White?

No.

White, no.

Supervisor Silver?

Aye.

Silver, aye.

Supervisor Milk?

Aye.

Milk, aye.

Madam President,

I have ten ayes and one no.

The San Francisco

Gay Rights Ordinance

sponsored by Supervisors

Milk and Silver is passed.

I can't get my stories on

page ten, you're getting page one?

Doggy-doo is a

real issue, George.

A powder blue pen to sign the

city's first gay rights law.

I don't do this enough, taking

swift and unambiguous action

on a substantive

move for civil rights.

Congratulations.

George, we need your

help with Briggs.

The gay community will have your

back on every issue from now on.

We hope you'll have ours.

What are you

working on, Dan?

If you have something

to discuss, Harvey,

you can have your aide make

an appointment with my aide.

Dan, I know you're upset

about the psychiatric center.

What else do you

have coming up?

Now you need

something from me.

What do you want, me to support the

queers against Prop 6, is that it?

We prefer the term gay, Dan.

Just as I'm sure you prefer the

term Irish-American instead of mick.

Harvey, a society can't

exist without the family.

We're not against that.

- You're not?

What, can two men reproduce?

No.

But God knows

we keep trying.

This isn't you, Dan.

It's like you're channeling

Anita and Briggs.

We got to be able to work

together on something.

Okay, Milk,

introduce an initiative

for supervisor pay raises.

Dan, we both have elections

coming up. We can't do that.

No, you asked for something.

Introduce pay raises, 'cause I can't

take care of my family on our salaries.

You don't have that

problem, do you?

Senator John Briggs

apparently has not flinched

in the face of statewide

criticism of his anti-gay crusade.

He says polls show most of the

people are still on his side.

Especially those concerned with the

preservation of the American family.

If these people are going to live

a life of such open homosexuality,

that they want a 21 gun salute every

time somebody walks by them,

those people are going to be in danger

of being removed from their job.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Harvey

Happy birthday to you

What's wrong, taco?

It's just that

Cleve and Anne,

they tried to cut me

out of your table, baby.

I'm so sick of them.

You should fire them.

I'll take it

under consideration.

Would you go

get us some cake?

Cake?

- Yeah.

Whatever you want.

Don't let Cesar Chavez

hear you calling him taco.

He's getting much better.

He's enrolling in classes on Monday, I hope.

You know, I remember

when your birthdays were

a lot less lavish and

a little more intimate.

Who invited you? Anne?

No, my boyfriend.

I'm his plus one.

Well, congratulations.

It was a very hard ticket to get.

Congratulations to you. Looks like

you're part of the machine now.

By the way,

you can do better.

When I come home to Jack,

I don't have to talk politics,

I don't have to talk intelligently.

I don't have to talk at all.

And besides, where's an ugly old man like

me gonna find a handsome young man like that?

You're not that old

and you look handsome.

Happy 48. Looks like you're gonna

make it to 50 after all, Mr. Milk.

Harvey!

Harvey, Harvey!

Is your birthday party

over?

Well, it's just

winding down. Hi.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I missed your birthday party.

No, it's no problem.

It's good to see you, Dan.

I'm sorry. It's good

to see you too, Harvey.

Oh, I wanted to ask

you about the dog poop.

Yeah.

That's good.

It's a really good one.

It's a good one.

Hey, I got you

a little something.

You didn't have to.

I knew you were

going to say that.

Why do people

always say that?

"You didn't have to."

I mean, of course, right?

But that's what

they always say.

They always say

things like that.

Always.

Are you okay, Dan?

Yeah.

Are you okay, Harvey?

Are we okay?

- Okay.

I've learned a lot from watching you.

- I doubt that.

No, I have. I've realized

you just gotta get out there.

You gotta be noticed, 'cause

that's how it all works.

But you have an issue.

See, that's your advantage.

That's an advantage.

Dan,

it's more than an issue.

What?

- I...

Dan, I have had four

relationships in my life.

And three of them have tried to

commit suicide. And that's my fault,

because I kept them hidden and quiet,

because I was closeted and weak.

You see what I'm saying?

- Yes.

You do?

- Mmm-hmm.

This is not just jobs or issues,

this is our lives we're fighting for.

Okay?

- All right.

Okay, Dan...

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