Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Children of Harvey Milk How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World by Andrew Reynolds Harvey Milk: 8 Movies and Books Celebrating the LGBTQ Icon. It’s Harvey Milk Day! Celebrate with a selection of books and movies to buy and stream. May 22, 2021 4:30 pm. Share This Article Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Talk. “The Times of Harvey Milk” Courtesy Everett Collection. All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. As one of the first openly gay politicians in the country to be elected to public office, Harvey Milk was a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community. Born on May 22, 1930, the native New Yorker rose to become an outspoken human rights activist, and an impassioned champion of LGBTQ rights. Milk was assassinated in 1978, just one year after being elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More than 40 years after his death, Milk continues to be celebrated as an inspirational and courageous leader in the fight for equal rights. To commemorate “Harvey Milk Day,” we curated a list of movies and books that will help you learn more about the LGBT icon. From biographies and documentaries, to a true crime thriller that delves into the unanswered questions behind his assassination, the roundup features a variety of fascinating reads, and a couple of Oscar-winning films. Find our selection below, and for more cinematic recommendations, check out the best LGBTQ movies and TV shows to buy and stream, and more box sets from fan favorite films and shows. Related. Paramount+: How to Sign Up for a Free Trial, and What Makes the Service Worth It 10 LGBTQ Documentaries to Stream on Amazon Prime. Related. Sundance 2021 Deals: The Complete List of Festival Purchases Emmy Predictions: Best Variety Talk Series -- Can Any Fresh Shows Break In? “An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings” by Jason Edward Black. “An Archive of Hope” features a collection of Milk’s own words as told through speeches, columns, editorials, political campaign materials, open letters, press releases, newspapers, personal collections, and more from a vault of public records. The book’s forward was penned by Frank Robinson, a friend and political advisor to the slain politician. Sean Penn stars in this 2008 biopic directed by Gus Van Sant. Penn won an Oscar for his leading role in the film, which you can rent on Amazon Prime, but you’ll have to act fast before it leaves the platform. It’s also on Netflix, and of course, you can always purchase a Blu-ray copy. “Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk” by Dustin Lance Black. “Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk” is an illustrated companion piece to the film. The book includes oral histories, archival photographs, behind-the-scenes stills, and the story behind the biopic, written by the screenwriter of the film “Milk.” “The Times of Harvey Milk” This Oscar-winning documentary narrated by Harvey Fierstein, and directed by Robert Epstein (“The Celluloid Closet,” “Paragraph 175”), details Milk’s rise from local activist and novice politician to a pioneer of gay rights. The gripping documentary showcases archival footage and heartfelt interviews about the visionary politician. “Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death” by Lillian Faderman. Lillian Faderman blends personal and political details in this 2019 biography. “Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death” outlines the influence that Milk’s Jewish upbringing had on his life, despite rejecting Judaism as a religion. “Double Play: The Hidden Passions Behind the Double Assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk” by Mike Weiss. This true crime thriller offers the hidden details of how one man got away with the double murder of two San Francisco politicians. Dan White, a onetime San Francisco supervisor, former police officer and Vietnam War veteran, who opposed gay rights, murdered Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone on the same day in November 1978. After using what became known as the “Twinkie Defense,” White was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather than murder. White served five years of a seven-year sentence before committing suicide less than two years after his prison release. “The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed World” by Andrew Reynolds. Andrew Reynolds highlights courageous figures from around the globe making their voices heard amid the fight for equal rights. “The Children of Harvey Milk” includes rare vignettes of LGBTQ leaders in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, who continue to fight for equality in spite of ongoing threats of violence and homophobia. “Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag” by Rob Sanders. “Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag” illustrates the history of the LGBTQ flag for young readers. Beginning with its origins in 1978 through the work of Milk and Gilbert Bakers, the children’s book outlines how the flag became a global symbol of LGBTQ pride. This Article is related to: Shop and tagged LGBTQ, movies to buy or stream, Where to Watch. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World by Andrew Reynolds. Over a billion people now live in nations where same-sex marriage is legal, but nearly three billion people live in countries where being gay is a crime. The treatment of gay men, lesbians and transgender people around the world frequently makes headlines. In Europe and the Americas, it has exemplified how dramatic social and legal change can come about. But these changes contrast with the absence of rights in other parts of the world, from discrimination driven by homophobia to harsh punishments, including the death penalty, enshrined in law. How can legal and social change be further encouraged? The gay rights movement became successful when it became personal, about people not stereotypes. There is powerful evidence to show that LGBTQ representatives have a dramatic impact on the progress on gay rights in their countries, states and towns. Andrew Reynolds, a Visiting Scholar at the Hertie School, is Professor of Political Science and the Director of the LGBTQ Representation and Rights Research Initiative at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has led the research into the presence and influence of out elected officials. He will share insights about the impact of LGB elected officials and transgender/gender variant politicians. Andrew Reynolds' research and teaching focus on democratisation, constitutional design and electoral politics. He is particularly interested in the presence and impact of minorities and marginalised communities. He has worked for the United Nations, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), the UK Department for International Development, the US State Department, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Foundation for Election Systems. He has also served as a consultant on issues of electoral and constitutional design for numerous countries among them Afghanistan, Burma, Iraq, Lebanon, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine. He has received research awards from the US Institute of Peace, the National Science Foundation, the US Agency for International Development, and the Ford Foundation. Moderation: Mark Kayser is Professor of Applied Methods and Comparative Politics at the Hertie School of Governance. His research primarily focuses on elections and political economy. Kayser’s major projects centre on partisan asymmetries in electoral accountability, media reporting on the economy, and the effect of electoral competitiveness on incumbent behaviour. Andrew Reynolds. Andrew Reynolds received his B.A.(Hons) from the University of East Anglia, a M.A. (Dist.) from the University of Cape Town and his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. His research and teaching focus on democratization, constitutional design and electoral politics. He is particularly interested in the presence and impact of minorities and marginalized communities. He has worked for the United Nations, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), the UK Department for International Development, the US State Department, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Foundation for Election Systems. He has also served as a consultant on issues of electoral and constitutional design for Afghanistan, Angola, Burma, Egypt, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. He has received research awards from the U.S. Institute of Peace, the National Science Foundation, the US Agency for International Development, and the Ford Foundation. Among his books are: The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform (Oxford, 2015) with Jason Brownlee and Tarek Masoud, Designing Democracy in a Dangerous World (Oxford, 2011), The Architecture of Democracy: Constitutional Design, Conflict Management, and Democracy (Oxford, 2002), Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa (Oxford, 1999), Election 99 South Africa: From Mandela to Mbeki (St. Martin’s, 1999), Election 94 South Africa: The Campaigns, Results and Future Prospects (David Philip, 1994), Elections and Conflict Management in Africa (USIP, 1998), co-edited with T. Sisk, and The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design (IDEA, 1997, 2nd. 1997, 3rd. 2005) wth Ben Reilly and Andrew Ellis. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World (Oxford, 2018) has been lauded as a groundbreaking study of the impact of out queer elected officials. Reynolds is the founder of QueerPolitics and a faculty member in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a Professor of Political Science (on leave) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2017 he was shortlisted to be the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva. His articles have appeared in journals including the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Democratization, Politics and Society, Middle East Law and Governance, Electoral Studies, Journal of Democracy, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and San Diego Union Tribune. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Arabic, Serbo-Croat, Albanian, Burmese, Bahasa, Nepali, Thai, Tamil, and Portuguese. Selected Publications. “Voter Preferences and the Political Underrepresentation of Minority Groups: Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Candidates in Advanced Democracies,” (with Gabriele Magni) Journal of Politics, forthcoming. "Calling Trump ‘Morbidly Obese’ Taps into Voters Antipathy toward Overweight Candidates," (with Gabriele Magni) Washington Post, June 2020. “Does Sexual Orientation Still Matter? The impact of LGBT candidate identity and visibility on vote share in the UK elections of 2015,” (with Gabriele Magni) American Political Science Review, Vol.12, No.3 (August 2018). The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018), 354pp. (Paperback May 2020). The UK’s parliament is still the gayest in the world after 2019 election. Levels of gay, bi and lesbian representation in the UK parliament have remained stable at the election after a Tory surge. The last UK parliament had 45 out LGBT+ MPs – the highest number in the world. There’s now more out Tories than LGBT+ Labour MPs. Ahead of the election, six out Tories and one out Labour MP stood down, while three out Labour MPs lost on Thursday. However, the MPs departing were offset by a new cohort of LGBT+ politicians, with ten new out MPs were elected – seven Tories and three SNP. There are now 20 Tories, 15 Labour and 10 SNP MPs who identify as LGBT+. The Scottish National Party now has the highest proportion of gay, bi and lesbian representation of any party in parliament, at 21 per cent, while 5.5 per cent of Conservative MPs and 7.4 per cent of Labour MPs identify as LGBT+. Once again, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, Green Party and Northern Irish parties all have no out LGBT+ MPs. None of the candidates who identify as trans or non-binary were successful on Thursday. One of the new out MPs was suspended from the SNP before election day over antisemitic posts. The full list of out LGBT+ MPs can be found below, with the newly elected highlighted in bold. Conservatives. Daniel Kawczynski Shrewsbury & Atcham. Crispin Blunt Reigate. Conor Burns Bournemouth West. Nigel Evans Ribble Valley. Lee Rowley Derbyshire North East. Mark Menzies Fylde. Nick Gibb Bognor Regis & Littlehampton. Iain Stewart Milton Keynes South. Paul Holmes* Eastleigh. Mark Fletcher* Bolsover. William Wragg Hazel Grove. Stuart Andrew Pudsey. Damien Moore Southport. David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale. Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green. Kieran Mullan* Crewe and Nantwich. Elliot Colburn* Carshalton and Wallington. Chris Clarkson* Heywood and Middleton. Antony Higginbotham* Burnley. Labour. Angela Eagle Wallasey. Clive Betts Sheffield South East. Nick Brown Newcastle upon Tyne East. Dan Carden Liverpool Walton. Stephen Doughty Cardiff South & Penarth. Nia Griffith Llanelli. Gerald Jones Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney. Luke Pollard Plymouth, Sutton. Steve Reed Croydon North. Wes Streeting Ilford North. Ben Bradshaw Exeter. Chris Bryant Rhondda. Peter Kyle Hove. Lloyd Russell Moyle Brighton Kemptown. Cat Smith Lancaster and Fleetwood. Scottish National Party. Hannah Bardell Livingston. Mhairi Black Paisley & Renfrewshire South. Martin Docherty West Dunbartonshire. Stuart McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch. Stewart McDonald Glasgow South. Joanna Cherry Edinburgh South West. Alyn Smith* Sterling. Angela Crawley Lanark & Hamilton East. John Nicholson* Ochil and South Perthshire. Neale Hanvey* Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. More from PinkNews. Stars you didn’t know are LGBT+ Celebs you didn’t know have an LGBT sibling. The stars who went gay for pay. Sitting MPs who lost their seats. Ged Killen Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Sandy Martin Ipswich. Gordon Marsden Blackpool South. Andrew Reynolds is the author of The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World, and Professor of Political Science at UNC Chapel Hill. He tweets at @AndyReynoldsUNC. Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World (In Asheville) Forty years ago, on November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk’s iconic journey was ended by an assassin’s bullet. The generation of out LGBTQ leaders he inspired went on to transform the world we live in. UNC-Chapel Hill Professor of Political Science Andrew Reynolds has documented this history through the epic stories of courageous men and women around the world who came forward to make their voices heard during the struggle for equal rights. Please join us for a special discussion of Reynolds’ new book, The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed the World . Professor Reynolds will offer a short lecture on the visibility of LGBTQ politicians. A discussion with the author and Jasmine Beach- Ferrara (Campaign for Southern Equality, Buncombe County Commissioner) will follow.