Friday, May 22 is Harvey Milk Day 2015.
The day honors the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, a civil rights leader who proved there is “no such thing as a gay way, there is only one way.”
He promoted broad public education and dialogue as a form of creating leaders that will challenge the status quo and fight for our citizen’s rights.
In honor of Milk, we have compiled seven of his most inspiring quotes. Check them out:
- “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”
- “The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!”
- “It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.”
- “All men are created equal. Now matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.”
- “All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.”
- “Hope will never be silent.”
- “Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.”
Also, check out some Harvey Milk Day events around the nation you can be a part of.
