Dustin Lance Black, renowned for the biopic 'Milk', urged LGBTQ+ individuals to respond to the Trump administration's efforts to strip Harvey Milk's name from a Navy ship by forging alliances with other marginalized communities. He stressed the importance of unity over division, invoking Milk's legacy as a call to action for collective strength among various oppressed groups, highlighting Milk's commitment to diverse issues beyond LGBTQ+ rights, including support for workers and seniors. Black emphasized that true advocacy lies in collaboration and shared struggle for justice.
This is one of the oldest plays in the playbook ... if they divide, they'll conquer. If gay people want to react to this the way Harvey Milk would say to react to this is to understand Harvey's gonna be an icon no matter what Pete does. Now it's time to do what Harvey said to do. He said this is not about ego. ... This is about the 'us-es' coming together.
He didn't mean just LGBTQ folks ... He was talking about the people who he worked for, who he fought so hard for, like seniors in San Francisco who couldn't afford to live in the home that they had grown up in. About union workers who supported Harvey because Harvey had boycotted Coors beer so union workers could have a living wage to raise their kids.
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