That's better.
Bells Tolling
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Non-Binary and for those of you who have yet to decide...
Season's Greetings???? I think...
'Yer a mean one, Mr Grinch'
It's okay, I'm doing this, we're gonna...... we're doing happiness.
Happiness remember that?
What??? Go with it.
Hi guys I'm Shelly, welcome back to my channel,
and The 12 Gays of Christmas.
Yes, you read right and you heard right. That did just come out of my mouth.
I am here to celebrate all things LGBTQIA+
I have spent most of November, and the start of December, learning so much about queer history, that I didn't know
I am sat here today, and I can say that I am Queer, because of the Women & Men, & Non-Binary & Transgender,
and everybody else who came before me.
They paved the freakin road, they put their safety, their health, their body, their mind, their mental health, their spirit.
In danger, at risk. So that they could live freely, and so that I, here today. Can live freely.
The generations that are before us, the generations that are here now. Still fighting.
I was aware of some of the people that I'm going to talk about.
But there are a lot, I just, just wasn't aware at all.
I have been humbled and grounded by reading these people's stories.
We, as a community, have a lot of gratitude to give to these people.
And I would like to talk to you about 12 of them.
Hopefully I'll make it fun, I'll probably get confused and they'll probably be a lot of me tripping over my tongue.
But let's get started with day 1
Ladies and Gentlemen, Christmas Day. I am going to bow to you...
Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk is going to be one of the most I think well-known people, I'm going to talk about.
He had a movie made after him, there's been lots of documentaries, but we will get to that.
He became one of the first openly gay officials in the United States,
When he was selected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Born in Woodmere....... New York New York!
I've had so much trouble saying that. Woodmere, New York in 1930.
He graduated the New York State College for teachers and he joined the US Navy.
Which I don't think is talked about that much???
I had no idea, but following his discharge in 1955
He moved back to New York and worked a variety of jobs,
From public teacher, to Wall Street investment banker....
That's one hell of a mix there Harvey.
In 1972, getting bored of New York. He moved to San Francisco and opened a camera shop.
Called Castro Camera, putting him right in the heart of the city's gay community.
The Castro was where all the LGBTQIA+ people went, and gathered and built their community.
Castro Camera kind of became the hub, and the neighborhood center for people to come and congregate,
and start talking about politics and so on and so forth.
Harvey found his voice as a leader, and as an activist.
In 1973, he declared his candidacy, and ran for a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Sadly he lost the election, but the experience speared him on to do it again, 2 years later.
He did lose but by a very, very narrow amount.
By then Harvey had become a political force, and a community leader.
He was called the Gay Mayor of Castro Street.
In 1977 he ran again, and he finally won his seat on the Board of Supervisors.
Inaugerated..... Inaugraatteedd???
No I can't say that word. Basically he was signed in, on January 19th 1978.
Being the first openly gay official in the city, and one of the first in the country.
His campaign had incorporated gay rights, child care, and housing.
He wanted to work for the community as a whole, and bring people together. Rather than separate everybody.
During his time as supervisor, he worked with Mayor Moscone,
abolishing the cities anti sodomy law, and helping to elect other openly gay Supervisors and Politicians.
Sadly on November 27 1978, Harvey was tragically shot and killed. Along with mayor Moscone.
By an Ex Councilman Dan White.
White had resigned from the board earlier that year, and was trying to get reinstated.
He blamed the Mayor and Harvey for his downfall.
In the years to follow, Milks legacy as a leader and a pioneer, has endured.
In 2008, his life was of course immortalized in the very famous movie 'Milk'
Starring Sean Penn, Who won the Academy Award as Best Actor for playing the role.
The screenplay of the film 'Milk', was actually written by Dustin Lance Black.
Who himself, is a gay rights activist. He gave an empowered and quite moving and beautiful speech,
When he won the Oscar for Best Screenplay.
Harvey's legacy lives on, not just through that film.
But from the people that he touched, and the people that he inspires,
and the lessons that we learn from him even today.
I have to admit, I didn't know much about Harvey until I sat down and watched the movie 'Milk'
From then on I just I wanted to learn more. He seemed like such a lovely character.
There is a book that is on my Christmas list, that I really hope that I get to open later, about Harvey Milk.
He is truly an inspirational and rather adorable man.
That is Day 1, of the 12 Gays of Christmas.
Stay tuned, if you would like to learn more. There will be Day 2 and so on and so forth.
I hope you guys are good. and are all snuggled up on the sofa, enjoying a wonderful Christmas Day.
Seasonal Day. Day where you lock the family out, and just, just hide under a duvet.
Which is probably what I'm doing.
I will see you tomorrow for more gayness..Yay! Bye...
Owwww, Why did i pick the most uncomfortable place to record?
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