Comments on: Life as a gay pioneer is no “Milk” run http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/10/26/life-as-a-gay-pioneer-is-no-%e2%80%9cmilk%e2%80%9d-run/ The voice of Clarksville, Tennessee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:33:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David W. Shelton http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/10/26/life-as-a-gay-pioneer-is-no-%e2%80%9cmilk%e2%80%9d-run/comment-page-1/#comment-10176 David W. Shelton Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:39:08 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=11218#comment-10176 I recently received an email from Jerry Pritkin, who was friends with Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone. Here's what he said: Hi David, I have an Harvey Milk Google alert and your story popped up. It is hard to believe that 30 years have come and gone since my friends...Harvey and Mayor Moscone were assassinated. I have mixed emotions about the film. They made a mistake and it based on one of my images. It was originally taken on 6/7/77 and was flashed across the country via Associated Press wire photo service. For the real history of that date visit www.thecastro.net/street/memoriespage/pritikin/scene05.html according to the movie, on that date... the impromptu march was in response to an anti-gay event in Wichita,Kansas. It was Dade County Florida... and in a way erases my footnote to gay history. I am attaching a few items to prove my point. Also, I recommend the <a href="www.thecastro.net" rel="nofollow">Castro.Net</a> website it is not a recreation like the movie... but real images and stories by the pioneers(including myself) who helped to bring change, first to San Francisco and then the nation, and beyond. It's good to see that the discussion about Milk, and those times are being read and soon seen in mid-America! Keep up your good work, Making everyday, gay freedom day. Jerry Pritikin /Chicago I recently received an email from Jerry Pritkin, who was friends with Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone. Here’s what he said:

Hi David,

I have an Harvey Milk Google alert and your story popped up. It is hard to believe that 30 years have come and gone since my friends…Harvey and Mayor Moscone were assassinated. I have mixed emotions about the film. They made a mistake and it based on one of my images. It was originally taken on 6/7/77 and was flashed across the country via Associated Press wire photo service.

For the real history of that date visit http://www.thecastro.net/street/memoriespage/pritikin/scene05.html

according to the movie, on that date… the impromptu march was in response to an anti-gay event in Wichita,Kansas. It was Dade County Florida… and in a way erases my footnote to gay history. I am attaching a few items to prove my point. Also, I recommend the Castro.Net website it is not a recreation like the movie… but real images and stories by the pioneers(including myself) who helped to bring change, first to San Francisco and then the nation, and beyond. It’s good to see that the discussion about Milk, and those times are being read and soon seen in mid-America!

Keep up your good work,
Making everyday, gay freedom day.
Jerry Pritikin /Chicago

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