The speech is important because it helped unite the gay community and their supporters. At the time, the LGBT community was facing much more hostility and discrimination (compared to today); Milk shined light on the importance of empowering LGBT leaders. He believed that the government should represent individuals and insure equality for all. Milk thought that the more people that “came out of the closet,”
The speech is important because it helped unite the gay community and their supporters. At the time, the LGBT community was facing much more hostility and discrimination (compared to today); Milk shined light on the importance of empowering LGBT leaders. He believed that the government should represent individuals and insure equality for all. Milk thought that the more people that “came out of the closet,”