And a pointed to this wonderful city and the region. Appointed i think they would smile, that they would see that their efforts to make this city much more equitable for everybody has been already accomplished. And like supervisor wiener said, the job isnt done, but theres been a lot that has been done. And were proud of it and we want to keep it going. And just look at the crowd here today celebrating this. You see how diverse the city is and continues to be, and that we pledge in our own official capacities, were going to always keep these doors open. Were going to always work to make our diversity benefit the rest of the city for generations and generations to come. This is our commitment. This is why we have these tributetion to remind ourselves of those years when it wasnt very easy at all. When the thought of having a gay person in office was a huge struggle, that people took their lives in risk to actually take up the responsibilities to do so. And now its become part of our dna
Good afternoon, everyone, almost good evening, and welcome to San Francisco city hall. Im supervisor scott wiener. I have the honor of representing district 8 including the castro on the board of supervisors. And which district are formerly represented by harvey milk. Supervisor olague likes to remind me we share the district 5 represented by milk. And were here today to remember supervisor harvey milk and mayor George Moscone who were brutally assassinated decades ago. And we gather every year to remember, and not just to remember and to mourn, but also to remember the positives and to remember frankly both of these great men and what they contributed to our community. You know, with respect to harvey milk, there will never, ever be another harvey milk in our community in terms of what he represented for our community in terms of a step forward. We are now elected lgbt peep to office and harvey was such an incredible trail blazer, not . In just getting elected, but in being a great le
Hostess went under. [laughter] applause but when i went to see the bust for that first time, a bust that i have to admit captured georges mile wide grin and dramatically imperfect teeth, i saw on the pedestal so many things that i didnt know were there. I saw the names of my brothers and sister inside a heart, my dads favorite movie, quotes by him how much he considered being mayor, honor bestowed on him, and the things made possible for people who didnt have power, who didnt have voice, there was so much more on that pedestal than death. And, so, i think its time to reclaim George Moscone from the narcissistic legacy or the senselessness of dan white or the well intentioned world of hollywood or the better intentioned world of theater. Its time to reclaim him from the places where the real george gets lost in the story of others, even in my own. And we gift him back to the city and to the people, to his friends and to his colleagues and to the citizens who are the fabric and texture a
That controversial pedestal of gunshots and twinkies and dont think i didnt smile when i heard hostess went under. [laughter] applause but when i went to see the bust for that first time, a bust that i have to admit captured georges mile wide grin and dramatically imperfect teeth, i saw on the pedestal so many things that i didnt know were there. I saw the names of my brothers and sister inside a heart, my dads favorite movie, quotes by him how much he considered being mayor, honor bestowed on him, and the things made possible for people who didnt have power, who didnt have voice, there was so much more on that pedestal than death. And, so, i think its time to reclaim George Moscone from the narcissistic legacy or the senselessness of dan white or the well intentioned world of hollywood or the better intentioned world of theater. Its time to reclaim him from the places where the real george gets lost in the story of others, even in my own. And we gift him back to the city and to the pe
You know, with respect to harvey milk, there will never, ever be another harvey milk in our community in terms of what he represented for our community in terms of a step forward. We are now elected lgbt peep to office and harvey was such an incredible trail blazer, not . In just getting elected, but in being a great leader and always holding his head high for our community. And i know when i was first sworn into office, one of the things that i always kept in mind was something that i understand harvey to have said, that when you go into city hall, you walk up the central staircase. You dont walk on one of the side staircases because for our community, it is so important for us to walk up that central staircase and for us to be in the middle of everything and for everyone to know that we are here. And all these years later, weve made a lot of strides in the Lgbt Community, but we still have so much work to do around hiv issues, around our youth, around discrimination, around transincl