This 4th Of July weekend, let’s celebrate a true American hero by revisiting ‘The Times Of Harvey Milk’

Image Credit: ‘The Times Of Harvey Milk,’ Criterion

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, marking 4th of July weekend, let’s revisit the 1984 documentary that celebrated a true American hero, The Times Of Harvey Milk.

Queer visibility has dramatically expanded in all aspects of culture and public life over the last hundred years or so, from film and politics to sports and music. With this sudden mainstream recognition, we have gotten a lot of so-called “openly gay firsts”: the first openly gay person to win this or that award. The first openly gay person in such sport. The first openly gay person to hold this charge in office.

On one hand, it may feel strange and even a

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