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When Randy Shilts's The Mayor of Castro Street appeared in 1982, the very idea of a gay political biography was brand-new. While biographies of literary and artistic figures (both living and dead) were a popular genre, there had been no openly gay political figure who merited a full-length book. Harvey Milk--a gay political organizer who became the first openly gay city supervisor in San Francisco and was then assassinated (along with liberal mayor George Moscone)--was the obvious choice for such a book. And Randy Shilts--a young reporter who had risen up through the gay press to become the first openly gay reporter with a gay "beat" in the American mainstream press--was the perfect person to write it. While his later works such as And the Band Played On and Conduct Unbecoming were based on hard-hitting, fact-driven reportage, Shilts's tone in The Mayor of Castro Street is softer, more focused on the narrative of Harvey Milk's political rise from running a small business on Castro Street, to organizing local gay men and lesbians around grass-roots issues, to winning an elected office. But in many ways this is also a forceful and engaging story of the gay rights movement in the second half of the 20th century. Thus, Shilts follows the growth of the Castro as a gay neighborhood and the growth of San Francisco's gay community from a ragtag collection of people who socialized and sexualized together into a vibrant and political force. --Michael Bronski

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The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (Paperback)

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There were passages throughout that I wanted to mark and post here, but I didn't. The appendices include several superb speeches by Milk; the man was both a practical ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 15 05:40:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 04 06:35:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 23:31:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:11:52 -0700 2009 The Mayor of Castro Street is a fascinating look into Milk’s life and all-too-short political career , as well as a detailed (and sad) history ...more...]]> 4 1 false true Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:59:07 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:07:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 true false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 17:26:05 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 10:44:03 -0800 2009 once
It was very interesting to read about how Harvey Milk, ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:15:35 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:16:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Dec 23 09:27:15 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 09:05:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 06 08:36:02 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 08:45:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 06:11:34 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 08:21:35 -0800 2009 Milk to provide a more rounded view of Milk's life, his life's work and his legacy.

Shilts portrays Milk with all his fire and passion for life: both personal and political. We see his sk...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 04 16:23:56 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 03 15:59:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 15:33:59 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 11:38:32 -0800 2009 And the Band Played On...: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, which was the first book to investigate and document the AIDS epidemic in the gay community. Randy Shilts, the first openly gay reporter for T...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 16:54:11 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 06:05:16 -0700 2009 Milk. I ultimately decided to purchase and read the book after watching the 1984 documentary The Times Of Harvey Milk on YouTube. Both did an excellent job of providing insight into the life and times of Harvey M...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 09:44:31 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 16:14:41 -0700 2009 1
It's hard to believe, but compared to the book, I think the movie ends o...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 21:30:06 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 21:42:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 16:48:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:21:04 -0700 2009 1 Randy Shilts is the s***. He depicted Harvey Milk's life richly, with knowledge he gained as a gay SF reporter during the 70s, and subsequent research. The myriad details never weighed down the story arc, but instead kept me riveted and reading further. Shilts wrote non-fiction like it was a really ...

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Beyond the biographical material, the background information in the book is invaluable to students of LGBT history. Milk's frequent tension with moderate Gays and modera...more...]]> 4 1 true false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 16 21:46:43 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 00:27:38 -0800 2009 1
I might add to this review after seeing "...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3831533