Interview With PLAN
"The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada was founded in 1994 to bring together diverse and potentially competing organizations into one cohesive force for social and environmental justice in Nevada."
"The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada was founded in 1994 to bring together diverse and potentially competing organizations into one cohesive force for social and environmental justice in Nevada."
What is your opinion on gay rights?
Stacy: “Well, I'm obviously for equality for all people.”
When growing up, did you recall hearing stories, insults, or jokes about homosexuals?
Stacy: "I remember kids saying, 'that's so gay'. I didn't have much of an awareness."
Do you still hear those remarks?
Stacy: Stacy doesn't hear many insults today because she works with many people in the LGBT community. However, she says, "there's hatred out there, obviously"
What are some challenges homosexuals face today?
Stacy: Bob can't marry his partner. The biggest issue for the LGBT community is transgender prejudice.
Bob: “40 years ago, people wouldn't come out. It was hard to tell your parents that you are gay when they weren't okay with it. Culture is shifting. People are more comfortable with coming out today.”
What actions or achievements of Milk's do you know?
Bob: Bob was a freshman when Milk was murdered. He knows about Milk’s coalition building and hope. "We forget about the hope thing. And Harvey Milk, 'you gotta give them hope.'"
How has Milk affected the nation from the late 70s to now?
Bob: "He was way ahead of his time. Milk’s biggest advice was to come out because people are less likely to be prejudice if they know someone who's gay.”
Would the progression of gay rights be as advanced as it is today without Milk’s influence?
Bob: "No way, now way, nowhere near it. People were afraid to be gay. People were getting beat up all the time."
Stacy: “Well, I'm obviously for equality for all people.”
When growing up, did you recall hearing stories, insults, or jokes about homosexuals?
Stacy: "I remember kids saying, 'that's so gay'. I didn't have much of an awareness."
Do you still hear those remarks?
Stacy: Stacy doesn't hear many insults today because she works with many people in the LGBT community. However, she says, "there's hatred out there, obviously"
What are some challenges homosexuals face today?
Stacy: Bob can't marry his partner. The biggest issue for the LGBT community is transgender prejudice.
Bob: “40 years ago, people wouldn't come out. It was hard to tell your parents that you are gay when they weren't okay with it. Culture is shifting. People are more comfortable with coming out today.”
What actions or achievements of Milk's do you know?
Bob: Bob was a freshman when Milk was murdered. He knows about Milk’s coalition building and hope. "We forget about the hope thing. And Harvey Milk, 'you gotta give them hope.'"
How has Milk affected the nation from the late 70s to now?
Bob: "He was way ahead of his time. Milk’s biggest advice was to come out because people are less likely to be prejudice if they know someone who's gay.”
Would the progression of gay rights be as advanced as it is today without Milk’s influence?
Bob: "No way, now way, nowhere near it. People were afraid to be gay. People were getting beat up all the time."
"People were afraid to be gay." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"[Harvey] was way ahead of his time." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"Because the prejudice was so hard [in the late 1970s]." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"The biggest advice [Harvey] gave to people was to come out." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"We forget about the hope thing. And Harvey Milk, 'you gotta give them hope.'" -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"All these horrible things are happening, we forget about hope." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"More people are out and coming out and comfortable with it." -Stacey Shinn, Organizer and Legislative Activist, PLAN
"[Harvey] was way ahead of his time." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"Because the prejudice was so hard [in the late 1970s]." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"The biggest advice [Harvey] gave to people was to come out." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"We forget about the hope thing. And Harvey Milk, 'you gotta give them hope.'" -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"All these horrible things are happening, we forget about hope." -Bob Fulkerson, State Director and co-founder, PLAN
"More people are out and coming out and comfortable with it." -Stacey Shinn, Organizer and Legislative Activist, PLAN