Topic: The Advocate Newsmagazine

Raul Alvillar has been named White House interim LGBT liaisonRaul Alvillar has been named White House interim LGBT liaison, gay weekly the Washington Blade reported. Alvillar will temporarily replace Brian Bond, who is trading his administration post for a position at the ...

Los Angeles' deputy mayor for energy and environment, Nancy Sutley, was appointed on December 15, 2008, to head President-elect Barack Obama 's White House Council on Environmental Quality during a press conference where several new cabinet members were put forth. Obama Announces ...

The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends That''s how this country's run Twinkies are the best friend I've ever had I fought the law And I won I blew George & Harvey's brains out with my six-gun I fought the law and I won ~ Dead Kennedys[1] . George Richard Moscone is best remembered as the mayor of San Francisco who, along with San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, was shot and killed by Dan White on November 27, 1978. A Little Background George Moscone was born and raised in San Francisco. Moscone opened his private law practice in 1956 in San Francisco. [2] Moscone's Political Career Moscone, a Democrat, began his career in 1963 by winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and was known for his defense of the poor, racial minorities and small business owners. Moscone's Importance to the GLBT Community Moscone is noted for having been "the first mayor to appoint large numbers of women, gays and lesbians and racial minorities to city commissions and advisory boards. The double murder of Moscone and Harvey Milk shocked the City and possibly the whole world into really noticing him. (Harvey Milk, however, no matter how he died, would have and will always be known for being the first openly gay, United States elected government official. Moscone would run for one more term in 1979 and then endorse Milk for the mayor's office four years later. "[5] Overall, I believe that the single most important thing that George Moscone did for the GLBT community was to openly accept Harvey Milk as both a friend and perfectly valid human being in a world that was by and large less accepting of homosexuality than it is today. [6] Moscone''s Legacy Centers and schools have been named in his and Harvey Milk's honor (the Moscone Center and the Moscone Recreation Center; George Moscone Elementary ...