'Milk' screenwriter on the red carpet

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Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter of Milk, is walking the carpet with real-life Harvey associate Cleve Jones. They’re both wearing white ribbons– promoting marriage equality– and Black says he really hopes the message of this film continues to have an impact in that fight. He says growing up as a boy in Texas, Harvey was his “gay hero,” and he really hopes his story, despite its tragic end, continues to inspire. “In my mind, he knew his life was what he was going to have to give, to get the message across. He wanted his death to be something hopeful.” FYI: Black’s next project? The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, again with Gus Van Sant. –Whitney Pastorek

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BatmansKiss
Mon 02/23/09 4:02 AM

Congrats to him and this tremendous accomplishment, to be out and proud, when the naysayers outside the Kodak theater would proclaim you in derogatory terms, you are an inspiration to the rest of us who work while in the closet. Thank you for standing up for all of us.

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scar2
Mon 02/23/09 4:38 AM

I bawled during his beautiful speech. It was especially moving cuz he’s an ex-member of the Mormon church, which heavily funded Prop 8.

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