One of Milk's men
Cleve Jones - one of the founders of the NAMES Project that memorialized AIDS victims through quilts, and one of Harvey Milk's proteges - will be grand marshal of the Utah Pride Parade, set for June 7 in downtown Salt Lake City, the Tribune's Rosemary Winters reported today.
Jones marched alongside Milk, the San Francisco City Supervisor whose life was depicted in last year's Oscar-winning film "Milk," in marches and rallies - and campaigned to help make Milk the first openly gay man elected to major office in the United States. (In the movie, Jones was played by Emile Hirsch.)
The parade is the capper to a weekend of events, including the two-day Utah Pride Festival (which features comedian Paula Poundstone on Saturday night, June 6).
Jones marched alongside Milk, the San Francisco City Supervisor whose life was depicted in last year's Oscar-winning film "Milk," in marches and rallies - and campaigned to help make Milk the first openly gay man elected to major office in the United States. (In the movie, Jones was played by Emile Hirsch.)
The parade is the capper to a weekend of events, including the two-day Utah Pride Festival (which features comedian Paula Poundstone on Saturday night, June 6).
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