When: Tuesday, February 19th from 7 to 9pm.

Where: The Women's Building at 3543 18th Street.

Facebook Event Page is here.

February's General Meeting is the last opportunity you have to renew your Membership before it might expire! If your Membership expires after the meeting adjourns, you will lose voting privileges for perhaps as long as three months.

Or you can renew here: https://harveymilkclub.nationbuilder.com/donate

Congratulations to the new 2019 Milk Club Board!

President: Kevin Bard

Vice-President for Internal Affairs: Reid Coggins

The Milk Club will be holding its elections for its 2019 Board Members on Tuesday, January 15th at 7pm at The Women's Building. So mark your calendars.

We look forward to seeing and hearing from all of the candidates at our January General Membership Meeting. And stay tuned for more details about Tuesday's overall agenda.

Keep in mind that write-in candidates may also run for any of the following offices the day of the election. Here is the final list of official nominees:

One President or Two Co-Presidents:
1) Carlo Gomez Arteaga & Honey Mahogany
2) Kevin Bard

Vice-President for Internal Affairs:
1) Reid Coggins

Vice President for Political Affairs:
1) Gabriela Alemán

Vice President of Events and Fundraising:
1) Brad Chapin
2) Terra Haywood

Treasurer:
1) Moisés García
2) Kate Usher

Executive Board for Internal Affairs:
1) MacKenzie Ewing

Executive Board for Political Affairs:
1) Tab Buckner

Executive Board for Outreach:
1) Rexy Amaral
2) Kaylah Paige Williams

Executive Board for Events and Fundraising (Seat #1):
1) Melanie Ampon
2) Jackie Thornhill

Executive Board for Events and Fundraising (Seat #2):
1) Jessica Etheridge
2) Stephen Torres

Executive Board for Organizing:
1) Naomi Fierro
2) Edward Wright

Correspondent:
1) Lee Hepner
2) Miriam Myers

Recorder:
1) Janice Li

For any candidate or set of candidates to win office, the winner or winners must receive at least 50% + 1 votes of all ballots cast, even in uncontested races. Approval voting shall be used in Tuesday's election, meaning that voters may cast votes for any and all candidates in a particular race that they happen to support. You will not be punished for over-voting.

If you have any questions regarding the status of your Membership and your voting eligibility, feel free to email us at [email protected]. Or join or renew here.

See you at the queerest board elections in town!

Where: The STUD at 399 9th Street.

When: Saturday, December 8th from 4pm to 8pm.

What a year it has been! We are so grateful for this awesome community and the relentless work we’ve done together in fighting the oppressive moves of our current bigot in chief. In the wake of our recent midterm elections, we’re still celebrating our victories and feeling the losses. Please join us as we bid adieu to 2018 and gear up for what is ahead. 

Food will be provided, your favorite bartenders keeping your glass filled at the cash bar, and a photo booth for those ready to strike a pose!

Wrapping up the party, we’ll get down to a little business with a quick agenda, including the official kickoff of 2019's Milk Club Board nominations. Check back for details soon!

This party is open to all, please invite your friends and family (over 21 of course). We look forward to seeing you there!

When: Tuesday, November 27th from 7-10pm

Where: Harvey Milk Plaza

In November of 1978, bookending the Thanksgiving holiday, the city of San Francisco and the world was changed forever. The double horror of the tragedy at Jonestown, followed by the slaying of Harvey Milk and George Moscone was a crushing trauma to the heart and soul of San Francisco, and yet in that darkness we rose together in candlelight not only to remember those we had lost but to strengthen and galvanize ourselves to give them voice to continue their fight and and vision for the future.

“It was one of the most eloquent expressions of a community's response to violence that I've ever seen, and I think that we as lesbians and gay men, and all the straight people who were marching with us that night - and there were thousands - I think we said it. I think we sent a message to the nation that night about what our immediate response was - not violence, but a certain respect for Harvey and a deep... a deep... regret and feeling of tragedy about it, because Moscone had been our friend as well.”- Sally Miller Gearhart


In honour of that same eloquent response, the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club invites all to join us in quiet reflection from those who knew these great advocates of social justice at Harvey Milk Plaza. Following this, we will walk in candlelight to the steps of City Hall where current community leadership will echo their vision, just as those who were there did that warm November night in 1978.

Performances will offered by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and members of the San Francisco Opera Company.

The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club is cancelling our November General Membership Meeting in honor of the upcoming Transgender Day or Remembrance.

Please join us there. Here are the details:

Tuesday, November 20, San Francisco
Louis B . Mayer Auditorium, UC Hastings College of Law, 
198 McAllister Street, San Francisco

5:30pm- 6:00pm / March from City Hall to UC Hastings
6:00pm- 8:00pm / TDOR program at UC Hastings
8:00pm-9:00pm / Short reception with light refreshments

Featuring:

Invocation by Holy Old Man Bull
New Voices Bay Area Ensemble
Guest Speakers

https://www.facebook.com/events/307289189871294/

Our November 2018 endorsement slate is here below!

If you are a candidate for office outside of San Francisco and would like to be considered for an endorsement, feel free to download a questionnaire here and email the completed version to both [email protected] and [email protected] by 11:59 pm on September 9th.

We will be meeting, interviewing, and voting on candidates running for office in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and other places on September 11th from 7-9pm at 447 29th Street in Oakland. Parking lot and conference room is behind the building on the left-hand side. The building is wheelchair accessible and closest to 19th Street BART.

The non-SF candidate questionnaires that we have received are listed below our list of current endorsements for the November 2018 election:

U.S. Senate: Kevin de Leon
U.S. Congress 12: Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Congress 14: Jackie Speier

Governor: no position
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
CA Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
State Treasurer: Fiona Ma (under review, pending possible rescission)
State Controller: Betty Yee
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
Board of Equalization 2: Malia Cohen
CA State Assembly 15: Jovanka Beckles
CA State Assembly 17: no position
CA State Assembly 19: Phil Ting

Pride 2018 was a blast. Here are some photos of the Milk Club in action. And feel free to browse more photos posted by Broke Ass Stuart here!

Pullin' Pork for Pride with Persia, covering "The Greatest Love of All."

More from the Pullin' Pork for Pride event at The Pilsner.

Trans March 2018.

Harvey Milk Club Co-President and RuPaul's Drag Race alumnus Honey Mahogany.

Pride Sunday marching with our endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate, Kevin de León.

Final pose with the banner.