23 Facts About Stuart Milk

Stuart Milk has engaged in domestic and international activism, including work with LGBT movements in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Stuart Milk has promoted his uncle's story and addressed LGBT rights in formal major addresses on multiple continents, including before the United Kingdom House of Lords in 2012, the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 2011, the Panamanian National Assembly in 2010, and Turkish Grand Assembly in 2009.

Stuart Milk is frequently quoted in international news and seen on broadcast television discussing issues of LGBT inclusion and diversity.

Stuart Milk is a featured writer and columnist for The Huffington Post, focusing on global human rights.

Stuart Milk has worked on public policy since the late 1980s in both the public and private sector, primarily on workforce issues pertaining to youth and disadvantaged populations in the US and abroad.

Stuart Milk has provided addresses at political conventions, including both the California Democratic Convention and Florida statewide conventions in 2009 and 2010.

Stuart Milk was active in the 2012 US presidential election as surrogate for incumbent Barack Obama, speaking to primarily LGBT audiences on behalf of the president at public campaign events, to the media and for the Obama For America organization.

At the 20-year memorial of Harvey Milk's death, Stuart stated that he decided to be vocally out right after his uncle's murder, as a living and active memorial.

Stuart Milk has been involved in public service since the late 1980s including directing employment assistance centers and youth enrichment programs.

Stuart Milk told The New York Times that he sees his work in public service as part of his family's legacy.

In 1999, Stuart Milk made available to the public several never before seen photos of his uncle's early campaign for elected office as well as personal family pictures.

In 1985, Stuart Milk gave his first large public address as an "out" LGBT activist alongside The Times of Harvey Stuart Milk producer Richard Schmiechen at Oberlin College.

At the time, Stuart Milk was working as a campaign director for National Citizen Action, a progressive political advocacy organization.

Stuart Milk has travelled to foreign nations advocating for human rights inclusive of the LGBT community while working collaboratively with other diminished and marginalized populations.

Stuart Milk's speaking events have included LGBT public speeches in Istanbul, Ankara, and Cairo to public events in Central and Eastern Europe, Central American and South American cities, as well as activities in Asia and the Pacific Rim.

Stuart Milk was involved with getting legislation signed to create an annual California State Day of Recognition named after his late uncle in 2009.

Stuart Milk's involvement was cited as a reason he received Equality California's Champion Award that year.

Stuart Milk participated in efforts to have a US postage stamp named for Harvey Milk, the first for a self-identified LGBT person.

The Harvey Stuart Milk stamp was released on May 22,2014, on what would have been Stuart Milk's 84th birthday, with an official first-day-of-issue ceremony taking place at the White House.

Stuart Milk helped develop a 2011 professional international conference for youth educators working along with the Center For Excellence in School Counseling at San Diego State University.

Stuart Milk is involved with a Global LGBT Transitions and Interchange Congress being presented in early 2012 with the support of European Union officials and the European private sector.

Portrayals of Stuart Milk have included his characterization in the play Dear Harvey, by Patricia Loughrey that was partly based on Loughrey's interviews and discussions with Stuart.

Dear Harvey has been translated into Spanish for production in Mexico and Spain while Stuart Milk's character was performed by actor Chad Allen in the spring 2010 production in Sacramento.