{"id":18603,"date":"2017-07-31T07:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T07:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=18603"},"modified":"2017-07-31T07:36:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T07:36:27","slug":"pride-story-harvey-milk-rainbow-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/07\/pride-story-harvey-milk-rainbow-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PrideTheStoryofHarveyMilk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PrideTheStoryofHarveyMilk.jpg 717w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PrideTheStoryofHarveyMilk-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><br \/>\nLGBT rights pioneer, Harvey Milk, will be introduced to a new generation of young readers in an upcoming picture book.  The 40-page book, which features colorful illustrations, will also stand as a tribute to the rainbow flag\u2019s creator, Gilbert Baker, who died recently at age 65.  Milk\u2019s friendship with the artist is detailed throughout.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/harvey-milk-childrens-book_us_59790315e4b0da64e8763b05?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=__Queer%20Voices__072917&#038;utm_content=__Queer%20Voices__072917+Version+A+CID_89930588ae3debc29608d8b2d4649442&#038;utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&#038;utm_term=Colorful%20Book%20Will%20Give%20Kids%20A%20Glimpse%20At%20Harvey%20Milks%20Life%20And%20Legacy&#038;ncid=newsltushpmgvoices__Queer%20Voices__072917\" target=\"_blank\">HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag<\/em>, written by Rob Sanders, promises to be a story \u201cof love, of equality, of hope and of pride.\u201d The book touches on Milk\u2019s early years in New York, him becoming the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California in 1977, and his assassination the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida-based writer also teaches elementary school, and therefore felt \u201cthe history of the Pride flag and its importance to our community was one kids needed to read about and celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the book won\u2019t be available until spring 2018, it\u2019s already been praised by <a href=\"http:\/\/milkfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\">Harvey Milk Foundation<\/a> President Stuart Milk, who is Harvey\u2019s nephew. The book, he said, \u201cwill inspire the next generation of hope givers, who are our world\u2019s youth.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LGBT rights pioneer, Harvey Milk, will be introduced to a new generation of young readers in an upcoming picture book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag - Proud Parenting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/07\/pride-story-harvey-milk-rainbow-flag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag - 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