NEW YORK (AP) — A concert piece about gay rights icon Harvey Milk by Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa is coming to New York and it is bringing Kristin Chenoweth with it.

Recently, Stuart Milk supported us and Orlando by issuing an eloquent and moving statement that was picked up by media worldwide. He was one of our community’s strongest and most steadfast voices, appearing multiple times on national broadcast and cable TV, however, he would not let hate and violence stop him from his long-planned commitment to continue our support of the emerging and struggling LGBT community in the Baltic nations, and recently, in Vilnius, Lithuania, along with the President of the European Union, he led a remembrance.

This past Friday, July 31, I sat outside looking for the rare Blue Moon, the second full moon this month. Unfortunately, the cloudy and rainy night hampered my viewing, but gave me the opportunity to relax after a very busy week here in Wilton Manors.

Sacramento, Calif. – Following the announcement that the United States Postal Service first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony of the Harvey Milk Forever Stamp will take place at the White House on May 22, Harvey Milk’s nephew and co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation Stuart Milk released the following statement:

Ceremony’s held at White House and San Fran

Respected political leaders gathered at the White House last Thursday to unveil a new U.S. postage stamp commemorating slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, while on the same day political leaders, activists and celebrities gathered on the other side of the country in San Fran for the same purpose.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Catholic University student group postponed a screening of a movie about gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk after school officials raised questions about a flier linking the event to LGBT awareness month.

It was a glamorous night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood on Friday night as the stars of South Florida’s LGBT scene came out to celebrate diversity.

May 22, 2014 would have been Harvey Milk's 84th birthday. To commemorate the day, the United States Post Office issued a Harvey Milk stamp to honor one of America’s first openly gay elected officials — and certainly the most visible and well-known.

Gay rights icon Harvey Milk said, “I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.”

Joe My God reports that the design for the long awaited and debated Harvey Milk commemorative forever stamp, was released to the philatelist website Linns.com Monday. The stamp will be released on Harvey Milk Day, May 22.

An LGBT leader who was assassinated for being out, loud, and proud, is being granted a lasting honor in South Florida.

A few days after the Harvey Milk postage stamp was unveiled in San Francisco's Harvey Milk Plaza, the City held a full-scale dedication ceremony in the Rotunda at San Francisco City Hall. It was the very building where Milk, the first non-incumbent openly gay man in the U.S. to win an election for public office, was assassinated in 1978.

The proposed Walmart Supercenter at the former Kmart location on Oakland Park Boulevard has city commissioners in Wilton Manors worried.

“My name is Harvey Milk, and I am here to recruit you.”

-Harvey’s most famous words

In the next 24 hours, I will be at a White House ceremony where our nation will release a United States postage stamp honoring Harvey Milk, a gay man who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, when he spectacularly won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

It seems that not everyone is excited about the USS Harvey Milk.

A rare dialogue on global LGBT human rights comes to the Pride Center on Sunday.

The US Navy Ship Harvey Milk was named after the San Francisco politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk. The Navy Ship — one in a class of ships named after civil rights leaders — has been recognized as the first active Navy Ship to be named after an out-LGBT person. 

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City could soon have a street named after pioneering gay leader Harvey Milk, an idea that reflects the progressive bent of the city that's home to the Mormon church and capital of a conservative state.

Driving through Salt Lake City, Utah, visitors and residents alike will now see 20 blocks of road named after LGBT icon and activist, Harvey Milk.

More than 100 dignitaries from the worlds of politics, the U.S. Navy and the San Francisco LGBT community gathered on the Great Lawn at Treasure Island, a small island in between San Francisco and Oakland,  on August 16 for the historic naming of an about to be built U.S. Navy supplies ship – the ship has been named after the late Harvey Milk.

The U.S. Navy will name a ship after LGBT rights icon Harvey Milk.