was Dan White gay?
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shewasmyrushmore — 15 years ago(November 19, 2010 03:23 AM)
I am not referring to Milk thinking White was gay or closeted. White was not trying to kiss Milk. He was drunk. HOW STUPID! This is purely speculation on your part, and on Van Sant's part, which is bull$hit. People want to suggest/fantasize that White was closeted all they want, but there was NOTHING that stated that Dan White was gay, closeted or otherwise.
As far as Harvey going on about White being gay, this, once again, does NOT indicate that White was closeted. This was a fantasy on Milk's part, or the idiot that thought this up for the film.
I stand by my previous post.
wow, you really need to distinguish between a film and real life.
the question was regarding this film, which is a piece of art made by gus van sant and his colleagues. it is not a documentary (which even then can never be a truly objective fact finding mission).
in this film, it was definitely suggested that white may be closeted. chill, no-one is referring to the real life dan white. -
Speed-the-plow — 14 years ago(September 07, 2011 06:06 PM)
Yes, I think he might've been gay. He committed suicide two years after he got out. That, combined with the extreme act of murdering Milk in the first place, makes me believe he probably had severe issues that stemmed from the repression/denial of his homosexuality.
It's called projection. -
thatguy_78757 — 14 years ago(September 08, 2011 09:19 AM)
I doubt the real Dan White was gay
Perhaps Milk thought he was gay- he could see the signs of emotional strain in Dan White, and beign gay he read his own strains into it
I know a lot of gay folks like to presume that anti gay straights are closeted queens expressing their conflicts in negative ways -
chatanuga — 14 years ago(September 08, 2011 01:55 PM)
I know that when I first discovered about myself, I was trying everything I could to "turn straight". When I got to college, I turned to religion, and a lot of people thought I was one of the most homophobic people they'd ever met. Only thing was, at the time they didn't know that it was eating me up inside. I was hiding it so well that I was going through major depression as well as feeling physically sick a lot.
So, it is quite possible that a homophobic person is actually hiding the fact that they are gay, although, I don't believe that all homophobes are secretly gay. -
Brandos_Bitch — 10 years ago(May 07, 2015 11:24 AM)
I doubt it. Just because in the movie, Milk alludes to it, doesnt make it true. Milk seemed to be pretty obsessed with getting everyone out of the closet and seems the type that would confuse homophobia with homosexual self loathing. They sometimes go hand in hand, but not always.
"When life presents you with lemons, squeeze out the juice and squirt it in your enemies eyes." -
Petronius Arbiter II — 10 years ago(May 29, 2015 04:01 PM)
"That man is dangerous."
Harvey and Doug were walking up the grand marble stairway beneath the city hall rotunda when Harvey nudged Doug and pointed to the handsome young man walking stiffly toward them. []
"Who's that?" Doug asked.
"That's Dan White," Harvey said, "He's a real closet case, someone fighting that inside of himself. He's that much more hostile to anyone who is open."
Randy Shilts, "The Mayor of Castro Street", 2008 paperback edition (originally published 1982), page 257
Now, for all I know,
Randy Shilts
may have misrepresented the facts of what Harvey said or didn't say, but the idea definitely didn't originate with the screenwriters.
"I don't deduce, I observe." -
Mattfinbell — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 09:39 AM)
wouldnt surprise me
CaliCurmudgeon
Typical lame commiecrat crap. The facts are that Dan White didn't kill Milk because he was gay; he might have loathed him for that, but ultimately he killed Milk (and Moscone) because they stabbed him in the back politically.
thats the other impression I got from the movie
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA -
chas437 — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 10:58 AM)
I don't think there is concrete evidence either way.
I think Dan White was envious of Milk's organic political skill. He wanted an issue, like Harvey had. He never seemed to understand that Harvey Milk and his like were literally fighting for their lives, it wasn't just another political 'issue'. -
Mattfinbell — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 05:24 PM)
chas437
I don't think there is concrete evidence either way.
I think Dan White was envious of Milk's organic political skill. He wanted an issue, like Harvey had. He never seemed to understand that Harvey Milk and his like were literally fighting for their lives, it wasn't just another political 'issue'.
I think your right
Maybe something that was a little bit of both
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA -
Mattfinbell — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 04:27 PM)
wouldnt surprise me
CaliCurmudgeon
Typical lame commiecrat crap. The facts are that Dan White didn't kill Milk because he was gay; he might have loathed him for that, but ultimately he killed Milk (and Moscone) because they stabbed him in the back politically.
thats the other impression I got from the movie
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA