Here's what the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 'Milk' has to say about taking Harvey Milk's name off navy ship
This is the time to lock arms with other marginalized people, which is what Harvey Milk would do, Black says.
JUNE 9, 2025
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Sean Penn Takes Best Actor for 'Milk'
Marriage equality took center stage twice at Sunday night's Academy Awards. Both Best Actor winner Sean Penn and Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black pleaded for equal rights during their acceptance speeches.
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
A Friend to Gays and Dictators Alike
COMMENTARY: It's not surprising that Sean Penn, thanks to his star turn as Harvey Milk, is becoming a hero of the gay community -- likely to be showered with acting prizes, and deservedly so. But his outspoken admiration for the Castro and Chavez regimes should make everyone think twice.
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Cleve Jones Responds: Letter to the Editor
Disheartened by writer James Kirchick's recent commentary 'A Friend to Gays and Antigay Dictators Alike,' Cleve Jones writes a letter to the editor in support of his friend Sean Penn, a man he says is a "tireless champion of human rights both in the U.S. and around the world."
DECEMBER 13, 2008
Sean Penn Takes SAG Best Actor for Milk
Sean Penn has emerged as an early front-runner to win an Oscar after taking home top honors at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
JANUARY 27, 2009
Jonathan Van Ness Calls Sean Penn's Recent Comments 'Ignorant'
"[Sean Penn] your remarks are ignorant, transphobic, and devoid of intelligence," the Queer Eye star wrote on Twitter.
True
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Brazilian Actor Won’t Give Voice to 'Milk'
A Brazilian actor who previously dubbed Sean Penn's voice into Portuguese has rejected an offer to re-record dialogue for the film Milk.
MARCH 10, 2009
Milking the Castro's Queer History
San Francisco's Castro district is bracing for a flood of tourists after its star turn in Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk. Shot on location, the movie stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay men elected to public office.
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
WATCH: Sean Penn as a Gender-Bending Nazi Hunter
In a new film, Oscar-winner Sean Penn portrays a gender-fluid, has-been rock star on a quest to avenge his father's torture at the hands of Auschwitz Nazis.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
WATCH Sean Penn Bends Gender in His Newest Film
Lipstick, long hair, and a name like Cheyenne complete the role.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Sean Penn, Dustin Lance Black Among Eight Nominations for Milk
Despite a near-shutout at the Golden Globes, Milk scored eight Oscar nominations Thursday, including Best Actor for Sean Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Dustin Lance Black.
JANUARY 24, 2009
The First's LisaGay Hamilton on a Future That's Still Racist
The veteran actress speaks to The Advocate about the accuracy in playing a queer, black, female astronaut replaced by Sean Penn's white male commander in 2030.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Stars, No on 8 Supporters Turn Out for S.F. 'Milk' Premiere
No on 8 protesters lined Castro Street, shouting at the top of their lungs for marriage equality as Hollywood gathered for the premiere of Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic. Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Diego Luna, and Sean Penn were all on hand. Penn, notoriously press-shy, got out of his car and went over to shake hands and give a thumbs-up to the protesters. It was a fitting celebration of a great man's legacy.
OCTOBER 29, 2008
All About 'Milk'
Let's use up all the journalistic cliches at once: For gays and lesbians it was a relatively slow news week, but they say, no news is good news. In the national mainstream press, Milk, the biopic of the San Francisco gay rights hero Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn, continues its run of heavy coverage and positive reviews.
DECEMBER 5, 2008