In 19 77, Harvey milk is the first openly gay person elected to public office. There are these big, high profile political conversations happening about when and whether gay people are a political liability. The other thing that's happening at this time is that,. you know, straight people start freaked out, and they start to a file these a local and state level anti gay ballot inititves anita bryant.
The Twinkie Defense has become a shorthand for disingenuous legal defense strategies. But was it disingenuous? (Yes, but not in the way you think!)
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