David Mixner: Difference between revisions

Soon after Bradley won reelection easily, Mixner turned his focus to fighting [[Briggs Initiative|Proposition 6]], an initiative placed on the California ballot by [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] State Senator [[John Briggs (politician)|John Briggs]] that would make it illegal for gays and lesbians to be schoolteachers. Similar initiatives had recently passed throughout the country when Mixner turned his focus to fighting Proposition 6, creating the "NO on 6" organization to fight it; through the process, he would publicly [[coming out|come out of the closet]].<ref name="schmalz">{{Cite news |title=Gay Politics Goes Mainstream |first=Jeffrey |last=Schmalz |date=October 11, 1992 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/magazine/gay-politics-goes-mainstream.html |periodical=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=September 24, 2007 |archive-date=May 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524025356/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/magazine/gay-politics-goes-mainstream.html? |url-status=live }}</ref> Mixner and his lover Peter Scott secured a meeting with thenformer [[Governor of California|Governor]] and future [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], whom they convinced to oppose the initiative publicly.<ref name = Gabriel /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/david-mixner-dead-lgbtq-activist-reagan-clinton-1235856079/|title=David Mixner Dies: LGBTQ Activist Who Pressed And Persuaded Ronald Reagan And Bill Clinton On Civil Rights Was 77|first=Ted|last=Johnson|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=March 12, 2024|archive-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312205033/https://deadline.com/2024/03/david-mixner-dead-lgbtq-activist-reagan-clinton-1235856079/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/longtime-lgbtq-activist-david-mixner-dies-77-rcna142940|title=Longtime LGBTQ activist David Mixner dies at 77|first=Matt|last=Lavietes|publisher=NBC News|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> As a result, and through the work of Mixner, Scott, legendary gay rights activist and San Francisco City Councilman [[Harvey Milk]], and others, Proposition 6 was defeated by over a million votes, the first ballot initiative of its sort to be shot down.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dangerouscitizen.com/Articles/1081.aspx |title=dangerouscitizen.com<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=September 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008175237/http://www.dangerouscitizen.com/Articles/1081.aspx |archive-date=October 8, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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