Portrait by Serge Gay, Jr. from a photograph by Craig Lee
Cleve Jones is a human rights advocate, author and lecturer who joined the gay liberation movement in 1972 and was mentored by pioneer LGBT activist Harvey Milk.
Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983 and founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt, one of the world’s largest community arts projects, in 1987. HarperCollins published his first book, Stitching a Revolution, in 2000.
Jones, portrayed by Emile Hirsch in Gus Van Sant’s film, “MILK,”was the historical consultant for the Oscar-winning production. He led the 2009 National March for Equality in Washington, DC and served as an advisor to the American Foundation for Equal Rights' challenge to California’s Proposition 8 in the US Supreme Court.
Jones, portrayed by Emile Hirsch in Gus Van Sant’s film, “MILK,”was the historical consultant for the Oscar-winning production. He led the 2009 National March for Equality in Washington, DC and served as an advisor to the American Foundation for Equal Rights' challenge to California’s Proposition 8 in the US Supreme Court.
Hachette Book Group published his award-winning memoir, When We Rise: My Life in the Movement, in November 2016. The ABC TV mini-series inspired in part by stories from Cleve’s book was broadcast in February 2017.
Jones works for UNITE HERE International Union and lives in rural Northern California.
Jones works for UNITE HERE International Union and lives in rural Northern California.
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