Changes

In an interview with The Advocate LGBT magazine, Van Sant said “The subjects of my films… were about gay characters. They were what brought me out of the closet… The films brought me out. That’s what my interest was. These gay characters and gay stories. And I was gay. My private life became my public life.” <ref> The Advocate LGBT magazine, 31 March, 1998</ref>  

In an interview with The Advocate LGBT magazine, Van Sant said “The subjects of my films… were about gay characters. They were what brought me out of the closet… The films brought me out. That’s what my interest was. These gay characters and gay stories. And I was gay. My private life became my public life.” <ref> The Advocate LGBT magazine, 31 March, 1998</ref>  

Mieske went on to come under the influence of the White Supremacist Movement, White Aryan Resistance (WAR) founded by Tom Metzger. He and two friends Kyle Brewster and Steve Strasser formed a gang calling themselves East Side White Pride (ESWP). He was a hero in skinhead crcles with his style of brash punk rock music and blatant racism.

Mieske went on to come under the influence of the White Supremacist Movement, White Aryan Resistance (WAR) founded by Tom Metzger. He and two friends Kyle Brewster and Steve Strasser formed a gang calling themselves East Side White Pride (ESWP). He was a hero in skinhead circles with his style of brash punk rock music and blatant racism.

==Criminal conviction==

==Criminal conviction==