Though Milk courted Rodwell ardently, waking him every morning with a call and sending him notes, Milk was uncomfortable with Rodwell's involvement with the New York Mattachine Society, a gay-rights organization.
A pesar de que Milk andou detrás de Rodwell con paixón, despertándoo cada mañá cunha chamada e mandándolle notiñas, viuse desanimado pola participación deste na Mattachine Society de Nova York, unha organización activista gai.