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Nov 25, 2018 · This all comes 40 years after the assassination of the first openly gay elected official in California, Harvey Milk. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Scott Shafer reports on how Milk's ...
Jan 6, 2023 · When he won the election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, Harvey Milk made history as the first openly gay elected official in California, and one of the first in the United States. His camera store and campaign headquarters at 575 Castro Street (and his apartment above it) were centers of community activism for a wide range ...
Nov 7, 2019 · Harvey Milk—charismatic, eloquent, a wit and a smart aleck—was one of the first openly gay men to be elected to any political office anywhere. On November 18, 1977, soon after he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he made three tape recordings that he distributed to close friends. “To be played only in the event of my ...
Jan 30, 2009 · Milk: Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna. The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
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Milk. (2008 American film) Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film ...
Harvey Milk, a U.S. Navy Veteran who served during the Korean War, was the first widely known and nationally recognized openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. In 1977 Milk won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors thanks to a canny political combination of immigrant, elderly, minority, union and gay voter support.
Harvey Milk‘s legacy lives on through films about his groundbreaking life and the naming of a U.S. Navy ship in his honor – the first for an openly LGBTQ American. He paved the way for gay citizens to live openly and participate fully in civic life. After years of reflecting on his impact, I still find Harvey Milk incredibly inspiring.
