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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 27, 2018 · Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was the first openly gay elected official in California. Nov. 27, 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Milk and ...
Jun 27, 2018 · MILK, Harvey (b. 22 May 1930; d. 27 November 1978), San Francisco supervisor, gay rights activist. Harvey Milk was born in Woodmere, New York, to William and Minerva Karns Milk. He graduated from New York State College for Teachers in Albany in 1951, and joined the navy, becoming a deep-sea diver. After his discharge, Milk worked in New York ...
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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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Harvey and Our Vision Harvey Milk’s dream for a better tomorrow filled with the hope for equality and a world without hate guides the Foundation.Harvey Milk’s ground breaking election in 1977 as one of the world’s first openly gay elected officials-and its most visible one- symbolized the freedom to live life with authenticity to millions of LGBT women and men around the world.
Harvey Bernard Milk (1930–78) was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights movement. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Woodmere, New York, Milk followed several career paths before focusing on social activism and politics.
