Harvey Milk became the first openly gay elected official from a major city in the United States when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk encouraged lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) citizens to live their lives openly and believed coming out was the only way they could change society and achieve social equality. Milk, alongside San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, was shot and killed in 1978 by Dan White, a former city supervisor. Milk is revered nationally and globally as a pioneer of the LGBT civil rights movement for his exceptional leadership and dedication to equal rights.
I knew Harvey, worked on his last election campaign and fought with him against Proposition 6, the Briggs amendment which attempted to bar gays & lesbians from teaching in California. It lost thankfully. When he was murdered, I was among the thousands in the candlelight march mourning his loss. I will never forget that night!
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