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🏳️‍🌈1930 – 1978
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Harvey Milk

You've Got to Give Them Hope

San Francisco, California · 1930 – 1978

Harvey Milk ran for office three times before he won. He was told he was too gay, too radical, too much. He ran anyway — and when he finally won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he became one of the first openly gay elected officials in American history. He served 11 months. In that time, he changed what was possible.

🌈milkfoundation.org📖Read His Story📷Castro District, SF
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"Hope will never be silent."

— Harvey Milk

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Castro Camera, Castro Street, San Francisco

Community Hub1972

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Full Biography

Timeline & Key Milestones

1930

Born in Woodmere, New York

1951

Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War

1972

Moved to San Francisco's Castro District; opened Castro Camera

1973

First run for San Francisco Board of Supervisors — unsuccessful

1975

Second run for Board of Supervisors — unsuccessful

1977

Elected to San Francisco Board of Supervisors — one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history

1978

Helped defeat California's anti-gay Briggs Initiative

1978

Assassinated at City Hall on November 27, age 48

1984

The Harvey Milk Foundation established to continue his legacy

2009

Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama

Achievements & Legacy

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Historic Election

One of the first openly gay elected officials in American history — San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 1977

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Gay Rights Ordinance

Passed landmark San Francisco gay rights ordinance protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination

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Defeated Briggs Initiative

Helped defeat California Proposition 6, which would have banned gay teachers from public schools

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Presidential Medal of Freedom

Posthumously awarded by President Barack Obama in 2009

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U.S. Postage Stamp

Honored with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp in 2014

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Harvey Milk Foundation

His legacy continues globally through the Harvey Milk Foundation, led by nephew Stuart Milk

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