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Milk, Harvey

(Encyclopedia) Milk, Harvey, 1931–78, U.S. politician and gay-rights activist. When elected (1977) to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he was the first acknowledged homosexual to win high…

Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977 and became the first openly homosexual elected official in California. Less than a year after taking office Milk was murdered…

Important Places in the Gay-Rights Movement

From Greenwich Village to San Francisco, sites that have helped shape the gay-rights movement The Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, New York. Source: WikiCommons Related Links American Gay…

Dianne Feinstein Biography

Dianne FeinsteinDemocratic senator from CaliforniaBorn: 6/22/1933Birthplace: San Francisco California's senior senator is known for her no-nonsense, bipartisan approach enacting legislation.…

The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline

This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don't Ask, Don't…

San Francisco

(Encyclopedia) San Francisco San Francisco săn frănsĭsˈkō [key], city (2020 pop. 873,965), coextensive with San…