Today is: Harvey Milk Day
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Harvey Milk Day honors gay rights activist Harvey Milk and also focuses on stopping discrimination against gays and lesbians. Harvey Milk was born in Long Island, New York, on May 22, 1930. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, and worked at a Wall Street investment firm for a time afterward, living a closeted gay life at the time. He moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1969, became involved in the gay social scene, and protested against the Vietnam War. In November 1977, Milk was elected to the Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay person elected to California office, and the first openly gay politician elected in a major U.S. city.
On Nov. 27, 1978, Milk was assassinated by Dan White, a former Board of Supervisors member, who had resigned a few months earlier and wanted to be reinstated. White first killed San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, and then walked across the building and shot Milk five times.
Source: Checkiday.com.
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Today is: Harvey Milk Day
