Harvey Milk

Biography

Harvey Milk was a pioneering American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. After moving to San Francisco in 1972 and opening a camera store, he shed his conservative views through his experiences in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Milk championed gay rights, leading fierce battles against anti-gay initiatives before being elected city supervisor in 1977.