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1930 - 1978

Harvey Milk

The first openly gay elected official in the history of California.

Despite being the most pro-LGBT politician in America at the time, he was not open about his sexuality until after his experiences in the 1960s counterculture movements.

Fun Fact:

After Milk sponsored a successful bill in San Francisco banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, both Milk and Mayor George Moscone, who signed the bill into law, were assassinated by a disgruntled former city supervisor, causing him became an icon and a martyr in the gay community.

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Sources:

Harvey Milk - Wikipedia

"The essential Jewishness of Harvey Milk" - The Jewish News Of Northern California (1978)

"Harvey Milk: Gay Jewish Icon" - Museum of Jewish Heritage