SAN FRANCISCO | As the onslaught of anti-LGBTQI+ animus continues from the Trump administration, particularly targeting the Trans community, this day in celebration of one of California’s early LGBTQI+ pioneers seems almost poignant.
May 22 was designated ‘Harvey Milk Day’ by a law signed in 2009 by then California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to commemorate annually the life and legacy of the assassinated LGBTQI equality and civil rights leader.
As the first openly gay person to be elected as a Supervisor to the Board of Supervisors for the City & County of San Francisco, Milk not only advocated for the LGBTQ community but for other minorities and the elderly.
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