Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to office in California. Milk ran for office in San Francisco and was elected to the Board of Supervisors. He passed a significant piece of gay rights legislation, but after less than eleven months in office, Dan White, a disgruntled former city supervisor, assassinated Milk. Because of his vision of a future where all people were treated equally, Milk is an unsung hero in the gay rights movement.
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