Gov. Jerry Brown proclaims Sunday second annual Harvey Milk Day

Dan82 · May 21, 2011

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=89451

Gov. Jerry Brown declared Sunday as the state's second ever "Harvey Milk Day," saying the slain politician's "life was cut short far too soon, but his legacy of hope, tolerance, and equality lives on."

Sunday would have been Milk's 81st birthday. The San Francisco supervisor and gay rights leader was shot and killed, as was Mayor George Moscone, by another supervisor in 1978.

"In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man in the history of the United States to be elected to public office," Brown's proclamation reads in part. "This milestone achievement gave hope to millions of gays and lesbians across the country that a day would come when they could live their lives openly and honestly without fear of discrimination...

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aidan · May 21, 2011

milk remains one of my most favourite films ever, harvey is my idol!!!!!!

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