Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected into political office in California, was inaugurated as San Francisco city supervisor in January 1978.[1] A stranger to social justice and not openly gay until the age of 40, Milk became a visionary civil and human rights leader- becoming a role model and giving voice to the LGBT community, nationwide.[2] Milk’s public service and life were cut short when Dan White a disgruntled, former city board member murdered he and Mayor George Moscone, after being denied reappointment to the board. [3] Milk’s legacy lives on in the books and films that depict his life, including The Mayor of Castro and Milk, which won Sean Penn a lead actor Academy Award [4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk
http://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/historical-lgbt-figures-activists-culture
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/