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Harvey Milk Day, organized by the Harvey Milk Foundation (@harveymilkfoundation), is celebrated each year on May 22 on Harvey Milk’s birthday. Milk was the first openly gay elected official in the state of California. Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Milk represented District 5, which included Castro Street. Milk campaigned for gay rights and along San Francisco Mayor George Moscone helped pass a city ordinance authored by Milk that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment and housing. Milk and Moscone were assassinated in 1978 by former Board of Supervisors member Dan White. Learn more about Harvey Milk's life and legacy in our exhibition, "Messenger of Hope," which is on view pre-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Not traveling? The exhibition catalog is available to read online! https://bit.ly/HMT1Exhibit 📸: Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone at City Hall March 29, 1978 Photograph by Efren Convento Ramirez (1941–2017) Collection of Efren Ramirez; Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society R2019.0202.007 Harvey Milk watches while Mayor George Moscone signs the citywide anti-discrimination ordinance March 29, 1978 Photograph by Efren Convento Ramirez (1941–2017) Collection of Efren Ramirez; Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society R2019.0202.012 This image was posted on May 22, 2024.