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1930–1978 United States
Harvey Bernard Milk (22 May 1930 – 27 November 1978) was an American politician and gay rights activist, and the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco, California. He was assassinated in 1978, and is commonly seen as a martyr to the LGBT community.
United States Activists Politicians Also known as: Milk, Harvey
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If Briggs wins, he will not stop. They never do. Like all mad people, they are forced to go on, to prove they were right.
That's What America Is" speech (1978)
If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country.
I don't think we have a right to take the people who raised us, who made us strong and healthy, and toss them away like a can of beer.
In the Examiner, Kevin Starr defames and libels gays. In the Chronicle, Charles McCabe warns us to be quiet, that talking about gay rights is counter-productive. To Mr. McCabe, I say that the day he stops talking about freedom is the day he no longer has it.
That's What America Is" speech (1978)