Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk was an American politician and gay rights activist, the first openly gay person elected to public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.
His assassination the following year, along with Mayor George Moscone, made him a martyr for the LGBTQ rights movement.
Harvey Milk Day is observed in California on May 22.
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- coming outRevealing one's identity
- gay liberationMovement for LGBTQ rights
- rainbow flagStriped LGBTQ emblem
- CastroProminent Cuban surname
LGBTQ · Stonewall · homophobia · closeted · gay community · queer · visibility · anti-discrimination
First to forge ahead
- elected officialVoter-chosen public servant
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
representation · role model · forerunner · glass ceiling · historic · unprecedented · landmark · change agent
Victim for beliefs
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- candlelight vigilSolemn nighttime tribute event
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
Sean Penn · commemoration · memorial · posthumous · Medal of Freedom · stamp · namesake · tribute
One who directs workers
- electionOrganized public voting
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- ballotVoting document
- constituentsParts of a whole
liberal · Democratic · coalition · ordinance · legislation · civic · governance · policy
Public cause supporter
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- organizerArrangement tool or person
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
rally · march · boycott · mobilization · Teamsters · community organizing · union · labor rights
San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood
- SupervisorTitled workplace authority
- Bay AreaNorthern California metropolitan region
- Golden GateCalifornia strait and bridge
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- coming outRevealing one's identity
- gay liberationMovement for LGBTQ rights
- rainbow flagStriped LGBTQ emblem
Castro · LGBTQ · Stonewall · homophobia · closeted · gay community · queer · visibility · anti-discrimination · acceptance
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- elected officialVoter-chosen public servant
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
pathfinder · representation · role model · forerunner · glass ceiling · historic · unprecedented · landmark · change agent
martyr
Victim for beliefs
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- candlelight vigilSolemn nighttime tribute event
Sean Penn · inspiration · commemoration · memorial · posthumous · Medal of Freedom · stamp · namesake · tribute · courage
supervisor
One who directs workers
constituents · liberal · Democratic · coalition · ordinance · legislation · civic · governance · policy · platform
advocate
Public cause supporter
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- organizerArrangement tool or person
coalition · rally · march · boycott · mobilization · Teamsters · community organizing · union · labor rights · voter registration
Castro District
San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood
- SupervisorTitled workplace authority
- Bay AreaNorthern California metropolitan region
- Golden GateCalifornia strait and bridge
- LGBTQgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- LGBTQ+gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- Famous DeathsAbraham Lincoln, Julius Caesar, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Gay Culturerainbow flag, coming out, gay bar, drag queen, Stonewall
- LGBTQ historyStonewall riots, gay liberation, pride movement, gay rights movement, Daughters of Bilitis
- LGBTQ IconsRuPaul, Ellen DeGeneres, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Sylvester