Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco Is Getting Improvements to Make It Worthy of Its Namesake

Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco is getting improvements to make it worthy of its namesake

A plaza worthy of its namesakeHarvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco is getting improvements to make it worthy of its name.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza is spearheading the move to construct the Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza, located at the site where the late gay city supervisor and other activists once stood on boxes and gave speeches. In 1980 the site …

Remembering Harvey Milk, the gay pioneer who tragically became a martyr

Harvey Milk Day is celebrated each year on 22 May to mark the birth of the late Harvey Milk, the gay pioneer and politician who tragically became a martyr. A hero of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, Milk, who would have turned 93 this year, was the first out gay man ever elected into public office in California. It was a seismic victory at a time where fledgeling LGBT+ rights movements were being curtailed by conservative lobbies, yet Milk managed to…

Queer History 101: Who Was Harvey Milk?

Discover the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials, whose activism transformed LGBTQ+ visibility and rights.