Harvey Milk was the first man elected for the board of supervisors in San Francisco that was openly gay. He was a businessman whom owned a camera store called “Castro Cameras “ and ran for the board from 1973 till 1977 when he was finally elected. Harvey brought change to the San Francisco city hall, he was a spokesman for the people and wasn’t afraid to stand up for what he believed in and for what the city stood for. He was the main person to bring forth gay rights to city hall, getting a gay rights bill to be passed allowing gays to come out openly in their workplace without the fear of losing their jobs. As expected the bill caused a lot of hate and discrimination towards Harvey. In response to the gay rights bill, an anti-gay proposition
