Coinciding with the release of the film “Milk,” The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Historical Society is opening a new exhibit in San Francisco’s Castro District called “Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco’s GLBT History.” The exhibit includes pictures of Milk’s life that were included in 365Gay News’ special.

Courtesy: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Historical Society

Harvey Milk at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade, June 1978. Activists encouraged the crowd to hold signs saying where they were from, as Harvey Milk did with his “I’m from Woodmere, New York” sign, to show that San Francisco was a refuge for gay Americans everywhere.

Courtesy: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Historical Society

Courtesy: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Historical Society

Harvey Milk in his seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk would serve 10 months before being shot and killed by another supervisor, Dan White.