Harvey Milk: Stonewall Riots

Harvey Milk was born on May 22, 1930 in Woodmere New York . As he grew older he became more aware of being homosexual. But back then in the mid-twentieth century, people who were homosexuals were discriminated. But Harvey Milk was determined to live his life happy the way he wanted, and was determined make a change, and take a stand to challenge the rules because everyone is the same and they deserve the same rights; they are all equal no matter their circumstances/beliefs.

As Harvey grew older he became more aware of his homosexuality. He was in his early teens when he knew for sure that he was gay. But back then people who were gay were legally and socially discriminated. So Harvey decided to keep his homosexuality a secret and tried to
This police raid caused there to be riots. This riot (known as the Stonewall Riots) brought to life the first gay rights organization in the United States of America known as the Gay Liberation Front.

During this time the “America’s Gay” then ended up moving to San Francisco. Harvey Milk also moved to San Francisco to live openly with his partner, Joe Campbell. Though he still decided to keep his homesexuality hidden from his family.

However, they believed that San Francisco would be a tolerant place to live in. But they were still had to face discrimination from local businesses, consumers and employees. Because of this, Milk decide to become more involved in politics. He believed that by being more involved in politics and running for public office was going to help encourage/settle equality, because he knew the only way he could make that possible was by a gay person to be
He even appointed several gay/lesbians on high profile positions. Meanwhile, White thought that they were bringing the city “downhill”.

On November 27 in 1978, White entered City Hall with a loaded gun (.38 revolver). He started arguing with the Mayor over his $9,600 salary so they decided to move to a private room to avoid being heard, but once there White shot Moscone 2 times in the chest and head. White then went down the hall and shot Harvey 2 times in the chest, head, and once, in the back. He then turned himself in to the police station where he used to work at.

These are all the things that Harvey Milk did to fight for gay people’s rights. Even though they were socially and legally discriminated he didn’t lose hope about settling equal rights for gays. This was how Harvey Milk took a stand to challenge the rules. Many other people also took a stand to challenge the rules in many other ways. But this was how Harvey Milk did it. He fought so that people who were gay had the same rights as the rest because no matter their preferences they are all human. They are all