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What year was Harvey Milk elected as city supervisor?

  • 1980

  • 1975

  • 1977

  • 1972

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Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, becoming the first openly gay man to hold elected office in California. Milk's election was a landmark event in the history of LGBT rights in the United States, and he is considered to be a pioneer of the gay rights movement.
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