1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election

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The 1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election was a landmark local contest in which Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, signaling a major advance for LGBTQ+ political representation.

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1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election canonical 2

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instanceOf San Francisco Board of Supervisors election ⓘ
city council ⓘ
local election ⓘ
politician ⓘ
associatedWithSocialMovement LGBTQ+ rights movement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
electedIn 1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election ⓘ
electedOfficial Harvey Milk ⓘ
electoralBody San Francisco Board of Supervisors ⓘ
governmentalBodyType city council ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1970s ⓘ
jurisdiction City and County of San Francisco ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
levelOfGovernment local government ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States ⓘ
notableWinner Harvey Milk ⓘ
officeContested Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ⓘ
officeHeld Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ⓘ
partOf San Francisco municipal elections ⓘ
politicalContext rise of LGBTQ+ rights movement in the 1970s ⓘ
resultedIn election of Harvey Milk to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
significance major advance for LGBTQ+ political representation in the United States ⓘ
one of the first elections in which an openly gay candidate won public office in the United States ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation district-based representation ⓘ

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Harvey Milk → electedIn → 1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election ⓘ
Harvey Milk → electedIn → 1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election ⓘ