Background
Harvey Milk, a San Francisco politician and gay rights activist, was born in Woodmere, New York on May 22, 1930. Joe Campbell
was born on November 4, 1936. Milk and Campbell met at Riis Park Beach, Queens, New York in July 1956 and their relationship
lasted into 1962. Much later Milk later moved to San Francisco, entered politics, and was assassinated along with Mayor George
Moscone in 1978.