Harvey Milk Diversity and LGBTQ+ Veterans Office of San Francisco
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| Harvey Milk Veterans Office | |
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| Address | 401 Van Nes Street, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Opening | 2023 |
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| Harvey Milk Veterans Office - https://sfwarmemorial.org | |
The Harvey Milk LGBTQ+ and Diversity Veterans Office of San Francisco[1][2], also known as the Harvey Milk Veterans Office, is a nonprofit organization serving all diversity community with a focus on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community of San Francisco, California, and nearby communities, located at 401 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The mission of the Harvey Milk Veterans Office is to " build community and create a safe space for all present and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, especially the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender current and prior military personnel who have been historically disenfranchised by armed forces policy and discriminatory laws governing military service and benefits."[3]
The Harvey Milk Veterans Office is named after Harvey Milk an American politician, United States Navy Veteran, Presidential Medal of Freedomrecipient, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. joined the United States Navy during the Korean War. He served aboard the submarine rescue ship Kittiwake|ASR-13 as a diving officer. He later transferred to Naval Station, San Diegoto serve as a diving instructor. In 1955, he resigned from the Navy at the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, forced to accept an "other than honorable" discharge and leave the service rather than face a court-martial because of his homosexuality.[4][5][lower-alpha 1]
The HMVO is currently housed within the designated landmark the War Memorial Veterans Building.
Programs and services[edit]
The Center's programs and services include:
- Career Development (employment services, and small business services)
- Community Programs (including information and referral program, and volunteer program)
- Building Services (including desk use and computer use)[6]
See also[edit]
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- Harvey Milk
- List of veterans' organizations
- LGBT culture in San Francisco
- List of LGBT community centers
- List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks (see Landmark #84, San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center)
Notes[edit]
- ↑ While Milk said numerous times that he was dishonorably discharged and claimed it was because he was gay, for a number of years this claim was doubted. For example, his biographer Randy Shilts was skeptical of this claim, stating: "The Harvey Milk of this era was no political activist, and according to available evidence, he played the more typical balancing act between discretion and his sex drive." In addition, the Harvey Milk Archives-Scott Smith Collection included a photocopy of what appeared to be Milk's honorable discharge paperwork from the U.S. Navy. However, a records request from the U.S. Navy revealed that he did indeed receive an "other than honorable" discharge and was forced to resign for being gay. It appears Milk forged the discharge papers now in his archives in order to be employed after leaving the service.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Programs".
- ↑ "Programs" (PDF).
- ↑ "About". Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "Naval records indicate SF library's Milk discharge paperwork a fake" by Matthew S. Bajko, Bay Area Reporter, February 12, 2020.
- ↑ The Navy made Harvey Milk resign for being gay. Now they’re going to name a ship after him" by Marisa Iati, The Washington Post, December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Programs".
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