A2: History

A post on Gay Politics points out that a proclamation by California Gov. Jerry Brown, marking May 22 as ”Harvey Milk Day,” is historically inaccurate when it states that Milk in 1977 was the first openly gay man to be elected to U.S public office. The first openly gay or lesbian to be elected was Kathy Kozachenko, who won an Ann Arbor city council seat in 1974, as a member of the Human Rights Party. [Source]