Harvey Milk’s San Francisco

Win 2 tickets to “Harvey Milk Reimagined,” a new opera about Milk’s life, legacy, and impact!

We’ve created a map featuring key landmarks across San Francisco that celebrate Harvey Milk’s life and activism. Explore locations on the map and you could win 2 free tickets to Harvey Milk Reimagined, presented by Opera Parallèle and YBCA.

To participate:

•  Download the map (or pick one up at our front desk)
•  Use the map to visit any landmark
•  Snap a photo or selfie at the site
•  Tag YBCA in your post or DM us your pic

Entries close Wednesday, May 28. Winners will be chosen at random and contacted directly by YBCA.

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Learn more about these landmarks and how they relate to Harvey’s story:

Castro Camera (575 Castro Street)
In 1972, Milk moved from New York City to San Francisco. An avid amateur photographer, Milk opened Castro Camera that same year, which became a hub for community and civic engagement in the neighborhood. Today, the storefront is Queer Arts Featured, an art gallery.

SF City Hall
In 1978, Harvey Milk won his race for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.

Duboce Park
While in office as a supervisor, Milk proposed a city ordinance requiring dog owners to clean up after their pets in public parks. Milk was interviewed by KQED in this park as he rallied public support for the so-called “pooper scooper law.”

United Nations Plaza
During the 1978 Gay Freedom Day rally (and ninth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots), Milk spoke to an overflowing crowd of thousands, and urged the defeat of Proposition 6 (which sought to remove openly lesbian and gay teachers from schools). Milk was assassinated only three weeks later.

GLBT Historical Society Museum (18th St & Castro)
Recognized internationally as a leader in LGBTQ+ public history, the GLBT Historical Society Museum celebrates San Francisco’s vast queer past through dynamic and surprising exhibitions and programming.

Dr. John P. De Cecco Archives and Special Collections of the GLBT Historical Society (989 Market St., by appointment)
Within the GLBT Historical Society’s archives are many collections featuring Harvey Milk, including artifacts and ephemera relating to Milk’s campaign for and election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, his assassination, and the Castro Camera store along with clothing and memorabilia that belonged to both Milk and Scott Smith

Yerba Buena Center the Arts (701 Howard St)
Join us May 31 through June 7 for Harvey Milk Reimagined, a powerful new opera celebrating Milk’s life and enduring legacy.