Harvey Milk Day

Harvey Milk Day
Harvey Milk Day logo
Observed by	West Hollywood, California, United States
Date	May 22
Next time	May 22, 2017 (2017-05-22)
Frequency	annual
Related to	Harvey Milk and Harvey Milk Foundation

Harvey Milk Day is organized by the Harvey Milk Foundation and celebrated each year held May 22 in memory of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist assassinated in 1978.

In California, Harvey Milk Day is recognized by the state's government as a day of special significance for public schools. The day was established by the California legislature and signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009 after a series of petitions led by gay rights activist Daren I. Ball and in the wake of the award-winning feature film Milk retracing Milk's life.