Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay individuals to be elected to public office in the United States. He confronted an onslaught of discrimination during his time running for public office. Harvey ran for the office of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors twice before finally winning on his third run in 1977. His win was significant because it gave hope to those in the GSRD community who were not used to seeing openly gay candidates successfully run for office. His election to office also brought more visibility to the gender, sexuality, and relationship diverse (GSRD) community since his win made both national and international headlines.