1978: Harvey Milk elected to San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becomes gay rights icon as first openly gay politician elected in California
2018: gay Christian @RichardGrenell appointed ambassador to EU's most powerful country, gay activist press gives silent or tepid response https://twitter.com/Chadwick_Moore/status/989658289842589696 …
The Advocate finally published a piece a couple of hours ago, but it was pretty insulting to Grenell. That's why I said 'silent or tepid' rather than 'silent'