by The Associated Press
(Sacramento) The California Senate has approved legislation designating a day each year to honor slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
The Democratic backed measure calls for Milk’s May 22 birthday to be used as a time to recognize the late San Francisco supervisor’s contributions. It would not be a formal holiday.
Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. He was assassinated in 1978 and the subject of a biopic earlier this year.
The measure now heads to the Assembly. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a nearly identical bill last year.
*365Gay.com
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