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1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-17 at 2.28.41 PM_thumb.png2023-03-17T21:30:00+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491978 California Prop 6: Briggs Initiative: John Briggs and Harvey Milk meet3John Briggs and Harvey Milk meet, 1978. A coalition of activists mobilized under the slogan "Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!" to defeat the initiative. In what became the No On 6 campaign, gay men and lesbians went door to door in their cities and towns across the state to talk about the harm the initiative would cause. Gay men and lesbians came out to their families and their neighbors and their co-workers, spoke in their churches and community centers, sent letters to their local editors, and otherwise revealed to the general population that gay people really were "everywhere" and included people they already knew and cared aboutmedia/Screen Shot 2023-03-17 at 2.28.41 PM.pngplain2023-03-20T22:39:24+00:001978Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49