Gay-Rights Group to Share Space in Activist’s Former Store

Looking to quell criticism of its plans to take over the San Francisco storefront formerly occupied by the late Harvey Milk, the nation’s largest gay-rights organization said it will share the space with a suicide-prevention charity for gay youths, writes the Associated Press.

The Human Rights Campaign announced Tuesday that it will give $10,000 a year and space in the former Castro Camera shop to the Trevor Project to run a crisis hotline.

The national group wants to open an information center and gift shop at the site where Mr. Milk ran his historic 1977 Board of Supervisors campaign, becoming the country’s first openly gay elected official. He was assassinated at City Hall the following year.

The plan sparked protests from some activists, who said the Human Rights Campaign’s incremental approach to rights issues runs counter to Mr. Milk’s uncompromising style. One critic, Cleve Jones—founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt and a friend of Mr. Milk’s— endorsed bringing in the Trevor Project, saying he believed Mr. Milk would approve.