Place Harvey-Milk

You are standing at the intersection of Rue des Archives and Rue de la Verrerie, a site officially designated as Place Harvey-Milk in 2019. This junction honors the American activist and San Francisco politician who became one of the first openly gay people elected to public office in the United States. His life and his 1978 assassination turned him into a global symbol of hope and a pioneer in the movement for LGBTQ rights. The naming of this square by the City of Paris serves as a deliberate gesture of visibility for the local community, situating his legacy in the heart of the Marais, a district long known as the center of gay life in the French capital.