Moscone–Milk assassinations The centerpiece was a section displaying the suit Milk was wearing at the time of his death. The suit is currently on display in the Society's permanent museum space in the Castro. In 2008 the film "Milk" depicted the assassinations as part of a biographical story about the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. The movie was a critical and commercial success, with Victor Garber portraying Moscone, Sean Penn playing Milk and Josh Brolin playing White. Penn won an Oscar for his performance and Brolin was nominated. In January 2012, the Berkeley Repertory Theater premiered "Ghost Light",
Harvey Milk Plaza Harvey Milk Plaza Harvey Milk Plaza is a transit plaza at the Castro Muni Metro subway station commemorating Harvey Milk, in San Francisco's Castro District, in the U.S. state of California. When the Castro MUNI METRO subway station opened in 1980, it featured a transit plaza that has served thousands of commuters and visitors to the Castro for 38 years. In 1985, the plaza was dedicated to Harvey Milk, who was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the US and assassinated in 1978. In attendance were Mayor Dianne Feinstein, Harvey Milk's successor to the SF Board of