Members of the Christ Chapel Orange County, from left, Cindy Key, Robert Nguyen,Von Garland and Don Rabe pose for a photo at the Photo Booth during the fourth annual Pride in Irvine event at the Irvine Civic Center Piazza
in Irvine on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The events were held in honor of Harvey Milk Day and June Pride Month. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mayor Larry Agran, left, begins to raise the Pride flag with the assistance of councilmember, from left, Betty Martinez Franco, Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley, councilmembers Melinda Liu and Kathleen Treseder during the fourth annual Pride in Irvine event at the Irvine Civic Center Piazza in Irvine on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The events were held in honor of Harvey Milk Day and June Pride Month. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Peyton Louis, 3, left, asks to pet a dog during the fourth annual Pride in Irvine event at the Irvine Civic Center Piazza in Irvine on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The events were held in honor of Harvey Milk Day and June Pride Month. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Friends pose for a photo at the Photo Booth during the fourth annual Pride in Irvine event at the Irvine Civic Center Piazza in Irvine on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The events were held in honor of Harvey Milk Day and June Pride Month. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Families enjoy the music during the fourth annual Pride in Irvine event at the Irvine Civic Center Piazza
in Irvine on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The events were held in honor of Harvey Milk Day and June Pride Month. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Members of the Christ Chapel Orange County, from left, Cindy Key, Robert Nguyen,Von Garland and Don Rabe pose for a photo at the Photo Booth during the fourth annual Pride in Irvine event at the Irvine Civic Center Piazza
in Irvine on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The events were held in honor of Harvey Milk Day and June Pride Month. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Irvine leaders raised the Progress Pride Flag in front of City Hall on Thursday, May 22, in honor of Harvey Milk Day and the city’s fourth annual Pride in Irvine event.
The flag will fly through the end of Pride month, June 30.
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay politician to be elected to public office in California, serving on the Sanfrisco Board of Supervisors from 1977 to 1978. Milk was assassinated in 1978 by a former colleague on the board.