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American gay rights activist (–)

Joseph Scott Smith (October 21, — February 4, )^[1] was a gay rights activist best known for his romantic relationship with Harvey Milk, for whom he was a campaign manager.

Biography

Smith was born in Key West, Florida, and grew up in Jackson, Mississippi.^[2] He then attended Memphis State University for three years before moving to New York City in ,^[2] where he met Harvey Milk, moving with him to San Francisco three years later,^[2] where the couple founded Castro Camera.^[2] Harvey Milk and Scott Smith were engaged in a romantic relationship for 7 years.

Smith was instrumental to Milk's career as an activist and politician. He organized and managed Milk's campaigns for public office from to and his influence was widely in evidence after Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in Smith was well known for orchestrating the Coors boycott and puttin