Taylor W. Anderson(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski speaks at a ceremony where she was given the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski speaks at a ceremony where she was given the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018. Seated from left to right are San Diego human rights commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez, Equality Utah director Troy Williams and Salt Lake City Councilman Chris Wharton.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski speaks at a ceremony where she was given the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) San Diego human rights commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez presents Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski with the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award. The award was given by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) San Diego human rights commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez, left, presents Equality Utah director Troy Williams, center, and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski with the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award. The award was given by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) San Diego human rights commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez, left, presents Equality Utah director Troy Williams, center, and Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski with the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award. The award was given by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, second from right, unveils a bust of gay rights activist Harvey Milk after she was given the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, second from right, unveils a bust of gay rights activist Harvey Milk after she was given the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, second from right, unveils a bust of gay rights activist Harvey Milk after she was given the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award by the International Imperial Court at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Councilman Chris Wharton presents Nicole Murray-Ramirez with a Harvey Milk Boulevard sign at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 25, 2018. Salt Lake is the second city in the U.S. to honor the late gay rights activist by naming a street after him, Ramirez said.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Councilman Chris Wharton, left, and Mayor Jackie Biskupski, center present Nicole Murray-Ramirez with a Harvey Milk Boulevard sign at the Salt Lake City-County Building in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 25, 2018. Salt Lake is the second city in the U.S. to honor the late gay rights activist by naming a street after him, Ramirez said.
(Rachel Molenda | The Salt Lake Tribune) San Diego human rights commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez presents Salt Lake City councilman Chris Wharton, left, Mayor Jackie Biskupski, second from left, and Equality Utah director Troy Williams, right, with versions of San Diego's Harvey Milk Street signs at the Salt Lake City-County building on Friday, May 25, 2018.
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Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, among the state’s most prominent openly gay leaders, received a civil rights award for her work advancing equality. The International Imperial Court Council noted her work to make the city the second in the U.S. to name a portion of a street — 900 South — after San Francisco leader and gay pioneer Harvey Milk. In 2015, Biskupski became the first openly gay mayor elected in a major city in Utah’s history. She received the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award at City Hall on Friday. Equality Utah Director Troy Williams also received the award on behalf of his organization.
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